II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 362 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 A BILL To expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for federally funded research.

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Short title

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

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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.