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Union Calendar No. 509 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6020 

[Report No. 118–611] 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate consideration of the 

income of organ recipients in providing reimbursement of expenses to 

donating individuals, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 24, 2023 

Mr. OBERNOLTE (for himself and Ms. DELBENE) introduced the following bill 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

JULY 23, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. BACON, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. 

DAVIS of North Carolina 

JULY 23, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 24, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate consideration of the income of organ recipients in providing 

reimbursement of expenses to donating individuals, and 

for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honor Our Living Do5 nors Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NO CONSIDERATION OF INCOME OF ORGAN RECIPI7 ENT. 

8 Section 377 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 274f) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 

11 as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; 

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(c) NO CONSIDERATION OF INCOME OF ORGAN RE15 CIPIENT.—The recipient of a grant under this section, in 

16 providing reimbursement to a donating individual through 

17 such grant, shall not give any consideration to the income 

18 of the organ recipient.’’; and 

19 (3) in subsection (f), as so redesignated— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub21 section (c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(1)’’; 

22 and 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub24 section (c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF EXPECTATION OF PAYMENTS BY 

2 ORGAN RECIPIENTS. 

3 Section 377(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 274f(e)), as redesignated by section 2, is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

6 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in7 serting a period; and 

8 (3) by striking paragraph (3). 

9 SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 

10 Section 377 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 274f), as amended by sections 2 and 3, is further 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31 

14 of each year, the Secretary shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) prepare, submit to the Congress, and make 

16 public a report on whether grants under this section 

17 provided adequate funding during the preceding fiscal 

18 year to reimburse all donating individuals partici19 pating in the grant program under this section for all 

20 qualifying expenses; and 

21 ‘‘(2) include in each such report— 

22 ‘‘(A) the estimated number of all donating 

23 individuals participating in the grant program 

24 under this section who did not receive reimburse25 ment for all qualifying expenses during the pre26 ceding fiscal year; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) the total amount of funding that is es2 timated to be necessary to fully reimburse all do3 nating individuals participating in the grant 

4 program under this section for all qualifying ex5 penses.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 509 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6020 

[Report No. 118–611] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to elimidonating individuals, and for other purposes. ents in providing reimbursement of expenses to nate consideration of the income of organ recipiJULY 23, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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