House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Respecting the Rights of Organ Donor Recipients Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6540.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DesJARLAIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 20, February 1, 2022, Page H331):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6540, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Brian Mast (R-FL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott DesJarlais.
- H.R. 7359 (117th) Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act
- H.Res. 388 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Biden's gun policies are unconstitutional and should never be approved.
- H.R. 1737 (117th) To designate the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs Alvin C. York…
- H.R. 6341 (117th) Protecting Horses from Soring Act of 2021
- H.R. 6153 (117th) Common Sense Standards for Visa Applicants Act
- H.R. 8102 (117th) Student Loan Accountability Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.