Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act
PL 118-14 (H.R.2544), enacted 09/22/2023

[118th Congress Public Law 14]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 118-14
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To improve the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for 
        other purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 22, 2023 -  [H.R. 2544]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Securing the 
U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 42 USC 201 note.>>  SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement 
and Transplantation Network Act''.
SEC. 2. ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK.

    Section 372 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary shall by contract'' 
                and inserting ``In General--The Secretary shall'';
                    (B) by striking ``establishment and'' and inserting 
                ``continued''; and
                    (C) <<NOTE: Grants.>>  by striking the second and 
                third sentences and inserting ``The Secretary may award 
                grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, as the 
                Secretary determines appropriate, for purposes of 
                carrying out this section.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``(b)(1) The Organ 
        Procurement'' and all that follows through the end of 
        subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

    ``(b) Composition.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Organ Procurement and Transplantation 
        Network shall--
                    ``(A) be operated through awards to public or 
                private entities made by the Secretary that are distinct 
                from the awards made to support the organization tasked 
                with supporting the board of directors described in 
                subparagraph (B); and''.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended--
            (1) in section 371(b)(1)(H)(i)(III) (42 U.S.C. 
        273(b)(1)(H)(i)(III)), by striking ``histocompatability'' and 
        inserting ``histocompatibility'';
            (2) in section 374(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 274b(c)(2)), by striking 
        ``section 371 or 373'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``section 371, 372, or 373'';
            (3) in section 375 (42 U.S.C. 274c)--
                    (A) by striking the comma at the end of each of 
                paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting a semicolon;

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                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``transplants, 
                and'' and inserting ``transplants; and''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by redesignating clauses (i) 
                and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
            (4) in section 376 (42 U.S.C. 274d)--
                    (A) by striking ``February 10 of 1991 and of each 
                second year thereafter'' and inserting ``2 years after 
                the date of enactment of the Securing the U.S. Organ 
                Procurement and Transplantation Network Act and every 
                second year thereafter''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Committee on Labor and Human 
                Resources of the Senate.'' and inserting ``Committee on 
                Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate,''.
SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW.

    Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall--
            (1) to the extent data are available, conduct a review of 
        the historical financing of the Organ Procurement and 
        Transplantation Network described in section 372 of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274), including the utilization of 
        registration fees among entities that have previously been 
        awarded contracts under such section 372; and
            (2) submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
        Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
        a report on the review under paragraph (1), including related 
        recommendations, as applicable.

    Approved September 22, 2023.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2544:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-140 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 169 (2023):
            July 25, considered and passed House.
            July 27, considered and passed Senate.

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