H.R. 8168: Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020
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H.R. 8168: Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-04 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020
Plain summary
Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise its guidance on reducing the risk of transmitting by blood transfusion human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B. Specifically, the FDA shall update its guidance to remove recommendations to not receive blood donations from a man who had sex with another man in the past three months. The FDA shall also remove recommendations to not receive blood donations from a woman who in the last three months had sex with such a man. The FDA's updated guidance shall be based on an individual risk assessment of sexual behaviors that evaluate all donors equally without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Official text
Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] · 16 cosponsors
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Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr8168.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr8168 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116