Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2004
Latest action · Jul 7, 2004 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 24, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells if: (1) the stem cells were derived from human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics for the purpose of fertility treatment and were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking such treatment; (2) the embryos will never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded; and (3) such individuals donate the embryos with written informed consent and receive no financial or other inducements.
Cosponsors 190
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2004 to Oct 8, 2004; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Amo Houghton | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-CA | Calvin M. Dooley | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-NH | Charles F. Bass | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-IA | James A. Leach | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-PA | James C. Greenwood | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-NV | Jim Gibbons | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-AZ | Jim Kolbe | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | Jun 24, 2004 |
| R-CA | Doug Ose | Jun 25, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Chris Bell | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Max Sandlin | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Peter Deutsch | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Robert T. Matsui | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-PR | Anibal Acevedo-Vila | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| R-FL | E. Clay Shaw Jr. | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-WI | Gerald D. Kleczka | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| D-GA | Denise L. Majette | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Sep 8, 2004 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 15, 2004 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Sep 15, 2004 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Sep 15, 2004 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Sep 15, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Sep 21, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Sep 21, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Sep 21, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Sep 21, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 22, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Sue W. Kelly | Sep 22, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Sep 28, 2004 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Sep 28, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Sep 28, 2004 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Oct 4, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Oct 4, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Oct 4, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Oct 4, 2004 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Oct 4, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Richard A. Gephardt | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Oct 8, 2004 |
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 24, 2004 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 7, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 24, 2004Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cytology
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to research
- Genetic research
- Genetics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Human embryology
- In vitro fertilization
- Informed consent (Medical law)
- Law
- Medical ethics
- Medical research
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2004Introduced in House
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