HR 624 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Michael Bilirakis R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 8, 2001 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
Passed HouseMar 7, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to States, transplant centers, qualified organ procurement organizations, or other public or private entities for the purpose of providing payment for: (1) travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals toward living donations of their organs; and (2) such incidental nonmedical expenses that are so incurred as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

Sets forth payment eligibility criteria and limitations, including that payments may be made for the qualifying expenses of a donating individual only if: (1) the State in which the donating individual resides is a different State than the State in which the intended recipient of the organ resides; and (2) the annual income of the intended recipient of the organ does not exceed $35,000.

Directs the Secretary to (directly or through grants or contracts) carry out a program to educate the public with respect to organ donation, including the need to provide for an adequate rate of such donations.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of carrying out studies and demonstration projects with respect to providing for an adequate rate of organ donation.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting States in carrying out organ donor awareness, public education and outreach activities and programs designed to increase the number of organ donors within a State, including living donors.

Authorizes appropriations.

Recorded votes 1

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Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 31	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed402–0	Mar 7, 2001

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to Mar 6, 2001, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Peter Deutsch	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-MD	Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-WI	Thomas M. Barrett	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard		Feb 27, 2001
D-WI	Ron Kind		Feb 27, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Feb 27, 2001
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Mar 1, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen		Mar 1, 2001
D-GA	Nathan Deal		Mar 1, 2001

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Actions 14

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Mar 8, 2001Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 7, 2001At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Mar 7, 2001Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H682)
Mar 7, 2001Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H672-677)
Mar 7, 2001DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 624.
Mar 7, 2001Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 7, 2001Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 7, 2001On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 0 (Roll no. 31). (text: CR H672-673)
Mar 7, 2001Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 0 (Roll no. 31).(text: CR H672-673)
Mar 6, 2001Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 7.
Mar 6, 2001Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 107-11.
Feb 28, 2001Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

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