[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 362 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 362

    To expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for 
                       federally funded research.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 23, 2007

  Mr. Coleman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for 
                       federally funded research.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stem Cell Research Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Department of Health and Human Services may provide funding for the 
following:
            (1) Research on embryonic stem cell lines that were created 
        prior to January 23, 2006 that does not result in the use of 
        Federal funding to destroy an embryo or embryos.
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