S10422 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 2, 2008 

SEC. 2. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE ORGAN 

PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK. 

Section 372(a) of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 274(a)) is amended by striking 

‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,000,000’’. 

SEC. 3. REPORT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health 

and Human Services shall request that the 

Executive Director of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network submit 

to Congress, not later than 1 year after the 

date of enactment of this Act, a report that 

shall include— 

(1) the identity of transplant programs 

that have become inactive or have closed 

since the heart allocation policy change of 

2006; 

(2) the distance to the next closest operational heart transplant center from such inactivated or closed programs and an evaluation of whether or not access to care has 

been reduced to the population previously 

serviced by such inactive or closed program; 

(3) the number of patients with rural zip 

codes that received transplants after the 

heart allocation policy change of 2006 as 

compared with the number of such patients 

that received such transplants prior to such 

heart allocation policy change; 

(4) a comparison of the number of transplants performed, the mortality rate for individuals on the transplant waiting lists, and 

the post-transplant survival rate nationally 

and by region prior to and after the heart allocation policy change of 2006; and 

(5) specifically with respect to 

allosensitized patients, a comparison of the 

number of heart transplants performed, the 

mortality rate for individuals on the heart 

transplant waiting lists, and the post heart 

transplant survival rate nationally and by 

region prior to and after the heart allocation 

policy change of 2006. 

(b) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—The increase 

provided for in the amendment made by section 2 shall not apply with respect to contracts entered into under section 372(a) of 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

274(a)) after the date that is 1 year after the 

date of enactment of this Act if the Executive Director of the Organ Procurement and 

Transplantation Network fails to submit the 

report under subsection (a). 

The amendment was ordered to be 

engrossed, and the bill to be read a 

third time. 

The bill (H.R. 6469), as amended, was 

read the third time, and passed. 

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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT 

AGREEMENT—HOUSE MEASURES 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en 

bloc, which were received from the 

House: H.R. 6197, H.R. 6558, H.R. 6834, 

H.R. 6902, and H.R. 6982; that the bills 

be read three times and passed en bloc, 

the motions to reconsider be laid upon 

the table en bloc, and any statements 

related to the bills be printed in the 

RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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PICKWICK POST OFFICE BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 6197) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 7095 Highway 57 in 

Counce, Tennessee, as the ‘‘Pickwick 

Post Office Building,’’ was considered, 

ordered to a third reading, read the 

third time, and passed. 

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GORDON N. CHAN POST OFFICE 

BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 6558) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue 

in San Jose, California, as the ‘‘Gordon 

N. Chan Post Office Building,’’ was 

considered, ordered to a third reading, 

read the third time, and passed. 

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CWO RICHARD R. LEE POST 

OFFICE BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 6834) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 4 South Main Street 

in Wallingford, Connecticut, as the 

‘‘CWO Richard R. Lee Post Office 

Building,’’ was considered, ordered to a 

third reading, read the third time, and 

passed. 

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STAFF SERGEANT NICHOLAS RAY 

CARNES POST OFFICE 

The bill (H.R. 6902) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 5136 6th Avenue in 

Dayton, Kentucky, as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Nicholas Ray Carnes Post Office,’’ was considered, ordered to a 

third reading, read the third time, and 

passed. 

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LEO J. RYAN POST OFFICE 

BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 6982) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 210 South Ellsworth 

Avenue in San Mateo, California, as 

the ‘‘Leo J. Ryan Post Office Building,’’ was considered, ordered to a third 

reading, read the third time, and 

passed. 

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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT—S. 3625, S. 3521, AND H.R. 

4010 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs Committee be discharged from 

further consideration of the following 

bills en bloc, and the Senate proceed to 

their immediate consideration: S. 3625, 

S. 3521, and H.R. 4010; that the bills be 

read a third time and passed en bloc, 

the motions to reconsider be laid upon 

the table en bloc, and any statements 

related to the bills be printed in the 

RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bills. 

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KENNETH PETER ZEBROWSKI 

POST OFFICE BUILDING 

The bill (S. 3625) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in 

New York, New York, as the ‘‘Kenneth 

Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building,’’ 

was ordered to be engrossed for a third 

reading, was read the third time, and 

passed, as follows: 

S. 3625 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. KENNETH PETER ZEBROWSKI POST 

OFFICE BUILDING. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 

United States Postal Service located at 245 

North Main Street in New City, New York, 

shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 

map, regulation, document, paper, or other 

record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 

be a reference to the ‘‘Kenneth Peter 

Zebrowski Post Office Building’’. 

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SPENCER BYRD POWERS, JR., 

POST OFFICE 

The bill (S. 3521) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 95 Dogwood Street in 

Cary, Mississippi, as the ‘‘Spencer Byrd 

Powers, Jr. Post Office,’’ was ordered 

to be engrossed for a third reading, was 

read the third time, and passed, as follows: 

S. 3521 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SPENCER BYRD POWERS, JR. POST 

OFFICE. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 

United States Postal Service located at 95 

Dogwood Street in Cary, Mississippi, shall be 

known and designated as the ‘‘Spencer Byrd 

Powers, Jr. Post Office’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 

map, regulation, document, paper, or other 

record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 

be a reference to the ‘‘Spencer Byrd Powers, 

Jr. Post Office’’. 

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MINNIE COX POST OFFICE 

BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 4010) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 100 West Percy 

Street in Indianola, Mississippi, as the 

‘‘Minnie Cox Post Office Building,’’ was 

considered, ordered to a third reading, 

read the third time, and passed. 

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LOUISA SWAIN DAY 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 378, which 

was received from the House. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 378) 

expressing support for designation of September 6, 2008, as Louisa Swain Day. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the concurrent 

resolution. 


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