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Union Calendar No. 446

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3858

[Report No. 108–726] 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the supply of pancreatic 

islet cells for research, and to provide for better coordination of Federal 

efforts and information on islet cell transplantation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2004

Mr. NETHERCUTT (for himself, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. BASS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

FROST, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. KLINE, Mr. GREEN of 

Texas, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. WICKER, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. 

MOORE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, 

and Mr. FOSSELLA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

OCTOBER 5, 2004

Additional sponsors: Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. TURNER of 

Texas, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HINOJOSA, 

Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. QUINN, Mr. LAMPSON, 

Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WALSH, Ms. ROSLEHTINEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. HINCHEY, 

Mr. FOLEY, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. LEACH, Mr. HOLT, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. VITTER, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. 

CLAY, Mr. HILL, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. PAUL, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. GOSS, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

SOUDER, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. 

SLAUGHTER, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. 

RAMSTAD, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. SABO, Mr. WELLER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. GOODE, Mr. 

KIRK, Mr. TERRY, Mr. BOYD, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 

TANCREDO, Mr. BACA, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. GORDON, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. 

COLE, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CULBERSON, 

Mr. FARR, Ms. MAJETTE, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
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NEUGEBAUER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of 

Florida, Mr. FORD, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BELL, Mr. OSBORNE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. ENGLISH, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. 

PORTER, Mr. BAKER, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. BRADLEY of 

New Hampshire, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. DICKS, 

Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. STARK, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. MENENDEZ, 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. 

LATOURETTE, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mrs. DAVIS of 

California, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BURGESS, 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. WYNN, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. MILLER of North 

Carolina, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. 

INSLEE, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 

COOPER, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Ms. 

HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. 

REYNOLDS, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BARTLETT of 

Maryland, Mr. FORBES, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. 

SHERMAN, Mr. HYDE, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. COX, and 

Mr. PICKERING

OCTOBER 5, 2004

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the 

supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, and to provide for better coordination of Federal efforts and information on islet cell transplantation.

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 ‘‘Pancreatic Islet Cell 

5 Transplantation Act of 2004’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION CERTIFI2 CATION. 

3 Section 371 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 273) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(c) Pancreata procured by an organ procurement or7 ganization and used for islet cell transplantation or re8 search shall be counted for purposes of certification or re9 certification under subsection (b).’’. 

10 SEC. 3. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ON PANCREATIC ISLET CELL 

11 TRANSPLANTATION. 

12 Section 429 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 285c–3) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(d) In each annual report prepared by the Diabetes 

16 Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee pursuant to 

17 subsection (c), the Committee shall include an assessment 

18 of the Federal activities and programs related to pan19 creatic islet cell transplantation. Such assessment shall, 

20 at a minimum, address the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) The adequacy of Federal funding for tak22 ing advantage of scientific opportunities relating to 

23 pancreatic islet cell transplantation. 

24 ‘‘(2) Current policies and regulations affecting 

25 the supply of pancreata for islet cell transplantation. 
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1 ‘‘(3) The effect of xenotransplantation on ad2 vancing pancreatic islet cell transplantation. 

3 ‘‘(4) The effect of United Network for Organ 

4 Sharing policies regarding pancreas retrieval and 

5 islet cell transplantation. 

6 ‘‘(5) The existing mechanisms to collect and co7 ordinate outcomes data from existing islet cell trans8 plantation trials. 

9 ‘‘(6) Implementation of multiagency clinical in10 vestigations of pancreatic islet cell transplantation. 

11 ‘‘(7) Recommendations for such legislation and 

12 administrative actions as the Committee considers 

13 appropriate to increase the supply of pancreata 

14 available for islet cell transplantation.’’. 

Union Calendar No. 446

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3858

[Report No. 108–726] 

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase 

the supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, and to provide for better coordination of Federal efforts and information on islet cell transplantation. 

OCTOBER 5, 2004

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed