H.R. 4582 · 119th Congress

Counts recovery from organ donation surgery as a serious health condition for family leave

Official title: 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.1

Never got a floor vote

§1What it does

Why this matters: A plain-English description of the bill as it was voted on, written by us from the official summary and text.

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This bill would make clear that recovering from surgery to donate an organ counts as a serious health condition under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the federal law that lets eligible workers take job-protected leave for reasons that include a serious health condition, and under the matching leave rules for federal civil service employees.2,3,4 Federal employees who use part of their 12 weeks of such leave to serve as organ donors would first have to use, as much as possible, the separate organ donor leave already available to them.2

§2Status

StatusLatest action, July 22, 2025: 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.1
IntroducedJuly 22, 2025
SponsorRep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Cosponsors168 cosponsors (131 Democratic, 37 Republican)
Official recordH.R. 4582 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, July 22, 2025: 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.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (146)