ALL the bills
Just in case you think the list of active bills (in the previous blog entry) covers everything, here is the full list of bills relating to stem cells and cloning introduced into the House (ih) or Senate (is) and the actions taken since then. Each abbreviation, eg (ih), is defined after each title. The ones marked with * are on the current active legislation list.
H.Con.Res. 166 (ih) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should not infringe on State or private programs that fund embryonic stem cell research. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 162 (ih) To authorize the use of Federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells irrespective of the date on which such stem cells were derived, and for other purposes. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 222 (ih) To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to conduct or support research on the cloning of humans, and to express the sense of the Congress that other countries should establish substantially equivalent restrictions. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 596 (ih) To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research using such cells. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 810 (eh) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research. [Engrossed in House]
H.R. 810 (ih) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 810 (pcs) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research. [Placed on Calendar Senate]
*H.R. 810 (rds) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research. [Received in the Senate]
*H.R. 1357 (ih) To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 1650 (ih) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax credits to holders of stem cell research bonds. [Introduced in House]
*H.R. 1822 (ih) To prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 2520 (eh) To provide for the collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. [Engrossed in House]
H.R. 2520 (ih) To provide for the collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. [Introduced in House]
*H.R. 2520 (rds) To provide for the collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. [Received in the Senate]
*H.R. 2541 (ih) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the activities of the National Institutes of Health regarding qualifying adult stem cell research, and for other purposes. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 2574 (ih) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program at the National Institutes of Health to conduct and support research on animals to develop techniques for the derivation of stem cells from embryos that do not harm the embryos, and for other purposes. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 3144 (ih) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program at the National Institutes of Health to conduct and support research in the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that do not harm human embryos, and for other purposes. [Introduced in House]
H.R. 3444 (ih) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits against income tax for qualified stem cell research, the storage of qualified stem cells, and the donation of umbilical cord blood. [Introduced in House]
*S. 471 (is) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research. [Introduced in Senate]
*S. 658 (is) To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit human cloning. [Introduced in Senate]
S. 681 (is) To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research using such cells. [Introduced in Senate]
S. 876 (is) To prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research. [Introduced in Senate]
S. 1317 (is) To provide for the collection and maintenance of cord blood units for [Introduced in Senate]
*S. 1317 (rs) To provide for the collection and maintenance of cord blood units for [Reported in Senate]
S. 1520 (is) To prohibit human cloning. [Introduced in Senate]
S. 1557 (is) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program at the National Institutes of Health to conduct and support research in the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that do not harm human embryos, and for other purposes. [Introduced in Senate]
*S. 1557 (is) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program at the National Institutes of Health to conduct and support research in the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that do not harm human embryos, and for other purposes. [Introduced in Senate]
In Thomas (the source of the list), the list is identified as Last updated: January 14, 2005, however the list includes actions in response to Hurricane Katrina, so it is probably up-to-date.
Marie Godfrey, PhD