US Congress House Bill 5259

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 10 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-10 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for other purposes.

Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act

Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]

Rep. Elizabeth Van Duyne [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-09-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2025-09-10	House	Introduced in House

HB1262 (Related) 2025-12-02 - Received in the Senate.
SB532 (Related) 2025-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB1768 (Related) 2025-03-03 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, 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.
SB891 (Related) 2025-03-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB2751 (Same As) 2025-09-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB7148 (Related) 2026-02-03 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5259/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr5259/BILLS-119hr5259ih.pdf