,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjah,mr4 
,engel 7for himself and ,mr4 ,valadao7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,public ,health ,service ,act to direct 
the ,organ ,procurement and             
,transplantation ,network to establish  
and implement reforms to the criteria   
for liver allocation so that such       
allocation is not based on the donor    
candidate's place of residence or       
listing1 except to the extent necessary 
to avoid wasting organs1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fairness in ,liver 
,allocation ,act of #bjah4  #b4         
,criteria for liver allocation  7a7 ,in 
general ,subsection 7b7 of section #cgb 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bgd7 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#d7  
,liver allocation  7,a7 ,reform by      

,network ,not later than ,december #ca1 
#bjah1 the ,organ ,procurement and      
,transplantation ,network shall         
establish and implement reforms to the  
criteria for liver allocation by the    
,network so that such allocation is not 
based on the donor candidate's place of 
residence or listing1 except to the     
extent necessary to avoid wasting       
organs4  7,b7 ,reform by ,secretary in  
case of failure ,if the ,organ          
,procurement and ,transplantation       
,network fails to establish and         
implement reforms by ,december #ca1     
#bjah1 as required by subparagraph      
7,a7--  7i7 the ,secretary1 acting      
through the ,administrator of the       
,health ,resources and ,services        
,administration1 shall establish        
criteria for liver allocation by the    
,network consistent with subparagraph   
7,a72 and  7ii7 not later than ,june    
#cj1 #bjai1 the ,network shall begin    
implementing such criteria4  4  7b7     
,technical correction ,paragraph 7#c7 of

 section #cgb7;b7 of the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bgd7;b77 
is amended by moving the indentation of 
such paragraph #b ems to the left4