Responsible Stem Cell Research Act of 2001
Latest action · Aug 3, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedAug 3, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the Secretary, through the National Institutes of Health, to conduct and support human stem cell research.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 3, 2001 to Sep 6, 2001; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Aug 3, 2001 |
| R-NH | Bob Smith | Sep 6, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Sep 6, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2001 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Aug 3, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8914 | Rick Santorum R-PA | Aug 3, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for a National Stem Cell Donor Bank regarding qualifying human stem cells, and for the conduct and support of research using such cells.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Responsible Stem Cell Research Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Communicable diseases
- Cytology
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to medical research
- Genetic research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Human embryology
- Human genetics
- Informed consent (Medical law)
- Law
- Medical genetics
- Medical records
- Preventive medicine
- Research grants
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Tissue banks
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2001Introduced in Senate
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.
