[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3729 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3729

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain research on 
          human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2015

 Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Olson, and Mr. Duffy) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain research on 
          human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion.

    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 ``Safe Responsible Ethical Scientific 
Endeavors Assuring Research for Compassionate Healthcare Act'' or the 
``Safe RESEARCH Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CERTAIN RESEARCH ON HUMAN FETAL TISSUE OBTAINED 
              PURSUANT TO AN ABORTION.

    Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g-1) is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``research on 
        transplantation of fetal tissue'' and inserting ``research with 
        fetal tissue'';
            (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Establishment of Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may conduct or support 
        research with human fetal tissue. The Secretary shall conduct 
        or support any such research in accordance with this section.
            ``(2) Source of tissue.--Human fetal tissue may be used in 
        research carried out under paragraph (1) only if the tissue is 
        obtained pursuant to a stillbirth.'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
            (4) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ``may have been 
        obtained pursuant to a spontaneous or induced abortion or 
        pursuant to a stillbirth'' and inserting ``has been obtained 
        pursuant to a stillbirth''; and
            (5) in subsection (g), by striking ``after a spontaneous or 
        induced abortion, or''.
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