[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5518 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5518

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a preference, in 
  the allocation of donated organs, for individuals who are lawfully 
         present in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2018

  Mr. Posey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a preference, in 
  the allocation of donated organs, for individuals who are lawfully 
         present in the United States, 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. PREFERENCE FOR LAWFULLY PRESENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE 
              ALLOCATION OF DONATED ORGANS.

    (a) Organ Procurement Organizations.--Subparagraph (E) of section 
371(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273(b)(3)) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(E) have a system to allocate donated organs equitably 
        among transplant patients according to established medical 
        criteria and, in so allocating donated organs, give preference 
        to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States 
        over individuals who are unlawfully present in the United 
        States,''.
    (b) Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.--Section 
372(b)(2)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(b)(2)(B)) 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(B) establish membership criteria and medical criteria 
        for allocating organs, provide to members of the public an 
        opportunity to comment with respect to such criteria, and 
        include in such criteria a preference for allocating donated 
        organs to individuals who are lawfully present in the United 
        States over individuals who are unlawfully present in the 
        United States,''.
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