42 U.S.C. § 274f–4 — Report relating to organ donation and the recovery, preservation, and transportation of organs

(a) In general: Not later than December 31, 2005, and every 2 years after that, the Secretary must report to the relevant congressional committees on the Department's activities under this part, including an evaluation of how those activities affected organ donation and recovery rates. (b) Requirements: As far as practical, each report must: (1) evaluate which activities worked, identify the effective ones, and share those findings about donation and recovery; (2) assess recently completed, ongoing, and planned donation and recovery activities; and (3) evaluate progress on the improvement plan required under (c)(5). (c) Initial report requirements: The first report also had to include: (1) an evaluation of donation practices at organ procurement organizations, states, other countries, and other groups, including, across all populations (especially ones with low donation rates), the existing barriers to donation and the most effective donation and recovery practices; (2) an evaluation of living-donation practices and procedures, including informed consent and the health risks of living donation, including possible long-term effects; (3) an evaluation of federally supported organ donation efforts, policies, and research (including on preservation techniques and organ rejection and compatibility), and how well these efforts are coordinated across federal agencies; (4) an evaluation of the costs and benefits of state donor registries — their current status, their effect on donation rates, consent issues, and recommendations for making them more effective; and (5) a plan to improve federally supported donation and recovery activities, including baselines and benchmarks to measure outcomes, and to keep federal donation and research activities coordinated going forward.