[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2544 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2544
To improve the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2023
Mr. Bucshon (for himself and Ms. Kelly of Illinois) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To improve the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement
and Transplantation Network Act''.
SEC. 2. ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK.
Section 372 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``The Secretary shall by contract''
and inserting ``In General--The Secretary shall'';
(B) by striking ``establishment and'' and inserting
``continued''; and
(C) by striking the second and third sentences and
inserting ``The Secretary may award grants, contracts,
or cooperative agreements, as the Secretary determines
appropriate, for purposes of carrying out this
section.''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``(b)(1) The Organ
Procurement'' and all that follows through the end of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(b) Composition.--
``(1) In general.--The Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network shall--
``(A) be operated through awards to public or
private entities made by the Secretary that are
distinct from the awards made to support the
organization tasked with supporting the board of
directors described in subparagraph (B); and''.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended--
(1) in section 371(b)(1)(H)(i)(III) (42 U.S.C.
273(b)(1)(H)(i)(III)), by striking ``histocompatability'' and
inserting ``histocompatibility'';
(2) in section 374(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 274b(c)(2)), by
striking ``section 371 or 373'' each place it appears and
inserting ``section 371, 372, or 373'';
(3) in section 375 (42 U.S.C. 274c)--
(A) by striking the comma at the end of each of
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``transplants,
and'' and inserting ``transplants; and''; and
(C) in paragraph (4), by redesignating clauses (i)
and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
and
(4) in section 376 (42 U.S.C. 274d)--
(A) by striking ``February 10 of 1991 and of each
second year thereafter'' and inserting ``2 years after
the date of enactment of the Securing the U.S. Organ
Procurement and Transplantation Network Act and every
second year thereafter''; and
(B) by striking ``Committee on Labor and Human
Resources of the Senate.'' and inserting ``Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate,''.
SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall--
(1) to the extent data are available, conduct a review of
the historical financing of the Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network described in section 372 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274), including the utilization
of registration fees among entities that have previously been
awarded contracts under such section 372; and
(2) submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives a report on the review under paragraph (1),
including related recommendations, as applicable.
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