[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 487 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 487

   To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to clarify that kidney 
 paired donations shall not be considered to involve the transfer of a 
                human organ for valuable consideration.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 1, 2007

 Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Graham, Mr. Durbin, 
Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Pryor, and Mr. Cardin) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to clarify that kidney 
 paired donations shall not be considered to involve the transfer of a 
                human organ for valuable consideration.

    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 ``Living Kidney Organ Donation 
Clarification Act of 2007''.

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

    Section 301(a) of the National Organ Transplant Act (42 U.S.C. 
274e(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes 
of this section, kidney paired donations shall not be considered to 
involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration.''.
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