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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2544 

To improve the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2023 

Mr. BUCSHON (for himself and Ms. KELLY of Illinois) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To improve the Organ Procurement and Transplantation 

Network, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Securing the U.S. 

5 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION 

7 NETWORK. 

8 Section 372 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 274) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall by 

2 contract’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL—The 

3 Secretary shall’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘establishment and’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘continued’’; and 

6 (C) by striking the second and third sen7 tences and inserting ‘‘The Secretary may award 

8 grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, as 

9 the Secretary determines appropriate, for pur10 poses of carrying out this section.’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(b)(1) The 

12 Organ Procurement’’ and all that follows through 

13 the end of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and 

14 inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Organ Procurement 

17 and Transplantation Network shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) be operated through awards to public 

19 or private entities made by the Secretary that 

20 are distinct from the awards made to support 

21 the organization tasked with supporting the 

22 board of directors described in subparagraph 

23 (B); and’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

2 Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in section 371(b)(1)(H)(i)(III) (42 U.S.C. 

5 273(b)(1)(H)(i)(III)), by striking 

6 ‘‘histocompatability’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘histocompatibility’’; 

8 (2) in section 374(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 274b(c)(2)), 

9 by striking ‘‘section 371 or 373’’ each place it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘section 371, 372, or 373’’; 

11 (3) in section 375 (42 U.S.C. 274c)— 

12 (A) by striking the comma at the end of 

13 each of paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting a 

14 semicolon; 

15 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘trans16 plants, and’’ and inserting ‘‘transplants; and’’; 

17 and 

18 (C) in paragraph (4), by redesignating 

19 clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and 

20 (B), respectively; and 

21 (4) in section 376 (42 U.S.C. 274d)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘February 10 of 1991 and 

23 of each second year thereafter’’ and inserting 

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1 plantation Network Act and every second year 

2 thereafter’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘Committee on Labor and 

4 Human Resources of the Senate.’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

6 Pensions of the Senate,’’. 

7 SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW. 

8 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

10 shall— 

11 (1) to the extent data are available, conduct a 

12 review of the historical financing of the Organ Pro13 curement and Transplantation Network described in 

14 section 372 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 274), including the utilization of registration 

16 fees among entities that have previously been award17 ed contracts under such section 372; and 

18 (2) submit to the Committee on Health, Edu19 cation, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 

20 Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 

21 and Commerce of the House of Representatives a re22 port on the review under paragraph (1), including 

23 related recommendations, as applicable. 

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