,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fedj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #a1        
#bjbb,mr4 ,des,jarlais introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,iii of the 
,public ,health ,service ,act to        
prohibit the ,organ ,procurement and    
,transplantation ,network from          
requesting the vaccination status of an 
individual with respect to ,,covid-#ai  
for the national list of individuals who
 need organs1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,respecting the ,rights of      
,organ ,donor ,recipients ,act of #bjbb4
  #b4 ,prohibition from requesting the  
vaccination status of organ recipients  
with respect to ,,covid-#ai  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #cgb7;b7 of the ,public
 ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#bgd7;b77 is amended by inserting after 
paragraph 7#c7 the following3  7#d7     
,prohibition ,members of the ,organ     

,procurement and ,transplantation       
,network shall not request the          
vaccination status of an individual with
 respect to the virus that causes       
,,covid-#ai-- 7,a7 when considering an  
individual for the national list of     
individuals who need organs under       
paragraph 7#b77;,a77i72 or  7,b7 as a   
requirement for receiving an organ      
transplant under any criteria1          
standards1 or regulations developed     
pursuant to this subsection4  4  7b7    
,technical amendment ,section           
#cgb7;b77#b7 of the ,public ,health     
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#bgd7;b77#b77 is amended in the margin  
by moving subparagraphs 7,m71 7,n71 and 
7,o7 #b ems to the left4