    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10003 of March 31, 2020
    National Donate Life Month, 2020
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    During National Donate Life Month, we honor the selfless individuals
    whose remarkable generosity has helped give others the gift of life.
    Countless Americans have benefited from people who have registered as
    organ, eye, or tissue donors, and we recognize our Nation's unrivaled
    medical community for helping make donor transplants possible. Through
    the talents of doctors all across our country and the gifts of donors,
    the quality of life for thousands of Americans has been improved.
    Approximately 60 percent of American adults have registered as organ,
    eye, and tissue donors. In 2019, almost 40,000 American patients
    received transplants, which resulted in the most lives saved through
    organ donations ever during a single year. We all have the power to
    help: One donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and
    help improve more than 75 other lives through eye and tissue donation.
    Today, more than 110,000 men, women, and children in the United States
    are awaiting lifesaving organ transplants. While tremendous progress has
    been made, the need for additional organ donors is vital. Every 9
    minutes another name is added to the long list of Americans desperately
    waiting for transplants. Additionally, nearly 18,000 people in the
    United States have been diagnosed with illnesses for which blood stem
    cell transplantation is the best treatment option. Over 65 percent of
    these individuals do not have appropriately matched family members and
    rely upon blood stem cell donors from outside their family to help save
    their lives. We are grateful for the more than 30 million adults who are
    currently registered as marrow donors. But more are needed to ensure all
    who need a transplant can find a match.
    To help increase access to transplants, in July 2019, I signed an
    Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health. The Executive Order
    increases access to kidney transplants by modernizing the organ recovery
    and transplantation systems and updating and fixing outdated and
    counterproductive regulations. It also provides increased support for
    living donors, increasing the supply of transplantable kidneys by
    removing financial barriers to living donations.
    Every person is a potential organ or tissue donor with the power to give
    the gift of life. This month, we are grateful to the generous Americans
    who register as donors and to the researchers, scientists, and medical
    professionals who ensure transplants are safe and successful. I strongly
    encourage all willing and able Americans to sign up as organ or tissue
    donors to help instill greater hope in those awaiting a donor match and
    improve and save the lives of their fellow citizens.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2020 as National
    Donate Life Month. I call upon health professionals, volunteers,
    educators, government agencies, faith-based and commu-

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    nity groups, and
    private organizations to help raise awareness of the urgent need for
    organ and tissue donors throughout our Nation.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
    March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fourth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP