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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2433 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human stem cell 

research, including human embryonic stem cell research, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2013 

Ms. DEGETTE (for herself and Mr. DENT) 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 

human stem cell research, including human embryonic 

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 ‘‘Stem Cell Research 

5 Advancement Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) On March 9, 2009, President Barack 

9 Obama issued Executive Order 13505, entitled ‘‘ReVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:32 Jun 24, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2433.IH H2433

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1 moving Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research 

2 Involving Human Stem Cells’’. 

3 (2) On July 7, 2009, the National Institutes of 

4 Health issued guidelines on human stem cell re5 search. 

6 (3) The scientific field of stem cell research is 

7 continually advancing. 

8 SEC. 3. HUMAN STEM CELL RESEARCH. 

9 Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 289 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec11 tion 498D the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 498E. HUMAN STEM CELL RESEARCH. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro14 vision of law, the Secretary shall conduct and support re15 search that utilizes human stem cells, including human 

16 embryonic stem cells. 

17 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for use in research 

18 under subsection (a), human embryonic stem cells must 

19 have been derived from cells from human embryos that— 

20 ‘‘(1) were created using in vitro fertilization for 

21 reproductive purposes and are no longer needed for 

22 those purposes; and 

23 ‘‘(2) were donated by the individuals who 

24 sought reproductive treatment with written and vol25 untary informed consent for the embryos to be used 


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1 for research purposes and without receiving any fi2 nancial or other inducements to make the donation. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 498F. GUIDELINES. 

4 ‘‘The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of 

5 NIH, shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) maintain guidelines applicable to the con7 duct or support of human stem cell research by the 

8 Department of Health and Human Services; 

9 ‘‘(2) review such guidelines not less than every 

10 3 years; and 

11 ‘‘(3) update such guidelines as scientifically 

12 warranted. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 498G. PROHIBITION AGAINST FUNDING FOR HUMAN 

14 CLONING. 

15 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not use any 

16 funds for the conduct or support of human cloning. 

17 ‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall update the 

18 guidelines maintained under section 498F for consistency 

19 with subsection (a). 

20 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘human 

21 cloning’ means the implantation of the product of trans22 ferring the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into 

23 an egg cell from which the nuclear material has been re24 moved or rendered inert into a uterus or the functional 

25 equivalent of a uterus.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

2 Section 403(a)(5) of the Public Health Service Act 

3 (42 U.S.C. 283(a)(5)) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as (M); 

5 and 

6 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(L) Human stem cells.’’. 

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