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H.R. 6469 · 110th Congress

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008

Law · 110-426 · Oct 15, 2008
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DDD DeGetteSponsor
10 cosponsors · 5 D, 5 R
RBD Boucher DCR Camp WCD Clay JCD Costa CMR McMorris Rodgers SRD Reyes IRR Ros-Lehtinen DWD Wu ECR Cantor VGR Goode

8 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Jul 10, 2008
  2. House Passed Sep 25, 2008
  3. Senate Passed Oct 2, 2008
  4. House Changes resolved Oct 3, 2008
  5. President To the President Oct 9, 2008
  6. President Signed Oct 15, 2008
  7. Law Oct 15, 2008

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the maximum amount of funds provided for the establishment and operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for any fiscal year.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Oct 15, 2008

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the maximum amount of funds provided for the establishment and operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for any fiscal year.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request that the Executive Director of the Network report to Congress on the effects of the heart allocation policy change of 2006. Conditions increased funding on submission of such a report.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008

Also known as: Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008

Latest action (Oct 15, 2008): Became Public Law No: 110-426.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 10, 2008

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Jul 10, 2008
  2. House Passed Sep 25, 2008
  3. Senate Passed Oct 2, 2008
  4. House Changes resolved Oct 3, 2008
  5. President To the President Oct 9, 2008
  6. President Signed Oct 15, 2008
  7. Law Oct 15, 2008

No recorded floor vote found.