,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjai  
,mr4 ,luetkemeyer 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,duncan1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4 ,roe of        
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1
 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,westerman1 ,mr4     
,babin1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mr4 ,marshall1   
,mr4 ,banks1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west      
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1 ,mr4 ,walker1  
,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4        
,arrington1 ,mr4 ,abraham1 ,mr4 ,kelly  
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4     
,hunter1 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 ,mrs4 ,lesko1   
,mr4 ,ratcliffe1 ,mr4 ,long1 ,mr4       
,palmer1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4    
,norman1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,rooney of 
,florida1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,kevin    
,hern of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4   
,watkins1 and ,mr4 ,palazzo7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,public ,health ,service ,act to        
prohibit the ,secretary of ,health and  

,human ,services from conducting or     
supporting any research involving human 
fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant  
to an induced abortion1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting ,life   
and ,integrity in ,research ,act of     
#bjai4  #b4 ,no research by ,,hhs       
involving human fetal tissue obtained   
pursuant to an induced abortion  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,public ,health ,service  
,act is amended by inserting after      
section #dih;,a of such ,act 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;g-#a7 the following3     
#dih;,a-#a4 ,no research involving human
 fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an   
induced abortion  7a7 ,in general ,the  
,secretary may not conduct or support   
any research involving human fetal      
tissue that is obtained pursuant to an  
induced abortion4  7b7 ,development of  
new1 ethical cell lines ,subsection 7a7 
does not limit the authority of the     
,secretary to develop or support the    
development of new1 high-efficiency cell

 lines1 including for the production of 
vaccines and genetic vectors1 so long as
 the cell lines are not derived from    
human fetal tissue that is obtained     
pursuant to an induced abortion4  4  7b7
 ,conforming amendments ,section #dih;,a
 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;g-#a7 is amended--  
7#a7 in subsections 7a77#b71            
7c77#a77;,b71 and 7g71 by striking or   
induced each place it appears2 and  7#b7
 in subsection 7b77#b7-- 7,a7 by        
striking subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,b7 by
 redesignating subparagraphs 7,b7 and   
7,c7 as 7,a7 and 7,b71 respectively4    
#c4 ,prohibition against solicitation or
 knowing acquisition1 receipt1 or       
acceptance of a donation of human fetal 
tissue knowing that the tissue was      
obtained pursuant to an induced abortion
  7a7 ,in general ,paragraph 7#a7 of    
section #dih;,b7c7 of the ,public       
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bhi;g-#b7;c77 is amended to read as    
follows3  7#a7 solicit or knowingly     

acquire1 receive1 or accept a donation  
7excluding any transfer for purposes of 
autopsy or burial7 of human fetal tissue
 knowing that-- 7,a7 a human pregnancy  
was deliberately initiated to provide   
such tissue2 or  7,b7 the tissue was    
obtained pursuant to an induced         
abortion2 or  4  7b7 ,conforming changes
 ,section #dih;,b of the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;g-#b7
 is amended--  7#a7 by striking         
subsection 7b72  7#b7 by redesignating  
subsections 7c7 through 7e7 as          
subsections 7b7 through 7d71            
respectively2  7#c7 in subsection 7c71  
as redesignated by paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking 7a71    
7b71 or 7c7 and inserting 7a7 or 7b72   
and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking
 or 7b77#c74  #d4 ,authorization for    
,,hhs research on fetal tissue and      
corresponding reporting ,section #dih;,a
 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;g-#a7 is amended--  
7#a7 in the section heading1 by striking

 ,research on transplantation of fetal  
tissue and inserting ,research on fetal 
tissue2  7#b7 in subsection 7a7--  7,a7 
by striking research on the             
transplantation of human fetal tissue   
for therapeutic purposes and inserting  
research on human fetal tissue2 and     
7,b7 by adding at the end the following3
 ,notwithstanding any other provision of
 law1 any research of the ,department of
 ,health and ,human ,services on human  
fetal tissue shall be conducted or      
supported in accordance with this       
section42 and  7#c7 in subsection       
7b77#a77;,b71 by inserting if the fetal 
tissue is intended for transplantation1 
before the donation is made4