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House concurrent resolution · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation and supporting National Donor Day.

H.Con.Res. 247Introduced Feb 8, 2000Policy area: Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Karen Thurman D-FL
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 22, 2000 — Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

60 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 31 Democrats, 1 independent

28 of 60 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.

Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Charles Canady (R-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Philip Crane (R-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), James DeMint (R-SC), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Mark Foley (R-FL), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) and 30 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Karen Thurman.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-5 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.