CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Don Bacon (R-NE)

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a serious health condition.

H.R. 4582 · House bill Health

A Republican bill with 131 Democratic cosponsors · See all 168 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5 of the United States Code. Its purpose is to clarify that organ donation surgery, including the recovery period, qualifies as a serious health condition. This applies to both private sector employees and Federal civil service employees. The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on July 22, 2025.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The bill protects the job security and leave of low-income workers who undergo organ donation surgery.

  • Scored +3

    Would middle-income households be better off under this?

    The bill provides job-protected leave for middle-class employees undergoing organ donation recovery.

  • Scored +3

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The bill expands the scope of qualifying serious health conditions for workers under the FMLA.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.