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One Hundred Tenth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,

the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven

An Act

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

cell research.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stem Cell Research Enhancement

Act of 2007’’.

SEC. 2. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.

Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

289 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 498C the following:

‘‘SEC. 498D. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law

(including any regulation or guidance), the Secretary shall conduct

and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells

in accordance with this section (regardless of the date on which

the stem cells were derived from a human embryo).

‘‘(b) ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS.—Human embryonic stem cells

shall be eligible for use in any research conducted or supported

by the Secretary if the cells meet each of the following:

‘‘(1) The stem cells were derived from human embryos

that have been donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were

created for the purposes of fertility treatment, and were in

excess of the clinical need of the individuals seeking such

treatment.

‘‘(2) Prior to the consideration of embryo donation and

through consultation with the individuals seeking fertility treatment, it was determined that the embryos would never be

implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded.

‘‘(3) The individuals seeking fertility treatment donated

the embryos with written informed consent and without

receiving any financial or other inducements to make the donation.

‘‘(c) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 60 days after the date of

the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with

the Director of NIH, shall issue final guidelines to carry out this

section.

‘‘(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall annually

prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress

a report describing the activities carried out under this section

during the preceding fiscal year, and including a description of
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whether and to what extent research under subsection (a) has

been conducted in accordance with this section.’’.

SEC. 3. ALTERNATIVE HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL RESEARCH.

Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

284 et seq.), as amended by section 2, is further amended by

inserting after section 498D the following:

‘‘SEC. 498E. ALTERNATIVE HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL

RESEARCH.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with section 492, the Secretary

shall conduct and support basic and applied research to develop

techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, or testing of

stem cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of producing

all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body and

may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases

and other adverse health conditions, but are not derived from

a human embryo.

‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 90 days after the date of

the enactment of this section, the Secretary, after consultation

with the Director, shall issue final guidelines to implement subsection (a), that—

‘‘(1) provide guidance concerning the next steps required

for additional research, which shall include a determination

of the extent to which specific techniques may require additional basic or animal research to ensure that any research

involving human cells using these techniques would clearly

be consistent with the standards established under this section;

‘‘(2) prioritize research with the greatest potential for nearterm clinical benefit; and

‘‘(3) consistent with subsection (a), take into account techniques outlined by the President’s Council on Bioethics and

any other appropriate techniques and research.

‘‘(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than January 1 of

each year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate

committees of the Congress a report describing the activities carried

out under this section during the fiscal year, including a description

of the research conducted under this section.

‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall

be construed to affect any policy, guideline, or regulation regarding

embryonic stem cell research, human cloning by somatic cell nuclear

transfer, or any other research not specifically authorized by this

section.

‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term ‘human embryo’

shall have the meaning given such term in the applicable

appropriations Act.

‘‘(2) APPLICABLE ACT.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the

term ‘applicable appropriations Act’ means, with respect to

the fiscal year in which research is to be conducted or supported

under this section, the Act making appropriations for the

Department of Health and Human Services for such fiscal

year, except that if the Act for such fiscal year does not contain

the term referred to in paragraph (1), the Act for the previous

fiscal year shall be deemed to be the applicable appropriations

Act.
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‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of

fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to carry out this section.’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.