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National Organ Transplant Act

Introduced: November 3, 1983 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 1984
Signed by President.
Oct 19, 1984
Became Public Law No: 98-507.
Oct 10, 1984
Presented to President.
Oct 10, 1984
Measure Signed in Senate.
Oct 4, 1984
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Oct 4, 1984
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Oct 3, 1984
House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Oct 3, 1984
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Oct 2, 1984
Conference Report 98-1127 Filed in House.
Oct 2, 1984
Conference report filed: Conference Report 98-1127 Filed in House.
Sep 27, 1984
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Sep 27, 1984
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Jun 29, 1984
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Jun 29, 1984
Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Hatch; Nickles; Quayle; Kennedy; Pell.
Jun 29, 1984
Senate disagreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Jun 21, 1984
House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Dingell, Waxman, Luken, Walgren, Mikulski, Gore, Broyhill, Madigan, Dannemeyer.
Jun 21, 1984
House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 21, 1984
Called up by House by Rule.
Jun 21, 1984
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 21, 1984
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 21, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 11, 1984
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Apr 11, 1984
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Apr 6, 1984
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch under the authority of the order of Apr 5, 84 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 98-382.
Apr 6, 1984
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 756.
Mar 21, 1984
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Nov 3, 1983
Introduced in Senate
Nov 3, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act - Title I: Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Establishment - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation to develop a national plan for organ procurement and a donor network. Requires a report to the President and the appropriate congressional committees within three months. Terminates the Task Force three months after such report is submitted.

Title II: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a private sector Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry to provide for a national donor-recipient network. Authorizes grant authority for such purposes.

Title III: Annual Report on Organ Transplantation - Directs the Secretary to report annually on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation.

Title IV: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the sale or purchase of human organs in interstate commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.

What's happening now October 19, 1984

Became Public Law No: 98-507.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 4, 1984
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