H. Res. 837 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 4, 2007. 

Resolved, That, upon the adoption of this resolution, the 

House shall be considered to have taken from the Speaker’s 

table the bill, H.R. 710, with the Senate amendment thereto, 

and to have concurred in the Senate amendment with the following amendments: 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 

amendment of the Senate to the text of the bill, insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Charlie W. Norwood 

3 Living Organ Donation Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL ORGAN TRANS5 PLANT ACT. 

6 Section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 274e) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

9 following: ‘‘The preceding sentence does not apply 

10 with respect to human organ paired donation.’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(4) The term ‘human organ paired donation’ 

4 means the donation and receipt of human organs 

5 under the following circumstances: 

6 ‘‘(A) An individual (referred to in this 

7 paragraph as the ‘first donor’) desires to make a 

8 living donation of a human organ specifically to 

9 a particular patient (referred to in this para10 graph as the ‘first patient’), but such donor is 

11 biologically incompatible as a donor for such pa12 tient. 

13 ‘‘(B) A second individual (referred to in 

14 this paragraph as the ‘second donor’) desires to 

15 make a living donation of a human organ spe16 cifically to a second particular patient (referred 

17 to in this paragraph as the ‘second patient’), but 

18 such donor is biologically incompatible as a 

19 donor for such patient. 

20 ‘‘(C) Subject to subparagraph (D), the first 

21 donor is biologically compatible as a donor of a 

22 human organ for the second patient, and the sec23 ond donor is biologically compatible as a donor 

24 of a human organ for the first patient. 
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1 ‘‘(D) If there is any additional donor-pa2 tient pair as described in subparagraph (A) or 

3 (B), each donor in the group of donor-patient 

4 pairs is biologically compatible as a donor of a 

5 human organ for a patient in such group. 

6 ‘‘(E) All donors and patients in the group 

7 of donor-patient pairs (whether 2 pairs or more 

8 than 2 pairs) enter into a single agreement to 

9 donate and receive such human organs, respec10 tively, according to such biological compatibility 

11 in the group. 

12 ‘‘(F) Other than as described in subpara13 graph (E), no valuable consideration is know14 ingly acquired, received, or otherwise transferred 

15 with respect to the human organs referred to in 

16 such subparagraph.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

18 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

19 this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health 

20 and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate com21 mittees of Congress a report that details the progress made 

22 towards understanding the long-term health effects of living 

23 organ donation. 
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1 SEC. 4. NO IMPACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. 

2 Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this 

3 Act) shall be construed to alter or amend the Social Secu4 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) (or any regulation promul5 gated under that Act). 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend the 

National Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal 

penalties do not apply to human organ paired donation, 

and for other purposes.’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk.