End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-524
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-13
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion

Department of Health and Human Services

Medical research

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from an induced abortion for research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health on the transplantation of fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes.</p> Soliciting or acquiring a donation of fetal tissue from an induced abortion for a purpose other than disposal is prohibited.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 524 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2017 Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Mooney of West Virginia , and Mr. Jones ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit any person from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, or accepting a donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue will be or is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017 . 2. Removal of authority for funding research on fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an induced abortion Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 289g–1 ) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (2) of subsection (a) to read as follows: (2) Source of tissue Human fetal tissue may be used in research carried out under paragraph (1) only if the tissue is obtained pursuant to a spontaneous abortion or a stillbirth. ; (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking subparagraph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (3) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking or induced ; and (4) in subsection (g), by striking or induced . 3. Prohibition against solicitation or acceptance of a donation of fetal tissue pursuant to an induced abortion Subsection (b) of section 498B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 289g–2 ) is amended to read as follows: (b) Prohibition against solicitation or acceptance of a donation of fetal tissue pursuant to an abortion It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or accept a donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue will be or is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion. .