,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bb1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,obernolte 7for himself and   
,ms4 ,del,bene7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to eliminate consideration
 of the income of organ recipients in   
providing reimbursement of expenses to  
donating individuals1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,honor ,our ,living 
,donors ,act4  #b4 ,no consideration of 
income of organ recipient ,section #cgg 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bgd;f7 is amended-- 7#a7
 by redesignating subsections 7c7       
through 7f7 as subsections 7d7 through  
7g71 respectively2  7#b7 by inserting   
after subsection 7b7 the following3  7c7
 ,no consideration of income of organ   
recipient ,the recipient of a grant     
under this section1 in providing        

reimbursement to a donating individual  
through such grant1 shall not give any  
consideration to the income of the organ
 recipient4  2 and  7#c7 in subsection  
7f71 as so redesignated-- 7,a7 in       
paragraph 7#a71 by striking subsection  
7c77#a7 and inserting subsection        
7d77#a72 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by
 striking subsection 7c77#b7 and        
inserting subsection 7d77#b74  #c4      
,removal of expectation of payments by  
organ recipients ,section #cgg7;e7 of   
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #bgd;f7e771 as redesignated by
 section #b1 is amended-- 7#a7 in       
paragraph 7#a71 by adding or at the end2
  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking 2 
or and inserting a period2 and  7#c7 by 
striking paragraph 7#c74  #d4 ,annual   
report ,section #cgg of the ,public     
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bgd;f71 as amended by sections #b and  
#c1 is further amended by adding at the 
end the following3  7h7 ,annual report  
,not later than ,december #ca of each   

year1 the ,secretary shall-- 7#a7       
prepare1 submit to the ,congress1 and   
make public a report on whether grants  
under this section provided adequate    
funding during the preceding fiscal year
 to reimburse all donating individuals  
participating in the grant program under
 this section for all qualifying        
expenses2 and  7#b7 include in each such
 report-- 7,a7 the estimated number of  
all donating individuals participating  
in the grant program under this section 
who did not receive reimbursement for   
all qualifying expenses during the      
preceding fiscal year2 and  7,b7 the    
total amount of funding that is         
estimated to be necessary to fully      
reimburse all donating individuals      
participating in the grant program under
 this section for all qualifying        
expenses4  4