[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 710 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                          July 9, 2007.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
710) entitled ``An Act to amend the National Organ Transplant Act to 
provide that criminal penalties do not apply to paired donations of 
human kidneys, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ 
Donation Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT.

    Section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act (42 U.S.C. 274e) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: 
        ``For purposes of this section, human organ paired donation and 
        similar practices, as defined by the Secretary, shall not be 
        considered to involve the transfer of a human organ for 
        valuable consideration.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) The term `human organ paired donation' means the 
        donation and receipt of human organs in a circumstance in which 
        each of the following applies:
                    ``(A) An individual (referred to in this paragraph 
                as the `first donor') desires to make a living donation 
                of a human organ specifically to a particular patient 
                (referred to in this paragraph as the `first patient'), 
                but such donor is biologically incompatible as a donor 
                for such patient.
                    ``(B) A second individual (referred to in this 
                paragraph as the `second donor') desires to make a 
                living donation of a human organ specifically to a 
                second particular patient (referred to in this 
                paragraph as the `second patient'), but such donor is 
                biologically incompatible as a donor for such patient.
                    ``(C) Subject to subparagraph (D), the first donor 
                is biologically compatible as a donor of a human donor 
                for the second patient, and the second donor is 
                biologically compatible as a donor of a human organ for 
                the first patient.
                    ``(D) If there is any additional donor-patient pair 
                as described in subparagraph (A) or (B), each donor in 
                the group of donor-patient pairs is biologically 
                compatible as a donor of a human organ for a patient in 
                such group.
                    ``(E) All donors and patients in the group of 
                donor-patient pairs (whether 2 pairs or more than 2 
                pairs) enter into a single agreement to donate and 
                receive such human organs, respectively, according to 
                such biological compatibility in the group.
                    ``(F) Other than as described in subparagraph (E), 
                no valuable consideration is knowingly acquired, 
                received, or otherwise transferred with respect to the 
                human organs referred to in such subparagraph.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that details 
the progress made towards understanding the long-term health effects of 
living organ donation.

SEC. 4. NO IMPACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND.

    Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be 
construed to alter or amend the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et 
seq.) (or any regulation promulgated under that Act).

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 710

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