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This bill requires the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to jointly issue regulations to enable air carriers to efficiently and safely transport human organs for transplant. The key provisions include defining "covered materials" that include organs and associated containers, considering protocols for air control outages that impact the timeliness of organ transport flights, requiring air carriers to implement a protocol for human accompaniment of organs, establishing a standardized process for commercial air carrier acceptance and management of organs in transit, and requiring consistent use of flight notes to indicate the presence of organs on board to prioritize takeoff and landing of these flights. The bill also requires consultation with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) to identify metrics and develop best practices for air carrier handling of organs and organ-related tissue.