I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1895 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research involv-
ing human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2017 
Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, 
Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. LONG, 
Mr. GIBBS, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. JONES, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
WEBSTER of Florida, and Mrs. WAGNER) 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 con-
ducting or supporting any research involving human fetal 
tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Life and 
Integrity in Research Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. NO RESEARCH BY HHS INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL 
TISSUE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN IN-
DUCED ABORTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Public Health Service Act is 
amended by inserting after section 498A of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 289g–1) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 498A–1. NO RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL TIS-
SUE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN INDUCED 
ABORTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not conduct 
or support any research involving human fetal tissue that 
is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT
OF
NEW, ETHICAL
CELL 
LINES.—Subsection (a) does not limit the authority of the 
Secretary to develop or support the development of new, 
high-efficiency cell lines, including for the production of 
vaccines and genetic vectors, so long as the cell lines are 
not derived from human fetal tissue that is obtained pur-
suant to an induced abortion.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 498A of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–1) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsections (a)(2), (c)(1)(B), and (g), by 
striking ‘‘or induced’’ each place it appears; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
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(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST SOLICITATION OR KNOWING 
ACQUISITION, RECEIPT, OR ACCEPTANCE OF 
A 
DONATION 
OF 
HUMAN 
FETAL 
TISSUE 
KNOWING THAT THE TISSUE WAS OBTAINED 
PURSUANT TO AN INDUCED ABORTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 498B(c) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2(c)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or ac-
cept a donation (excluding any transfer for purposes 
of autopsy or burial) of human fetal tissue knowing 
that— 
‘‘(A) a human pregnancy was deliberately 
initiated to provide such tissue; or 
‘‘(B) the tissue was obtained pursuant to 
an induced abortion; or’’. 
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES.—Section 498B of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; 
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(3) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para-
graph (2)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), 
or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or (b)(3)’’; 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR HHS RESEARCH ON FETAL 
TISSUE AND CORRESPONDING REPORTING. 
Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 289g–1) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘RE-
SEARCH ON TRANSPLANTATION OF FETAL TISSUE’’ 
and inserting ‘‘RESEARCH ON FETAL TISSUE’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘research on the transplan-
tation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic 
purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘research on human 
fetal tissue’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any research of the Department of Health and 
Human Services on human fetal tissue shall be 
conducted or supported in accordance with this 
section.’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘if the 
fetal tissue is intended for transplantation,’’ before 
‘‘the donation is made’’. 
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