,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aj1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,steube introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1   
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to prohibit hospitals    
from taking into account vaccination    
status in selecting organ recipients4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,guaranteeing ,individual       
,fairness in ,transplants ,act of #bjbe 
or the ,,gift ,act of #bjbe4  #b4       
,prohibiting hospitals from taking into 
account vaccination status in selecting 
organ recipients ,section #ahff7;a77#a7 
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acie;cc7a77#a77 is amended-- 

7#a7 in subparagraph 7,x71 by striking  
and at the end2  7#b7 in subparagraph   
7,y71 by striking the period at the end 
and inserting 1 and2 and  7#c7 by       
inserting after subparagraph 7,y7 the   
following new subparagraph3  7,z7 in the
 case of a hospital1 critical access    
hospital1 or rural emergency hospital1  
to not take into account the vaccination
 status of an individual when           
determining which individual should     
receive an organ transplant4  4