H.R. 3433 — what changed

Section 372 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(d) Registration fees

“(1) In general—The Secretary may collect registration fees from any member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for each transplant candidate such member places on the list described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(i). Such registration fees shall only be collected and distributed to support the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Such registration fees are authorized to remain available until expended.

“(2) Collection—The Secretary may collect the registration fees under paragraph (1) directly or through awards made under subsection (b)(1)(A).

changed “(3) Distribution—The Secretary may distribute such fees among the awardees described in Distribution—Any amounts collected under this subsection (b)(1)(A).shall—

added “(A) be credited to the currently applicable appropriation, account, or fund of the Department of Health and Human Services as discretionary offsetting collections; and

added “(B) be available, only to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to distribute such fees among the awardees described in subsection (b)(1)(A).

“(4) Transparency—The Secretary shall—

“(A) promptly post on the Internet website of the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network—

“(i) the amount of registration fees collected under this subsection from each member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; and

“(ii) a list of activities such fees are used to support; and

“(B) update the information posted pursuant to subparagraph (A), as applicable for each calendar quarter for which fees are collected under paragraph (1).

“(5) GAO review—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall, to the extent data are available—

“(A) conduct a review concerning the activities under this subsection; and

“(B) submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report on such review, including related recommendations, as applicable.”