The original Smith amendment required foreign recipients of United States funds to certify that they would not use their own money for abortions or abortion lobbying.

Notable American and foreign recipients include:

In 2007, 2500 kidney transplants were bought in Pakistan, with foreign recipients making up two-thirds of the purchases.

The Order is restricted to 24 members as well as additional foreign recipients.

Later decrees allowed for its award to foreign recipients of the Belgian Croix de Guerre.

Other foreign recipients include:

Notable foreign recipients of the 1940-1945 Croix de guerre (partial list)

In 1959 Burnet proposed that under certain circumstances, tissues could be successfully transplanted into foreign recipients.

Lacking the particular population of white blood cells, Dr. Lefkowith said, the tissues were not perceived as foreign by the transplant recipients.

She said the transmitters should get a birth date verified by official documents, and as much information as possible about the foreign recipients.