Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
Latest action · Jun 25, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 14, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth registration requirements for individuals who intend to perform human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology, including attesting that such prohibitions will not be violated.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request the Institute of Medicine to enter into an agreement to conduct a study to: (1) review the current state of knowledge about the biological properties of stem cells obtained from embryos and fetal and adult tissues; (2) evaluate the current state of knowledge about biological differences among stem cells obtained from embryos and fetal and adult tissues and the consequences for research and medicine; and (3) assess what is currently known about the ability of stem cells to generate neurons, heart, kidney, blood, liver, and other tissues and the potential clinical uses of these tissues.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2001 to Jul 19, 2001; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Jun 14, 2001 |
| D-FL | Peter Deutsch | Original | Jun 14, 2001 |
| R-CA | David Dreier | Jun 21, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jun 28, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 11, 2001 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Jul 11, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jul 11, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jul 19, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Jul 19, 2001 |
Withdrew 7 Carolyn McCarthy D-NY Jun 19, 2001·Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ Jun 19, 2001·Frank R. Wolf R-VA Jun 19, 2001·Major R. Owens D-NY Jun 19, 2001·Richard E. Neal D-MA Jun 19, 2001·Paul E. Gillmor R-OH Jun 21, 2001·James R. Langevin D-RI Jul 26, 2001
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 14, 2001 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 14, 2001Introduced in House
- Jun 14, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-41 | THE HUMAN CLONING PROHIBITION ACT OF 2001 AND THE CLONING PROHIBITION ACT OF 2001114 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 20, 2001 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the cloning of humans, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
- Popular Titles
- Cloning of Humans bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Bioethics
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Cloning
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Cytology
- Federal preemption
- Fetal tissues
- Fines (Penalties)
- Forfeiture
- Genetic research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Human embryology
- Human genetics
- Law
- Licenses
- Medical genetics
- Medical technology
- Oaths
- Pregnancy
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sunset legislation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 14, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
