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Thanks Murray, Pardon my stupidity, but isn't the first part of all of this, word for word, from the NIH guidelines? I'm going to copy off the entire bill, go through it with all of his strike this word, and add that word , and see what we have. just me, Marjorie At 02:07 PM 09/20/2000 -0700, you wrote: >------- Forwarded message follows ------- > >Hi All, >Can we live with this?? You be the judge...... > >This is the text of the Bill followed by the text of the amendments... > >S 2015 IS > >106th CONGRESS >2d Session >S. 2015 >To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect >to human embryonic stem cells. > >IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES >January 31, 2000 >Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. HARKIN) introduced the following bill; >which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, >Labor, and Pensions > >A BILL >To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect >to human embryonic stem cells. > >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 Act of 2000'. >SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS. >Part G of the Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288 et >seq.) is amended by inserting after section 498B the following: >`SEC. 498C. RESEARCH ON HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS. >`(a) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary >may only conduct, support, or fund research on, or utilizing, human embryos >for the purpose of generating embryonic stem cells in accordance with this >section. >`(b) SOURCES OF EMBRYONIC CELLS- For purposes of carrying out research >under paragraph (1), the human embryonic stem cells involved shall be >derived only from embryos that otherwise would be discarded that have been >donated from in-vitro fertilization clinics with the written informed >consent of the progenitors. >`(c) RESTRICTIONS- >`(1) IN GENERAL- The following restriction shall apply with respect to >human embryonic stem cell research conducted or supported under >subsection (a): >`(A) The research involved shall not result in the creation of human embryos. >`(B) The research involved shall not result in the reproductive cloning of >a human being. >`(2) PROHIBITION- >`ke `the'.