Congress proposes up to $50,000 refundable tax credit for anonymous living kidney donors
This bill is currently sitting in the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees. It has not moved since April 2025, meaning nothing has happened with the proposal for 15 months. It is considered stalled because it has not received a committee vote.
No action since April 2025
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 9275 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 9275 (118th) →How this policy affects specific groups of people
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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Introduced in House
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Commentary discussing ethical and practical concerns about H.R. 2687’s refundable tax credit for non-directed (anonymous) living kidney donors, including potential impacts on organ donation norms and exploitation risks.
Explainer-style write-up summarizing H.R. 2687’s structure: $10,000 refundable tax credit for 5 years for anonymous living kidney donation, death-year acceleration, and clarification re: organ-sale prohibition.
Tax-focused legislative coverage providing the introduced text and framing H.R. 2687 as a refundable credit for non-directed living kidney donations, with conforming amendments and effective dates.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
End Kidney Deaths Act
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