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I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6534IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 1, 2022Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Roy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit transplant centers from discriminating against an individual seeking an organ on the basis of whether the individual is vaccinated against COVID–19, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stop Arduous Vaccine Enforcement Act of 2022 or the SAVE Act of 2022.

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No discrimination in organ transplantation on basis of COVID–19 vaccination status

Section 372(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(b)(2)) is amended— (1)in subparagraph (N), by striking and at the end; (2)in subparagraph (O), by striking the period at the end and inserting , and; and (3)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (P)prohibit a transplant center from treating an individual as ineligible to donate or receive an organ, assigns a lower priority to an individual to receive an organ, or otherwise discriminates against an individual seeking to donate or receive an organ, on the basis of whether the individual is vaccinated (partially or fully) against COVID–19..