[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 837 Agreed to House (ATH)]

  1st Session
H. RES. 837

 Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to 
                       H.R. 710, with amendments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2007

    Mr. Inslee (for himself and Mr. Deal of Georgia) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to 
                       H.R. 710, with amendments.

    Resolved, That, upon the adoption of this resolution, the House shall be 
considered to have taken from the Speaker's table the bill, H.R. 710, with the 
Senate amendment thereto, and to have concurred in the Senate amendment with the 
following amendments:
    In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment of the Senate 
to the text of the bill, insert the following:

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).
            Amend the title so as to read: ``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.''.
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