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HR 6517 115th Congress House Health Health programs administration and funding Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018

Introduced: July 25, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 27, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 25, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 25, 2018
Introduced in House
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Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018

This bill requires the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to reform the criteria for liver allocation so that allocation is not based on the donor candidate's place of residence or listing, unless it is necessary to avoid wasting organs.

What's happening now July 27, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 12 Republican 2
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Oct 23, 2018
GREEN, GENE
· Oct 16, 2018
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Sep 27, 2018
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Sep 20, 2018
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 20, 2018
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Sep 13, 2018
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 7, 2018
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Sep 7, 2018
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Sep 7, 2018
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Sep 5, 2018
Faso, John
· Sep 4, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Aug 28, 2018
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Aug 28, 2018
Walters, Mimi
· Aug 14, 2018
Donovan, Daniel
· Aug 10, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Aug 3, 2018
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Aug 3, 2018
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Aug 3, 2018
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jul 25, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6517: Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6517/
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"H.R. 6517: Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6517/.
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H.R. 6517, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6517/.
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