H.R. 4151: Brian Lykins Human Tissue Transplant Safety Act of 2004
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H.R. 4151: Brian Lykins Human Tissue Transplant Safety Act of 2004
108th Congress · introduced 2004-04-02 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-04-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Brian Lykins Human Tissue Transplant Safety Act of 2004
Plain summary
Brian Lykins Human Tissue Transplant Safety Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for oversight by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs of entities engaged in activities relating to human tissue or human tissue-based products, requiring their registration and authorizing their inspection. Requires the reporting of any adverse incidents. Requires the Commissioner to develop a reporting mechanism and a database to store such information. Allows the Commissioner, in an instance in which this Act is violated, to: (1) issue an order requiring any distributor of a human cell, tissue, or cellular or tissue-based product to recall or destroy such product; (2) condemn, seize, and destroy such product; (3) require a covered entity to cease the activity that resulted in the violation; or (4) suspend or revoke the registration and listing of the covered entity involved.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Brian Lykins Human Tissue Transplant Safety Act of 2004
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] · 18 cosponsors
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Betty McCollum (D-MN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4151.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr4151 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108