[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 80 (Monday, June 11, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S6056]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 795. Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 723. to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for human embryonic stem cell generation and research; which 
was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON MIXING HUMAN AND ANIMAL GAMETES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Gamete.--The term ``gamete'' means a haploid germ cell 
     that is an egg or a sperm.
       (2) Somatic cell.--The term ``somatic cell'' means a 
     diploid cell whose nucleus contains the full set of 
     chromosomes of a human or an animal.
       (b) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
     knowingly attempt to create a human-animal hybrid by--
       (1) combine a human gamete and an animal gamete; or
       (2) conducting nuclear transfer cloning using a human egg 
     or a human somatic cell nucleus.
       (c) Sanctions.--
       (1) In general.--Any person who violates subsection (b) 
     shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States 
     Code, or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
       (2) Civil penalties.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall promulgate regulations providing for the 
     application of civil penalties to persons who violate 
     subsection (b).
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  SA 796. Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 723, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for human embryonic stem cell generation and research; which 
was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTATION OF HUMAN EMBRYOS.

       The Secretary of Commerce shall prohibit the export (as 
     such term is defined in section 16 of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App 2415)) from the 
     United States of any human embryo or part thereof.

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