[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4362 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4362

      To require the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
     Administration and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
  Administration to jointly issue regulations relating to air carrier 
           transport of human organs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2023

   Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Graves of 
  Louisiana, Mr. Collins, and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
     Administration and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
  Administration to jointly issue regulations relating to air carrier 
           transport of human organs, 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 ``Saving Organs One Flight at a Time 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS RELATING TO AIR CARRIER TRANSPORT OF HUMAN ORGANS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall jointly take such actions as may be necessary to 
issue regulations to enable air carriers to efficiently and safely 
carry organs for transplant above wing. Such regulations shall include 
the following:
            (1) A definition of covered materials that includes organs 
        and containers associated with the transfer of such organs.
            (2) Consideration of protocols for air control outages that 
        impact timeliness of flights transporting organs for 
        transplant.
            (3) A requirement that air carriers implement a protocol 
        for human person accompaniment of organs to and from the 
        aircraft and between connecting flights.
            (4) A standardized process for commercial air carrier 
        acceptance, handling, and management of organs in transit.
            (5) Consistent use of flight notes to indicate organs on 
        board to permit air traffic control to ensure priority takeoff 
        and landing of flights transporting organs for transplant.
    (b) Consultation.--In promulgating the regulations required under 
subsection (a), the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administrator and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall jointly consult with the Organ Procurement and 
Transplantation Network (OPTN) to identify metrics regarding air 
carrier handling of organs and organ-related tissue in order to 
increase transparency and aid the development of best practices and 
improvement initiatives.
    (c) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``organ'' has the meaning 
given such term in section 121.2 of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
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