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To delay the effective date of the final rule regarding the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

Introduced: November 18, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov 5, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Nov 5, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Declares that a specified final rule relating to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the equitable and medically effective allocation of organs for transplantation shall have no force or legal effect. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing or exercising additional regulatory authority regarding the Network, as well as regulatory authority under specified provisions of the Social Security Act (SSA) (relating to general SSA regulations, disclosure of information, organ procurement, and general Medicare regulations), before the enactment of amendments to reauthorize and revise provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to organ transplants.
What's happening now November 17, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
Sanford, Mark
· Nov 18, 1999
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Nov 9, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3242: To delay the effective date of the final rule regarding the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3242/
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"H.R. 3242: To delay the effective date of the final rule regarding the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3242/.
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