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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2376 

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 24, 2011 

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 2011’’. 

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 04:07 Jul 01, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2376.IH H2376

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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.—Human embryonic stem cells eli18 gible for use in research under subsection (a) shall include 

19 stem cells that meet each of the following: 

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

21 embryos that have been donated from in vitro fer22 tilization clinics, were created for the purposes of re23 productive treatment, and were in excess of the clin24 ical need of the individuals seeking such treatment. 


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1 ‘‘(2) It was determined through consultation 

2 with the individuals seeking reproductive treatment 

3 that the embryos to be donated would never be im4 planted in a woman and would otherwise be dis5 carded. 

6 ‘‘(3) The individuals seeking reproductive treat7 ment donated the embryos with written informed 

8 consent and without receiving any financial or other 

9 inducements to make the donation. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 498F. GUIDELINES. 

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

12 NIH, shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) maintain guidelines applicable to the con14 duct or support of human stem cell research by the 

15 Department of Health and Human Services; 

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

17 3 years; and 

18 ‘‘(3) update such guidelines as scientifically 

19 warranted. 

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

21 CLONING. 

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

23 funds for the conduct or support of human cloning. 


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

2 guidelines maintained under section 498F for consistency 

3 with subsection (a). 

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

5 cloning’ means the implantation of the product of trans6 ferring the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into 

7 an egg cell from which the nuclear material has been re8 moved or rendered inert into a uterus or the functional 

9 equivalent of a uterus.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

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

12 (42 U.S.C. 283(a)(5)) is amended— 

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

14 and 

15 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(L) Human stem cells.’’. 

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