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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 837 

Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to 

H.R. 710, with amendments. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 4, 2007 

Mr. INSLEE (for himself and Mr. DEAL of Georgia) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate 

amendment to H.R. 710, with amendments. 

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: 


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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 

7 (42 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 

11 (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

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

14 means the donation and receipt of human organs 

15 under the following circumstances: 

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

17 paragraph as the ‘first donor’) desires to make 

18 a living donation of a human organ specifically 

19 to a particular patient (referred to in this para20 graph as the ‘first patient’), but such donor is 

21 biologically incompatible as a donor for such 

22 patient. 

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

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

25 make a living donation of a human organ spe26 cifically to a second particular patient (referred 


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

2 but such donor is biologically incompatible as a 

3 donor for such patient. 

4 ‘‘(C) Subject to subparagraph (D), the 

5 first donor is biologically compatible as a donor 

6 of a human organ for the second patient, and 

7 the second donor is biologically compatible as a 

8 donor of a human organ for the first patient. 

9 ‘‘(D) If there is any additional donor-pa10 tient pair as described in subparagraph (A) or 

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

12 pairs is biologically compatible as a donor of a 

13 human organ for a patient in such group. 

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

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

16 than 2 pairs) enter into a single agreement to 

17 donate and receive such human organs, respec18 tively, according to such biological compatibility 

19 in the group. 

20 ‘‘(F) Other than as described in subpara21 graph (E), no valuable consideration is know22 ingly acquired, received, or otherwise trans23 ferred with respect to the human organs re24 ferred to in such subparagraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

2 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 

4 Health and Human Services shall submit to the appro5 priate committees of Congress a report that details the 

6 progress made towards understanding the long-term 

7 health effects of living organ donation. 

8 SEC. 4. NO IMPACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. 

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

10 Act) shall be construed to alter or amend the Social Secu11 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) (or any regulation pro12 mulgated 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.’’. 

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