H.R. 4362 · 118th Congress

Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act

Introduced on Jun 23, 2023 by Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24). 34 cosponsors, 11 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 26, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 23, 2023
Cosponsors
34
11 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To require the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to jointly issue regulations relating to air carrier transport of human organs, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Aviation and airports
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Transportation
  • Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 23, 2023). Public domain.

Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act

This bill requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to jointly issue regulations, as necessary, to enable air carriers to transport human organs for transplant above wing (i.e., in the cabin of an aircraft).

Among other things, the regulations must include

  • consideration of protocols for air control outages;
  • a requirement that air carriers implement a protocol for a person to accompany organs to and from the aircraft and between connecting flights; and
  • a standardized process for commercial air carriers to accept, handle, and manage organs in transit.

The TSA and the FAA must also consult with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to identify metrics for the handling of organs and organ-related tissue by air carriers.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Beth Van DuyneR-TX-24Sponsor

Democrats · 11

Republicans · 23

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 23, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 23, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 23, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jun 23, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jun 23, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
  6. Jun 26, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ASSOCIATION OF ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS8 reports
    $450K reported (all issues)
  2. Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (d/b/a Airlines for America)5 reports
    $7M reported (all issues)
  3. United Network for Organ Sharing4 reports
    $540K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING$42.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. DCI Donor Services2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  5. Midwest Transplant Network2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  6. the Organ Donation Advocacy Group)2 reports
    $48K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.