[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7158 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7158

  To provide for the establishment of a process for the management of 
              biospecimen collections by Federal agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2008

 Mr. Miller of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on Science and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the establishment of a process for the management of 
              biospecimen collections by Federal agencies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MANAGEMENT OF BIOSPECIMEN COLLECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Office of Science and Technology Policy, in 
consultation with relevant Federal agencies, shall develop a policy for 
the management by Federal agencies of biospecimen collections.
    (b) Reports to Congress.--The Office of Science and Technology 
Policy shall--
            (1) transmit an initial report to Congress on the policy 
        developed under subsection (a) within 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) after the transmittal of the initial report under 
        paragraph (1), transmit to Congress an annual report on the 
        progress of the implementation of the policy, until all 
        relevant Federal agencies have implemented the policy.
    (c) Destruction of Biospecimen Collections.--The policy developed 
under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) require that, before destroying a biospecimen 
        collection, a Federal agency shall--
                    (A) conduct a review of the research value of the 
                collection; and
                    (B) consult with researchers who have used the 
                collection, and any other interested parties, 
                concerning--
                            (i) the collection's value; and
                            (ii) possible additional uses for the 
                        collection; and
            (2) include procedures for Federal agencies to offer 
        biospecimen collections they no longer need to researchers at 
        institutions qualified to possess the collections.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``biospecimen'' means biologically-derived 
materials from humans, animals, or plants, including any such materials 
obtained from nonbiological media.
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