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Union Calendar No. 111 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2544 

[Report No. 118–140] 

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 

JULY 11, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CURTIS, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. BOST, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 

DAVIS of North Carolina, Mrs. LESKO, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Mr. 

KHANNA, and Mr. DESJARLAIS

JULY 11, 2023 

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

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To improve the Organ Procurement and Transplantation 

Network, 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 ‘‘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)— 

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

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

13 Secretary shall’’; 

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

15 inserting ‘‘continued’’; and 

16 (C) by striking the second and third sen17 tences and inserting ‘‘The Secretary may award 

18 grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, as 

19 the Secretary determines appropriate, for pur20 poses of carrying out this section.’’; and 

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

22 Organ Procurement’’ and all that follows through 

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

24 inserting the following: 

25 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 


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

2 and Transplantation Network shall— 

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

4 or private entities made by the Secretary that 

5 are distinct from the awards made to support 

6 the organization tasked with supporting the 

7 board of directors described in subparagraph 

8 (B); and’’. 

9 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

10 Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amend11 ed— 

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

13 273(b)(1)(H)(i)(III)), by striking 

14 ‘‘histocompatability’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘histocompatibility’’; 

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

17 by striking ‘‘section 371 or 373’’ each place it ap18 pears and inserting ‘‘section 371, 372, or 373’’; 

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

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

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

22 semicolon; 

23 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘trans24 plants, and’’ and inserting ‘‘transplants; and’’; 

25 and 


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

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

3 (B), respectively; and 

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

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

6 of each second year thereafter’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘2 years after the date of enactment of the Se8 curing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Trans9 plantation Network Act and every second year 

10 thereafter’’; and 

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

12 Human Resources of the Senate.’’ and inserting 

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

14 Pensions of the Senate,’’. 

15 SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW. 

16 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

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

18 shall— 

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

20 review of the historical financing of the Organ Pro21 curement and Transplantation Network described in 

22 section 372 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

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

24 fees among entities that have previously been award25 ed contracts under such section 372; and 


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1 (2) submit to the Committee on Health, Edu2 cation, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 

3 Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 

4 and Commerce of the House of Representatives a re5 port on the review under paragraph (1), including 

6 related recommendations, as applicable. 


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Union Calendar No. 111 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2544 

[Report No. 118–140] 

A BILL 

To improve the Organ Procurement and 

Transplantation Network, and for other purposes. 

JULY 11, 2023 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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