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The bill directs a modest, targeted annual authorization to strengthen the federal cell transplantation program—potentially improving transplant access and program stability—while imposing a small cost on taxpayers and depending on future appropriations that are not guaranteed.
Patients needing transplants will have increased access to transplantation services because the bill authorizes $33,009,000 annually for FY2027–FY2031 to support the program.
Hospitals and transplant centers will receive more stable, predictable federal support for the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program across FY2027–FY2031, helping planning and operations.
Researchers, program administrators, and the public will see clearer, more transparent statutory funding line items for the program, improving budget visibility and oversight.
Patients and hospitals could be left without the promised support if Congress does not appropriate the authorized $33,009,000 each year, creating expectations without guarantees.
Taxpayers will bear additional federal spending of $33,009,000 annually for FY2027–FY2031, modestly increasing federal outlays.
Hospitals and policymakers may face reduced flexibility to address broader transplant or public-health infrastructure needs because the increase is narrowly targeted to a single federal program.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes $33,009,000 per year for FY2027–FY2031 for the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and replaces cord blood inventory statutory language (new text not shown).
Revises funding language for the federal cell transplantation program and updates the cord blood inventory statute. It keeps an existing $31,009,000 line item and adds an explicit authorization of $33,009,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. The bill also replaces language about the cord blood inventory, but the provided text does not show the new wording, so the practical effect of that change is not specified here.
Introduced March 17, 2026 by John F. Reed · Last progress March 17, 2026