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Union Calendar No. 449 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4764 
[Report No. 116–549] 
To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 18, 2019 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BUDD, Mr. 
ADERHOLT, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. 
ROUDA, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CRIST, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SCHRA-
DER, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. AGUILAR, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. TIFFANY, Mrs. RODGERS of Wash-
ington, Mr. STANTON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. HECK, Mr. TRONE, Ms. CRAIG, 
Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. DEAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CASE, 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. EMMER, Mr. JOHNSON
of Georgia, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, and Mrs. MURPHY of Florida 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; 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 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Timely ReAuthoriza-
tion of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to 
Needed Therapies Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘TRANSPLANT 
Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE C.W. BILL YOUNG CELL 
TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS.—Subsection (a) 
of section 379 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
274k) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The Secretary shall convene the Advisory 
Council at least two times each calendar year.’’. 
(b) INCREASING COLLECTION.— 
(1) TECHNICAL CLARIFICATION.—Effective as 
if included in the enactment of Public Law 114–104 
(the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthor-
ization Act of 2015), the amendment to section 
379(d)(2)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 274k(d)(2)(B)) in section 2(a)(2) of Public 
Law 114–104 is amended by inserting ‘‘goal of in-
creasing collections of high quality’’ before ‘‘cord 
blood units,’’. 
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‘‘(A) complete the second review required 
by paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) informed by such review, submit to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives recommendations on the appro-
priateness of the inclusion of new types of 
therapies in the Program.’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
379B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274m) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$33,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 
and $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2021 through 2025’’. 
SEC. 3. CORD BLOOD INVENTORY. 
Subsection (g) of section 2 of the Stem Cell Thera-
peutic and Research Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 274k note) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $23,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 449 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4764 
[Report No. 116–549] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and 
Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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