There are currently five (5) bills that have been introduced in the 110thh Congress involving stem cell research.

As far as I can tell they are all designed to prohibit embryonic stem cell research and the cloning of cells.  If anyone has information to the contrary, I would appreciate your input.
 
Cloning and Stem Cell Legislation 

Currently, there are five important bills that have been introduced before the 110th Congress involving cloning and stem cell research. 

H.R. 322, The Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act of 2007, was introduced by Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD). The purpose of the bill is to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using technology that does not harm human embryos. The bill is before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health. Contact the members of this committee at http://energycommerce.house.gov/Subcommittees/health.shtml.


I'm not sure if the Bartlett  Bill allows Dr. Lanza's gene biopsy procedure or not.  This is been used by IVF clinics for years with no "harm" to embryos, but I don't know if the intent of this bill is to interpet that procedure as harm.   The bill certainly bans use of excess destined for the dumpster IVF embryos.
Ray    

H.R. 2807, The Patient's First Act of 2007, was introduced by Representative Randy Forbes (R-VA). The purpose of this bill is to intensify stem cell research showing the evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients. This bill is also before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health. 


The Forbes Bill is an attempt to get  support for adult stem cell research - using the phoney Prentice List of Cures?? And banning embryonic stem cell research.
Ray


S.2358, The Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2007, was introduced by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KA). The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the development of human-animal hybrids. This bill is before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A complete list of committee members can be found at http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm.


I understand that in the UK where human-hybrid research is permitted, no one is creating human-animal hybrids, but human-animal-cells for research.  I'm sure Brownback seeks to prohibit cellular research as well as the production of actual hybrids.
Ray

S.1036, The Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007, was also introduced by Senator Brownback. Its purpose is to prohibit human cloning. This bill is before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The Committee's members can be found at http://help.senate.gov/About.html. Representative Dave Weldon (R-FL) introduced the corresponding bill on the House side. H.R. 2564, also titled The Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007, is House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. A list of members can be found at http://judiciary.house.gov/committeestructure.aspx?committee=6. 


Here again scientists are interested in cloning cells, not people, but Brownback would not permit that.
Ray

The full text of each of the five bills can be found at http://thomas.loc.gov. 



Rayilyn Brown
Board Member AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation

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