HR 2820 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015

Introduced Jun 18, 2015 Originated House Became Public Law 114-104 Sponsor Christopher H. Smith R-NJ

Latest action · Dec 18, 2015 Became Public Law No: 114-104.

Progress

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IntroducedJun 18, 2015
Passed HouseSep 8, 2015
Passed SenateDec 9, 2015
To the PresidentDec 18, 2015
Became lawDec 18, 2015Public Law 114-104

Summary

Version

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on December 3, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 to revise and extend through FY2020 the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory program. (These programs help match patients in need of a transplant with unrelated bone marrow and cord blood donors.)

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must review the state of the science of using adult stem cells and birthing tissues to develop new therapies and consider the inclusion of new therapies in the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program.

(Sec. 3) Requirements for HHS contracts under the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 are revised.

(Sec. 4) HHS must determine whether to include peripheral blood stem cells and umbilical cord blood in the definition of human organ.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 695	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and concur in the Senate Amendment	Passed421–0	Dec 16, 2015

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 18, 2015 to Jul 28, 2015; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Jun 18, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly	Original	Jun 18, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jun 18, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jun 23, 2015
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Jun 23, 2015
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jun 25, 2015
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Jun 25, 2015
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jun 25, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jul 7, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jul 7, 2015
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jul 7, 2015
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jul 7, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jul 21, 2015
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jul 21, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Jul 21, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Jul 21, 2015
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 22, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Jul 22, 2015
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jul 22, 2015
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jul 28, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jul 28, 2015
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jul 28, 2015

Committees 2

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 18, 2015Markup Jul 29, 2015Reported Sep 8, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 19, 2015Markup Jul 23, 2015Reported Jul 23, 2015
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Sep 9, 2015Markup Nov 18, 2015Reported Dec 3, 2015

Actions 28

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 18, 2015Presented to President.
Dec 18, 2015Signed by President.
Dec 18, 2015Became Public Law No: 114-104.
Dec 16, 2015Mr. Pitts moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H9333-9335, H9339)
Dec 16, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2820.

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In the Congressional Record 3

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
House	Debate and remarks H9333–H9335Amendments H9333Recorded votes H9339Senate amendment	Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Gene Green D-TX, Joseph R. Pitts R-PA	Dec 16, 2015
Senate	Debate and remarks S8560Text printed S8560Amendments S8560	Mitch McConnell R-KY	Dec 9, 2015
House	Debate and remarks H5801–H5804Text printed H5801	Brett Guthrie R-KY, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Gene Green D-TX	Sep 8, 2015

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.

Committee report

H. Rept. 114-242

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Dec 8, 2015H.R. 2820, Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on November 18, 2015
Aug 13, 2015H.R. 2820, Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 29, 2015

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 98, June 18, 2015, page H4542.

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. 114-61	EXAMINING PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION: H.R. 2820, H.R. 1344, AND H.R. 1462145 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jun 25, 2015

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R44928	The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 114th and 115th Congress Archived	Report	Aug 24, 2017
RL32611	The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections Archived	Report	May 15, 2017
R43962	The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA; P.L. 114-10) Archived	Report	Nov 10, 2015

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2282	Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015	Related bill	Nov 16, 2015

Titles 6

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015
Short Titles as Reported to Senate: Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015
Short Titles as Passed House: Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015
Short Titles as Enacted: Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 7

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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