YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityCivil LibertiesCriminal Justice & Due ProcessBusinesses that sell donated bodies for profit would have to register with HHS, prove donor consent, and face inspections
Transparency & Accountability
Anyone who buys donated bodies and sells a whole body or body part for profit would have to sign up with HHS and renew on a set schedule. They would pay a yearly fee and report changes within 30 days.
HHS would check sellers' buildings and equipment at regular times it sets. Sellers must agree to these checks when they sign up.
Sellers would keep a file on every body or part they take in. It would show the donor agreed, the donor's medical history, and everyone who held the remains before.
Each body or part would be sealed and labeled with the donor's name, the parts inside, known diseases, and any radiation or implants. Changing or faking a label would break the law.
Civil Liberties
Information that identifies a donor could be used or shared only for reasons HHS spells out in its rules, such as returning remains for burial.
When finished, a seller would return the remains to a relative or follow the written wishes of the person with the right to decide. If it passes remains on, the new holder must take on that duty.
Criminal Justice & Due Process
Anyone who breaks these rules would be fined under federal criminal law. HHS could also suspend or cancel a seller's registration.
More about this bill
If you plan to give your body to science, new federal rules could apply to where it goes. Businesses that sell donated bodies or body parts for profit would have to sign up with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS would set a fee each year to cover its costs. It would also check their sites on a regular schedule. The rules would apply to bodies and parts taken in or passed on starting two years after the bill becomes law. Each seller would keep a record for every body or part, with proof that the donor agreed. Each one would carry a label marked “not for transplantation” that lists the donor's name and any known diseases. The donor's personal details could be used only in ways HHS allows, such as returning remains for burial. When done, the seller would give the remains back to the family. Or it would follow the written wishes of the person with the right to decide. Breaking the rules could bring federal fines. HHS could also take away a seller's sign-up. Organ transplant groups and funeral workers would not need to sign up. Neither would schools or research groups that don't sell bodies for profit.
Congressional Summary
Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act of 2025 This bill requires certain entities that acquire human bodies and sell for profit a whole human body or human body part to register with the Department of Health and Human Services. Registered entities must comply with record-keeping, labeling, packaging, and disposition requirements. The registration and related requirements do not apply to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (a public-private partnership that links the professionals involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system) or its members; the preparation, transportation, and final disposition of human bodies or body parts by funeral service professionals; and schools of medicine, dentistry, and mortuary science and other research and training entities that do not sell whole human bodies or body parts for profit.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-04-02
- Date Added
- 2026-10-15
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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