[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 17 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 17

  Expressing the sense of the Congress supporting Federal funding of 
                    pluripotent stem cell research.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2001

 Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself and Mrs. Morella) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress supporting Federal funding of 
                    pluripotent stem cell research.

Whereas Federal funds are crucial for researchers to proceed with stem cell 
        research and technologies;
Whereas pluripotent stem cell research does not undermine the current ban on 
        Federal funding of human embryo research because pluripotent stem cells 
        are not embryos and cannot become embryos;
Whereas pluripotent stem cells are presursors of specialized cells which are 
        destroyed or damaged in many incurable diseases and disabilities;
Whereas the ability to use pluripotent stem cells to generate specialized cells, 
        such as the dopamine-producing cells that are degenerated in Parkinson's 
        disease or the insulin-producing cells that are impaired in diabetes, 
        allows doctors to learn to generate the specialized cells that are 
        destroyed or damaged in other diseases and disabilities;
Whereas pluripotent stem cell research could lead to vastly improved treatments 
        or cures for Alzheimer's disease, anemia, AIDS, arthritis, blindness, 
        brain injury, birth defects, cancer, deafness, diabetes, heart disease, 
        kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, 
        multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson's disease, severe 
        burns, sickle cell anemia, spinal cord injury, and stroke, and could 
        also lead to improved success of organ transplantation; and
Whereas Federal funding through the National Institutes of Health ensures that 
        sensitive research will be conducted in accordance with the highest 
        scientific and ethical standards: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress supports Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell 
research.
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