,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ca1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,schakowsky 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,nadler1   
,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4      
,frankel1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 and ,mr4      
,huffman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
prohibit the ,secretary of ,health and  
,human ,services from withholding funds 
for certain research using human fetal  
tissue1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,cures ,act of #bjbj4   
#b4 ,prohibition against withholding    
funds in cases of technical and         
scientific merit  7a7 ,in general ,in   
the case of any proposal for research   
using human fetal tissue1 the ,secretary
 of ,health and ,human ,services may not
 withhold funds because of              
considerations under subsection 7b77#a7 
of section #dib;,a of the ,public       

,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bhi;a-#a7 if-- 7#a7 the research has   
been recommended for approval in        
accordance with paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7
 of subsection 7a7 of such section      
#dib;,a2  7#b7 the research will be     
carried out in accordance with section  
#dih;,a of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#bhi;g-#a72 and  7#c7 there are         
reasonable assurances that the research 
will not utilize any human fetal tissue 
that has been obtained in violation of  
section #dih;,b7a7 of such ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;g-#b74  7b7 ,standing    
approval regarding ethical status ,in   
the case of any proposal for research   
using human fetal tissue1 the issuance  
of the report of the ,human ,fetal      
,tissue ,transplantation ,research      
,panel in ,december #aihh shall be      
deemed to be a report-- 7#a7 issued by  
an ethics advisory board pursuant to    
section #dib;,a7b77#e77;,b77ii7 of the  
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;a-#a7;b77#e77;,b77ii772  

and  7#b7 finding1 on a basis that is   
neither arbitrary nor capricious1 that  
the nature of the research is such that 
it is not unethical to conduct or       
support the research4  7c7 ,definition  
,for purposes of this section1 the term 
human fetal tissue has the meaning given
 such term in section #dih;,a of the    
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;g-#a74