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HR 5224 107th Congress House

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplantation.

Introduced: July 25, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Jul 29, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 25, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 25, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 29, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to establish or operate demonstration projects for increasing the supply of organs donated for human transplantation.

Requires certain professional consultation.

Allows such projects to establish appropriate financial incentives for organ donation, including the payment of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals making living donations. Requires such incentives to include one or more projects to provide payments for the purchase of life insurance policies or annuities, payable to a donor's designee.

Limits evaluation costs to five percent of authorized funds.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jul 25, 2002
FROST, MARTIN
· Jul 25, 2002
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 25, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5224: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplantation.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5224/
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"H.R. 5224: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplantation.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5224/.
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H.R. 5224, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5224/.
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