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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 573 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2019 

Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. OLSON, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 

BABIN, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. BANKS, Mr. MOONEY of West 

Virginia, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. WALKER, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 

ARRINGTON, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 

HUNTER, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. LONG, Mr. 

PALMER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. STEWART, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. 

ALLEN, Mr. WATKINS, and Mr. PALAZZO) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research involving human fetal 

tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Life and 

3 Integrity in Research Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NO RESEARCH BY HHS INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL 

5 TISSUE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN IN6 DUCED ABORTION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Public Health Service Act is 

8 amended by inserting after section 498A of such Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 289g–1) the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 498A–1. NO RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL TIS11 SUE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN INDUCED 

12 ABORTION. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not conduct 

14 or support any research involving human fetal tissue that 

15 is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion. 

16 ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW, ETHICAL CELL

17 LINES.—Subsection (a) does not limit the authority of the 

18 Secretary to develop or support the development of new, 

19 high-efficiency cell lines, including for the production of 

20 vaccines and genetic vectors, so long as the cell lines are 

21 not derived from human fetal tissue that is obtained pur22 suant to an induced abortion.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 498A of 

24 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–1) is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) in subsections (a)(2), (c)(1)(B), and (g), by 

2 striking ‘‘or induced’’ each place it appears; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 

4 (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 

5 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

6 and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively. 

7 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST SOLICITATION OR KNOWING 

8 ACQUISITION, RECEIPT, OR ACCEPTANCE OF 

9 A DONATION OF HUMAN FETAL TISSUE 

10 KNOWING THAT THE TISSUE WAS OBTAINED 

11 PURSUANT TO AN INDUCED ABORTION. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 498B(c) 

13 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2(c)) 

14 is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or ac16 cept a donation (excluding any transfer for purposes 

17 of autopsy or burial) of human fetal tissue knowing 

18 that— 

19 ‘‘(A) a human pregnancy was deliberately 

20 initiated to provide such tissue; or 

21 ‘‘(B) the tissue was obtained pursuant to 

22 an induced abortion; or’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING CHANGES.—Section 498B of the 

24 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

2 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 

3 as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; 

4 (3) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para5 graph (2)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), 

7 or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or 

9 (b)(3)’’. 

10 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR HHS RESEARCH ON FETAL 

11 TISSUE AND CORRESPONDING REPORTING. 

12 Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 289g–1) is amended— 

14 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘RE15 SEARCH ON TRANSPLANTATION OF FETAL TISSUE’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘RESEARCH ON FETAL TISSUE’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘research on the transplan19 tation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic 

20 purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘research on human 

21 fetal tissue’’; and 

22 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 any research of the Department of Health and 

25 Human Services on human fetal tissue shall be 


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1 conducted or supported in accordance with this 

2 section.’’; and 

3 (3) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘if the 

4 fetal tissue is intended for transplantation,’’ before 

5 ‘‘the donation is made’’. 

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