S. 957 119th Congress Senate

Honor Our Living Donors Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate consideration of the income of organ recipients in providing reimbursement of expenses to donating individuals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 11, 2025 Introduced by: Ben Ray Luján Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov

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Mar 11, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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Lobbying activity 14

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
for NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
for NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION · New York · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
for NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION · New York · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
for NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION · New York · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C.
for NONPROFIT KIDNEY CARE ALLIANCE · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
14 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
14 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
14 filings
SENATE
14 filings
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
13 filings
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
12 filings
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
8 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
8 filings

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Cosponsors 3

Merkley, Jeff

Oregon · Jan 28, 2026

Rounds, Mike

South Dakota · Jul 30, 2025

Boozman, John

Arkansas · Mar 11, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 957: Honor Our Living Donors Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-957/

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"S. 957: Honor Our Living Donors Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-957/.

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S. 957, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-957/.

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