I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5734 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of 
conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2016 
Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
WILLIAMS, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CALVERT, 
Mr. JOYCE, Mr. OLSON, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. YOUNG 
of Iowa, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. COOK, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. 
WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. JODY 
B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. THORNBERRY, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. KING of 
Iowa, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. 
SENSENBRENNER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. LONG, 
Ms. GRANGER, Mr. MARINO, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 
Mr. YOHO, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. FLORES, Mr. HANNA, Mr. 
KILMER, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. COLE, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
GARRETT, Mr. MACARTHUR, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation 
on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant 
procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Veterans Transplant 
Coverage Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE FOR OPERATIONS ON 
LIVE 
DONORS 
FOR 
PURPOSES 
OF 
CON-
DUCTING TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES FOR 
VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1788. Transplant procedures with live donors and 
related services 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which a veteran is 
eligible for a transplant procedure from the Department, 
the Secretary may provide for an operation on a live donor 
to carry out such procedure for such veteran, notwith-
standing that the live donor may not be eligible for health 
care from the Department. 
‘‘(b) OTHER SERVICES.—The Secretary shall furnish 
to a live donor any care or services before and after con-
ducting the transplant procedure under subsection (a) 
that may be required in connection with such procedure. 
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‘‘(c) USE OF DEPARTMENT OR NON-DEPARTMENT 
FACILITIES.—The Secretary may provide for the oper-
ation described in subsection (a) on a live donor and fur-
nish to the live donor the care and services described in 
subsection (b) at a facility of the Department or at a non- 
Department facility pursuant to an agreement entered 
into by the Secretary under section 1703 or 8153 of this 
title, section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Ac-
countability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 
1701 note), or any other authority of the Secretary to fur-
nish care at non-Department facilities. The live donor 
shall be deemed to be an individual eligible for hospital 
care and medical services at a non-Department facility 
pursuant to such an agreement solely for the purposes of 
receiving such operation, care, and services at the non- 
Department facility.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1787 the 
following new item: 
‘‘1788. Transplant procedures with live donors and related services.’’. 
Æ 
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