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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2541 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the activities of the National Institutes 

of Health regarding qualifying adult stem cell research, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2005 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. ISRAEL, and Mr. BISHOP of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 

the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the 

activities of the National Institutes of Health regarding 

qualifying adult stem cell research, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Joe Testaverde Adult 

5 Stem Cell Research Act of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION, INTENSIFICATION, AND COORDINA2 TION OF ACTIVITIES OF NATIONAL INSTI3 TUTES OF HEALTH REGARDING QUALIFYING 

4 ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH. 

5 Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 409J. QUALIFYING ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

10 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Director 

11 of NIH shall expand, intensify, and coordinate the 

12 activities of the National Institutes of Health re13 garding qualifying adult stem cell research. 

14 ‘‘(2) COLLABORATION AMONG AGENCIES.—The 

15 Director shall carry out this section in collaboration 

16 with any other agencies that the Director determines 

17 appropriate. 

18 ‘‘(b) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 

20 (a)(1), the Director shall make awards of grants and 

21 contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to 

22 pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, 

23 improving, and providing basic operating support for 

24 centers of excellence regarding qualifying adult stem 

25 cell research. 
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1 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—Each center shall conduct 

2 basic and clinical research regarding qualifying adult 

3 stem cells. Such research should include investiga4 tions into the cause, diagnosis, early detection, pre5 vention, control, and treatment of disease. 

6 ‘‘(3) SERVICES FOR PATIENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A center may expend 

8 amounts provided under paragraph (1) to carry 

9 out a program to make individuals aware of op10 portunities to participate as subjects in research 

11 conducted by the centers. 

12 ‘‘(B) REFERRALS AND COSTS.—A program 

13 under subparagraph (A) may, in accordance 

14 with such criteria as the Director may establish, 

15 provide to the subjects described in such sub16 paragraph, referrals for health and other serv17 ices, and such patient care costs as are required 

18 for research. 

19 ‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS.—The ex20 tent to which a center can demonstrate avail21 ability and access to clinical services shall be 

22 considered by the Director in decisions about 

23 awarding grants to applicants which meet the 

24 scientific criteria for funding under this section. 
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1 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION OF CENTERS; REPORTS.— 

2 The Director shall, as appropriate, provide for the 

3 coordination of information among centers and en4 sure regular communication between such centers, 

5 and may require the periodic preparation of reports 

6 on the activities of the centers and the submission 

7 of the reports to the Director. 

8 ‘‘(5) ORGANIZATION OF CENTERS.—Each cen9 ter shall use the facilities of a single institution, or 

10 be formed from a consortium of cooperating institu11 tions, meeting such requirements as may be pre12 scribed by the Director. 

13 ‘‘(6) NUMBER OF CENTERS; DURATION OF SUP14 PORT.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

16 provide for the establishment of not less than 

17 five centers under paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(B) DURATION.—Support for a center 

19 may be provided under this section for a period 

20 of not to exceed 5 years. Such period may be 

21 extended for one or more additional periods not 

22 exceeding 5 years if the operations of such cen23 ter have been reviewed by an appropriate tech24 nical and scientific peer review group estab25 lished by the Director and if such group has 
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1 recommended to the Director that such period 

2 should be extended. 

3 ‘‘(c) FACILITATION OF RESEARCH.—In carrying out 

4 subsection (a)(1), the Director shall provide for a program 

5 under which samples of tissues and genetic materials that 

6 are of use in qualifying adult stem cell research are do7 nated, collected, preserved, and made available for such 

8 research. The program shall be carried out in accordance 

9 with accepted scientific and medical standards for the do10 nation, collection, and preservation of such samples. 

11 ‘‘(d) PUBLIC INPUT.—In carrying out subsection 

12 (a)(1), the Director shall provide for means through which 

13 the public can obtain information on the existing and 

14 planned programs and activities of the National Institutes 

15 of Health regarding qualifying adult stem cell research 

16 and through which the Director can receive comments 

17 from the public regarding such programs and activities. 

18 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘center’ means a center of excel20 lence under subsection (b)(1). 

21 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

22 NIH. 

23 ‘‘(3) The term ‘qualifying adult stem cell’ 

24 means a human stem cell obtained from a human 

25 placenta, umbilical cord blood, an organ or tissue of 
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1 a living or deceased human being who has been 

2 born, or an organ or tissue of unborn human off3 spring who died of natural causes (such as sponta4 neous abortion). 

5 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

6 carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro7 priated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 

8 2006 and each subsequent fiscal year. Such authorization 

9 of appropriations is in addition to any other authorization 

10 of appropriations that is available for activities of the Na11 tional Institutes of Health regarding qualifying adult stem 

12 cell research.’’. 

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