> Subject: Update on stem cell bills - new co-sponsors
> From: Linda J Herman <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:38:48 -0400
Pro Stem Cell Research Bills in Congress - here is a update of new
co-sponsors.
FROM: Thomas <thomas.loc.gov>
H.CON.RES.17 - 7 new co-sponsors as of 7/10
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. (introduced 1/30/2001)
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2001 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: Expressing the sense of the Congress supporting Federal funding of
pluripotent stem cell research.
COSPONSORS(70), BY DATE
Rep Morella, Constance A. - 1/30/2001
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 2/6/2001
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 2/8/2001
Rep Udall, Mark - 2/8/2001
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 2/8/2001
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 2/13/2001
Rep Berkley, Shelley - 2/13/2001
Rep Evans, Lane - 2/27/2001
Rep Price, David E. - 2/27/2001
Rep Frank, Barney - 2/27/2001
Rep Hooley, Darlene - 2/27/2001
Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 2/27/2001
Rep Dooley, Calvin M. - 2/27/2001
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 2/27/2001
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 2/27/2001
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 2/27/2001
Rep Miller, George - 2/27/2001
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 2/27/2001
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 3/7/2001
Rep McGovern, James P. - 3/7/2001
Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 3/7/2001
Rep Doggett, Lloyd - 3/7/2001
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 3/7/2001
Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 3/7/2001
Rep McCarthy, Karen - 3/7/2001
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 3/7/2001
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 3/7/2001
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 3/7/2001
Rep McDermott, Jim - 3/7/2001
Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 3/7/2001
Rep Wexler, Robert - 3/7/2001
Rep Sherman, Brad - 3/7/2001
Rep Brady, Robert - 3/7/2001
Rep Harman, Jane - 3/7/2001
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 3/13/2001
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven - 3/13/2001
Rep Pryce, Deborah - 3/13/2001
Rep Lantos, Tom - 3/13/2001
Rep Smith, Adam - 3/13/2001
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 3/13/2001
Rep Deutsch, Peter - 3/13/2001
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 3/13/2001
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 3/13/2001
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 3/27/2001
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 3/27/2001
Rep Tierney, John F. - 4/3/2001
Rep Thompson, Mike - 4/3/2001
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 4/3/2001
Rep Kolbe, Jim - 4/3/2001
Rep Bentsen, Ken - 4/3/2001
Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 4/3/2001
Rep Sandlin, Max - 4/26/2001
Rep Carson, Julia - 4/26/2001
Rep Lee, Barbara - 4/26/2001
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 4/26/2001
Rep Strickland, Ted - 5/15/2001
Rep Snyder, Vic - 5/15/2001
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 5/23/2001
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 5/23/2001
Rep Wu, David - 6/14/2001
Rep Moran, James P. - 6/14/2001
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 6/28/2001
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 6/28/2001
NEW CO-SPONSORS
Rep Sawyer, Tom - 7/10/2001
Rep Farr, Sam - 7/10/2001
Rep Larsen, Rick - 7/10/2001
Rep Horn, Stephen - 7/10/2001
Rep Frost, Martin - 7/10/2001
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 7/10/2001
Rep Olver, John W. - 7/10/2001
NOTE: A resolution is meant to convey the sense of Congress, but does not
become a law.
H.R.2059
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim (introduced 6/5/2001)
Related Bills: S.723
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2001 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human
embryonic stem cell generation and research.
COSPONSORS(24) - 4 new
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 6/12/2001
Rep Miller, George - 6/12/2001
Rep Tierney, John F. - 6/12/2001
Rep Evans, Lane - 6/12/2001
Rep Filner, Bob - 6/12/2001
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 6/12/2001
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 6/12/2001
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 6/12/2001
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 6/12/2001
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 6/12/2001
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 6/20/2001
Rep Moran, James P. - 6/20/2001
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 6/20/2001
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 6/20/2001
Rep McGovern, James P. - 6/20/2001
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 6/20/2001
Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 6/20/2001
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 6/26/2001
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 6/26/2001
Rep Sandlin, Max - 6/26/2001
NEW:
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 7/10/2001
Rep Farr, Sam - 7/10/2001
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 7/10/2001
Rep Frost, Martin - 7/10/2001
S.723
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen (introduced 4/5/2001)
Related Bills: H.R.2059
Latest Major Action: 4/5/2001 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human
embryonic stem cell generation and research.
COSPONSORS(16),
Sen Harkin, Tom - 4/5/2001
Sen Thurmond, Strom - 4/5/2001
Sen Chafee, Lincoln D. - 4/5/2001
Sen Smith, Gordon - 4/5/2001
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. - 4/5/2001
Sen Reid, Harry M. - 4/5/2001
Sen Murray, Patty - 4/5/2001
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 4/5/2001
Sen Corzine, Jon - 4/5/2001
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 4/5/2001
Sen Kerry, John F. - 4/5/2001
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 4/5/2001
Sen Jeffords, James M. - 5/1/2001
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 5/1/2001
Sen Levin, Carl - 5/15/2001
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 5/21/2001
---Below is the text of the Specter-Harkin bill. It specifically states
"The research involved shall not result in the creation of human
embryos," as do the NIH guidelines for funding embryonic stem cell
research. The type of research reported on today that was done at
Eastern Virginia Medical School, would NEVER be funded by the US
governmetn under the existing NIH guidelines, or these bills.
`(a) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may only conduct, support, or fund research on human embryos
for the purpose of generating embryonic stem cells and utilizing stem
cells that have been derived from embryos in accordance with this
section.
`(b) SOURCES OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS- For purposes of carrying out
research under subsection (a), the human embryonic stem cells involved
shall be derived only from embryos that have been donated from in-vitro
fertilization clinics after compliance with the following:
`(1) Prior to the consideration of embryo donation and through
consultation with the progenitors, it is determined that the embryos will
never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded.
`(2) The embryos are donated 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-
`(A) IN GENERAL- It shall be unlawful for any person receiving Federal
funds
to knowingly acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer any human embryos
for
valuable consideration if the acquisition, receipt, or transfer affects
interstate
commerce.
(B) DEFINITION- In subparagraph (A), the term `valuable consideration'
does
not include reasonable payments associated with transportation,
transplantation,
processing, preservation, quality control, or storage.
(d) GUIDELINES- The Secretary, in conjunction with the Director of the
National Institutes of Health, shall issue guidelines that expand on the
rules governing human embryonic stem cell research (as in effect on the
date of enactment of this section) to include rules that govern the
derivation of stem cells from donated embryos under this section.
`(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.- The Secretary shall annually
prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report
describing the activities carried out under this section during the
preceding fiscal year, and including a description of whether and to what
extent research under subsection (a) has been conducted in accordance
with this section.'.
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