The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
HR 6020

Sponsored by Jay Obernolte (R)

Honor Our Living Donors Act

Would have stopped counting organ recipients' income when deciding who gets donor expense reimbursement.

Tradeoff

Would have let organ donors get travel and other costs repaid regardless of income limits or whether the recipient pays. Would have required a yearly federal report on whether the program covers donors' costs.

What's in it

See official bill text

Would not affect direct spending or revenues; CBO has not estimated effects on discretionary spending subject to .

The bill has no quantified direct cost; it changes who qualifies for donor reimbursement and adds annual reporting requirements for the National Living Donor Assistance Center, and any real federal cost would depend on future that CBO did not estimate.

H.R. 6020, Honor Our Living Donors Act · Dec 2024

The House passed this bill by on December 16, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Oct 24, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Oct 25, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 42 - 0(Jun 12, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-611.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 16, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions(Dec 17, 2024)