,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ai1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,de,gette 7for herself and ,mr4 ,dent7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,public ,health ,service ,act to provide
 for human stem cell research1 including
 human embryonic stem cell research1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,stem    
,cell ,research ,advancement ,act of    
#bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,the ,congress    
finds as follows3  7#a7 ,on ,march #i1  
#bjji1 ,president ,barack ,obama issued 
,executive ,order #aceje1 entitled      
,removing ,barriers to ,responsible     
,scientific ,research ,involving ,human 
,stem ,cells4  7#b7 ,on ,july #g1 #bjji1
 the ,national ,institutes of ,health   
issued guidelines on human stem cell    
research4  7#c7 ,the scientific field of
 stem cell research is continually      
advancing4  #c4 ,human stem cell        

research ,part ,h of title ,,iv of the  
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bhi et seq47 is amended by   
inserting after section #dih;,d the     
following3  #dih;,e4 ,human stem cell   
research  7a7 ,in general               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary shall conduct and   
support research that utilizes human    
stem cells1 including human embryonic   
stem cells4  7b7 ,eligibility ,to be    
eligible for use in research under      
subsection 7a71 human embryonic stem    
cells must have been derived from cells 
from human embryos that--  7#a7 were    
created using in vitro fertilization for
 reproductive purposes and are no longer
 needed for those purposes2 and  7#b7   
were donated by the individuals who     
sought reproductive treatment with      
written and voluntary informed consent  
for the embryos to be used for research 
purposes and without receiving any      
financial or other inducements to make  
the donation4  #dih;,f4 ,guidelines ,the

 ,secretary1 in consultation with the   
,director of ,,nih1 shall--  7#a7       
maintain guidelines applicable to the   
conduct or support of human stem cell   
research by the ,department of ,health  
and ,human ,services2  7#b7 review such 
guidelines not less than every #c years2
 and  7#c7 update such guidelines as    
scientifically warranted4  #dih;,g4     
,prohibition against funding for human  
cloning  7a7 ,prohibition ,the          
,secretary shall not use any funds for  
the conduct or support of human cloning4
  7b7 ,guidelines ,the ,secretary shall 
update the guidelines maintained under  
section #dih;,f for consistency with    
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,definitions ,in   
this section1 the term human cloning    
means the implantation of the product of
 transferring the nuclear material of a 
human somatic cell into an egg cell from
 which the nuclear material has been    
removed or rendered inert into a uterus 
or the functional equivalent of a       
uterus4  4  #d4 ,reporting requirements 

,section #djc7;a77#e7 of the ,public    
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bhc7;a77#e77 is amended--  7#a7 by     
redesignating subparagraph 7,l7 as 7,m72
 and  7#b7 by inserting after           
subparagraph 7,k7 the following3  7,l7  
,human stem cells4  4