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S.Res. 78Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)Passed Congress

A resolution authorizing the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct quarterly blood donation drives.

Sponsored by Amy KlobucharSen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Introduced February 16, 2023

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The resolution lets the Senate’s Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper run a blood‑donation drive once each quarter during 2023. The drives must be held in room G‑50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building and be organized with a partnering blood‑collection agency. The measure mainly affects Senate staff and any volunteers who donate blood.

Key Provisions

  • Authorizes a quarterly blood‑donation drive in 2023, to be held in room G‑50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  • Requires the Sergeant at Arms, in consultation with the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, to pick the dates and choose a partnering blood‑donation organization for each drive.
  • Allows the Sergeant at Arms and the Committee on Rules and Administration to set any additional conditions needed to prepare and run each drive.

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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S476; text: CR S465)

February 16, 2023

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February 16, 2023

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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S476; text: CR S465)

February 16, 2023

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Christopher A. Coons
Sen. Christopher A. CoonsD-DE · Feb 14, 2023

Mr. President, in accordance with rule XXVI, paragraph 2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I ask unanimous consent for myself as chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics and for Senator Lankford…

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Benjamin L. Cardin
Sen. Benjamin L. CardinD-MD · Feb 16, 2023

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 78, submitted earlier today. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and…

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Agreed to SenateIssued February 16, 2023

III

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. RES. 78

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 16, 2023

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mrs. Fischer) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed toA

RESOLUTION

Authorizing the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct quarterly blood donation drives.

1.

Quarterly Senate blood donation drives

(a)

Authorization

(1)

In general

During calendar year 2023, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, in conjunction with a partnering blood donation organization, is authorized to conduct a blood donation drive once every quarter in room G–50 of the Everett McKinley Dirksen Senate Office Building.

(2)

Date selection

The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall, in consultation with the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate—

(A)

identify the dates for quarterly blood donation drives conducted under paragraph (1); and

(B)

select the partnering blood donation organization for each such drive.

(b)

Implementation

Physical preparations for the conduct of, and the implementation of, each blood donation drive authorized under subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, in consultation with the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, may prescribe.