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        H.R.710

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal 
  penalties do not apply to human organ paired donation, 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 ``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: 
    ``The preceding sentence does not apply with respect to human organ 
    paired donation.''; 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 under the following circumstances:
            ``(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 organ 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).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.