,in the ,senate of the ,united ,states1 
,december #h1 #bjad4  ,amendment3  ,that
 the bill from the ,house of            
,representatives 7,h4,r4 #abha7 entitled
 ,an ,act to amend the ,public ,health  
,service ,act to reauthorize programs   
under part ,a of title ,,xi of such     
,act41 do pass with the following ,at   
the end1 add the following3 #ab4        
,informed consent for newborn screening 
research  7a7 ,in general ,research on  
newborn dried blood spots shall be      
considered research carried out on human
 subjects meeting the definition of     
section #df4ajb7;f77#b7 of title #de1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 for     
purposes of ,federally funded research  
conducted pursuant to the ,public       
,health ,service ,act until such time as
 updates to the ,federal ,policy for the
 ,protection of ,human ,subjects 7the   
,common ,rule7 are promulgated pursuant 
to subsection 7c74 ,for purposes of this
 subsection1 sections #df4aaf7;c7 and   
#df4aaf7;d7 of title #de1 ,code of      

,federal ,regulations1 shall not apply4 
7b7 ,effective date ,subsection 7a7     
shall apply only to newborn dried blood 
spots used for purposes of ,federally   
funded research that were collected not 
earlier than #ij days after the date of 
enactment of this ,act4  7c7            
,regulations ,not later than #f months  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services shall promulgate       
proposed regulations related to the     
updating of the ,federal ,policy for the
 ,protection of ,human ,subjects 7the   
,common ,rule71 particularly with       
respect to informed consent4 ,not later 
than #b years after such date of        
enactment1 the ,secretary shall         
promulgate final regulations based on   
such proposed regulations4  ,secretary