[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 29 (Thursday, February 15, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S2115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         LIVING KIDNEY ORGAN DONATION CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2007

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask consent that the HELP Committee be 
discharged from further consideration of S. 487 and the Senate proceed 
to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. I understand there is an amendment at the desk. I ask 
consent the amendment be considered and agreed to, the bill, as 
amended, be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid on the table, and any statements be printed at the appropriate 
place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 266) was agreed to, as follows:


                           AMENDMENT NO. 266

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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 
     donation shall not be considered to involve the transfer of a 
     human organ for valuable consideration.''.

     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.

  The bill (S. 487) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed.

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