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Union Calendar No. 289 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1133 
[Report No. 115–393] 
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 
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 
Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. FLORES, Mr. THOM-
AS
J. ROONEY
of Florida, Mr. JODY
B. HICE
of Georgia, Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
VALADAO, Mr. YOHO, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. JONES, Mr. COLE, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HURD, Mr. 
AMODEI, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. 
COOK, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
ADERHOLT, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. MARINO, Ms. GRANGER, Mrs. BLACK, 
Mr. CALVERT, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. LONG, 
and Mr. MACARTHUR) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
YOUNG of Iowa, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. MAST, 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. BLACKBURN, 
Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. PALMER, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. 
GALLAGHER, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. BUCSHON, 
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. DUNN, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. GARRETT, 
Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto 
Rico, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, and Mr. MESSER 
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NOVEMBER 7, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 16, 2017] 
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 2017’’. 
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.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations for such purpose, 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 FA-
CILITIES.—The Secretary may provide for the operation de-
scribed in subsection (a) on a live donor and furnish 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 Sec-
retary under section 1703 or 8153 of this title, section 101 
of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note), or any 
other authority of the Secretary to furnish care at non-De-
partment 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 agree-
ment 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 in-
serting after the item relating to section 1787 the following 
new item: 
‘‘1788. Transplant procedures with live donors and related services.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 289 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1133 
[Report No. 115–393] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to author-
ize 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. 
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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