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119TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-159
CHARLOTTE WOODWARD ORGAN TRANSPLANT
DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION ACT
JUNE 12, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GUTHRIE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1520]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 1520) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of men-
tal or physical disability in cases of organ transplants, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 1
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2
Com m ittee A ction ................................................................................................... . 2
C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 3
Oversight Findings and Recommendations ........................................................... 5
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 5
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................. 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 5
Related Committee and Subcommittee Hearings ................................................. 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 6
Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .............. 6
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 6
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 6
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 1520 prohibits health care providers and other entities from
denying or restricting an individual's access to organ transplants
solely on the basis of the individual's disability, except in limited
circumstances.
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