[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1806. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for 
Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to 
establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and 
report on economic security, science, research, innovation, 
manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain 
resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INTERNATIONAL ETHICAL STANDARDS IN GENOME EDITING 
                   RESEARCH.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of State, in consultation with relevant Federal 
     agencies, should work with other nations and international 
     organizations, including the United Nations and the World 
     Health Organization, to carefully evaluate the distinct 
     medical, ethical, and societal issues raised by the prospect 
     of heritable human genome editing through democratic public 
     discussion, with the goal of forging international consensus, 
     while supporting the medical potential of somatic genome 
     editing.
       (b) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to Congress, and post on a 
     publicly accessible website of the Government Accountability 
     Office, a report containing recommendations for--
       (1) achieving widespread societal engagement on heritable 
     human genome editing; and
       (2) addressing current gaps in national and international 
     systems for governing activities related to such issue.
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