97 STAT. 10 PUBLIC LAW 98-5—MAR. 11, 1983 Mar. 11, 1983 [S.J. Res. 15] National Eye Donor Month. Public Law 98-5 98th Congress Joint Resolution Designating the month of March 1983 as "National Eye Donor Month". Whereas eye banks in the United States have grown from a single institution in 1944 to eighty in 1982; Whereas over fifteen thousand children and adults in the United States have benefited as a direct result of efforts made by eye banks; Whereas eye banks have sought to encourage research into the prevention and treatment of eye disease and injury in the United States; and Whereas increased national awareness of benefits rendered through eye donation may add impetus to efforts to expand research activities, and benefit those persons affected by blinding diseases: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the month of March 1983 is designated as "National Eye Donor Month", and the Presi- dent is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling on all citizens to join in recognizing this humanitarian cause with appropriate activity. Approved March 11, 1983. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 15: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): Feb. 24, considered and passed Senate. Mar. 3, considered and passed House.
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