U.S. House Passes H.R. 3: Embryonic Stem Cell Bill (253-174, short of Veto majority)

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[cgk]

H.R. 3 SUMMARY AS OF:

1/4/2007--Introduced.

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 - 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, regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo. Limits such research to stem cells that meet the following ethical requirements: (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 would 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.

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A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.

Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 498C the following:

`SEC. 498D. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.

`(a) In General- Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any regulation or guidance), the Secretary shall conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells in accordance with this section (regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo) .

`(b) Ethical Requirements- Human embryonic stem cells shall be eligible for use in any research conducted or supported by the Secretary if the cells meet each of the following:

`(1) The stem cells were derived from human embryos that have been donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were created for the purposes of fertility treatment, and were in excess of the clinical need of the individuals seeking such treatment.

`(2) Prior to the consideration of embryo donation and through consultation with the individuals seeking fertility treatment, it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded.

`(3) The individuals seeking fertility treatment donated the embryos with written informed consent and without receiving any financial or other inducements to make the donation.

`(c) Guidelines- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of NIH, shall issue final guidelines to carry out this section.

`(d) Reporting Requirements- The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report describing the activities carried out under this section during the preceding fiscal year, and including a description of whether and to what extent research under subsection (a) has been conducted in accordance with this section.'.

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[bnelson44]

wonder if this will be filibustered in the Senate?

[edcoil]

253 to 174 - I thought the title was wrong.

[MHGinTN]

Could you post the list of republicans who voted for this institutionalized cannibalism? My 'goodriddance' senator, Frist, was in favor of this cannibalism. If he hadn't run for cover, I and many like me were set to work for whomever ran against him for the nomination.

[CottShop]

We're not obtaining a sustainable population number, but yet abortion still has support? Guess that says quite a lot about people's lack of long term outlook- just because we're an abundant population now doesn't mean we are goign to remain one- we're are in serious trouble because parents are not having enough children to sustain our population- this nation WILL dissappear, but abortion advocates could care less as long as women can presently have sex without the consequences of prenancy impeeding on their lifestyles. pleasure over common sense.

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[Ben Mugged]

We should sponsor legislation in every state to require that every representative post a voting position on every vote made in our name. That statement should clarify and clearly state the representatives position on the issue.

[wagglebee]

ESC research is and has been legal. If corporations want to spend money to slaughter embryos, they are free to do so WITH THEIR OWN MONEY.

When is America going to wake up to the fact that if companies that spend billions on medical research won't spend money on this the only logical conclusion is that there is no substance to this media-created hype?

[tobyhill]

More of the Democrat dog and pony show that will go no where in the end.

[cgk]

Sorry about my typo; I've asked the Moderator to correct that for me.

[cgk]

I'm looking for the list, but it hasn't been updated on Thomas' site, yet... and I can't find it anywhere else either. It should be up shortly.

[cgk]

January 10, 2007

Dear Member of Congress

Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Chairman of the Committee for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops yesterday sent a letter to members of Congress who tomorrow will consider “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007” (H.R. 3), which would “amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.” A PDF of the Cardinal’s letter is available at this link. Excerpts below:

. . . this is not a matter of supporting vs. opposing progress . . .

. . . After almost three decades of research in mouse embryonic stem cells and nine years in the human variety, researchers can scarcely point to a safe and effective “cure” for any condition in mice let alone human beings . . .

. . . At the same time, ethically sound research using non-embryonic stem cells has continued to advance, helping patients with over 70 conditions in early peer-reviewed studies (see www.stemcellresearch.org) . . .

. . . It now seems that virtually every byproduct of live birth - amniotic fluid, amniotic membrane, placenta, cord blood, and the tissue of the umbilical cord itself - contains stem cells that may rival embryonic stem cells in their flexibility. In other words, the “frozen embryo” so sought by researchers as mere research material is not likely to provide cures in the foreseeable future. Yet if the same embryo were allowed to survive and be born, instead of being killed with Congress’s approval, his or her birth may provide more beneficial stem cells for human treatments, including treatments for this same child’s medical conditions . . .

[jdm]

U.S. House Passes H.R. 3: Embryonic Stem Cell Bill

"This calls for a team meeting, Mal."

[KingKenrod]

I don't think the President has been very effective in arguing his side of this issue.

I think he would be far more effective if he claimed some supporters of stem cell research are trying to create an embryo industry in this country.

[cgk]

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 20(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
      H R 3      RECORDED VOTE      11-Jan-2007      3:11 PM
      QUESTION:  On Passage
      BILL TITLE: Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

	Ayes	Noes	PRES	NV
Republican	37	158		7
Democratic	216	16		1
Independent
TOTALS	253	174		8

---- AYES    253 ---

Abercrombie Ackerman Allen Altmire Andrews Arcuri Baca Baird Baldwin Barrow Barton (TX) Bean Becerra Berkley Berman Berry Biggert Bilbray Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Bono Boren Boswell Boucher Boyd (FL) Boyda (KS) Brady (PA) Braley (IA) Brown, Corrine Brown-Waite, Ginny Butterfield Calvert Capito Capps Capuano Cardoza Carnahan Carney Carson Castle Castor Chandler Clarke Clay Cleaver Clyburn Coble Cohen Conyers Cooper Costa Courtney Cramer Crowley Cuellar Cummings Davis (AL) Davis (CA) Davis (IL) Davis, Tom DeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dent Dicks Dingell Doggett Doyle Dreier Edwards Ellison Emanuel Emerson Engel Eshoo Etheridge Farr Fattah Filner Fossella Frank (MA) Frelinghuysen Gerlach Giffords

Gillibrand Gonzalez Gordon Granger Green, Al Green, Gene Grijalva Gutierrez Hall (NY) Hare Harman Hastings (FL) Heller Herseth Higgins Hill Hinchey Hinojosa Hirono Hodes Holden Holt Honda Hooley Hoyer Inslee Israel Issa Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Jefferson Johnson (GA) Johnson, E. B. Jones (OH) Kagen Kanjorski Kennedy Kildee Kilpatrick Kind Kirk Klein (FL) Kucinich Lampson Langevin Lantos Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) LaTourette Lee Levin Lewis (CA) Lewis (GA) Loebsack Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Lynch Mack Mahoney (FL) Maloney (NY) Markey Matheson Matsui McCarthy (NY) McCollum (MN) McDermott McGovern McKeon McNerney McNulty Meehan Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Melancon Michaud Millender-McDonald Miller (NC) Miller, George Mitchell Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy, Patrick Murtha

Nadler Napolitano Neal (MA) Obey Olver Ortiz Pallone Pascrell Pastor Payne Pelosi Perlmutter Platts Pomeroy Porter Price (NC) Pryce (OH) Ramstad Rangel Regula Reichert Reyes Rodriguez Rohrabacher Ross Rothman Roybal-Allard Ruppersberger Rush Ryan (OH) Salazar Sánchez, Linda T. Sanchez, Loretta Sarbanes Schakowsky Schiff Schwartz Scott (GA) Scott (VA) Serrano Sestak Shays Shea-Porter Sherman Sires Skelton Slaughter Smith (WA) Snyder Solis Space Spratt Stark Sutton Tanner Tauscher Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Tierney Towns Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Upton Van Hollen Velázquez Visclosky Walden (OR) Walz (MN) Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Watt Waxman Weiner Welch (VT) Wexler Wilson (NM) Woolsey Wu Wynn Yarmuth Young (AK) Young (FL)

---- NOES    174 ---

Aderholt Akin Alexander Bachmann Bachus Baker Barrett (SC) Bartlett (MD) Bilirakis Bishop (UT) Blackburn Blunt Boehner Bonner Boozman Boustany Brady (TX) Brown (SC) Buchanan Burgess Burton (IN) Camp (MI) Campbell (CA) Cannon Cantor Carter Chabot Cole (OK) Conaway Costello Crenshaw Cubin Culberson Davis (KY) Davis, David Davis, Jo Ann Davis, Lincoln Deal (GA) Diaz-Balart, L. Diaz-Balart, M. Donnelly Doolittle Drake Duncan Ehlers Ellsworth English (PA) Everett Fallin Feeney Ferguson Flake Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Franks (AZ) Gallegly Garrett (NJ)

Gillmor Gingrey Gohmert Goode Goodlatte Graves Hall (TX) Hastings (WA) Hayes Hensarling Herger Hobson Hoekstra Hulshof Hunter Inglis (SC) Jindal Johnson (IL) Johnson, Sam Jones (NC) Jordan Kaptur Keller King (IA) King (NY) Kingston Kline (MN) Knollenberg Kuhl (NY) LaHood Lamborn Latham Lewis (KY) Linder Lipinski LoBiondo Lucas Lungren, Daniel E. Manzullo Marchant Marshall McCarthy (CA) McCaul (TX) McCotter McCrery McHenry McHugh McIntyre McMorris Rodgers Mica Miller (FL) Miller (MI) Mollohan Moran (KS) Murphy, Tim Musgrave Myrick Neugebauer

Nunes Oberstar Paul Pearce Pence Peterson (MN) Peterson (PA) Petri Pickering Pitts Poe Price (GA) Putnam Rahall Rehberg Renzi Reynolds Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rogers (MI) Ros-Lehtinen Roskam Royce Ryan (WI) Sali Saxton Schmidt Sensenbrenner Sessions Shadegg Shimkus Shuler Shuster Simpson Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (TX) Souder Stearns Stupak Sullivan Tancredo Taylor Terry Thornberry Tiahrt Tiberi Turner Walberg Walsh (NY) Wamp Weldon (FL) Weller Whitfield Wicker Wilson (OH) Wilson (SC) Wolf

---- NOT VOTING    8 ---

Bishop (GA) Buyer Gilchrest

Hastert Miller, Gary Norwood

Radanovich Westmoreland

[cgk]

re: post #16. You can scratch what I was saying about Bilbray.

[MHGinTN]

GERON is having success with animal models, but they are harvesting ESC and then cultivating them until they are equivalent to the stem cells harvested from amniotic fluid before placing them in the animal hosts! But you can guess which harvesting methodology will get the godless media support and air time!

[gabidale89]

Those in favor of poking at tiny humans in petri dishes constantly say, "These embryos would be discarded anyway!"

Why is that? Why would you create embryos only to destroy them? This doesn't make any sense. Can someone help me understand? :-)

[BMIC]

I don't even need to look to know that my man Roscoe Bartlett voted AGAINST this - it's nice not to have to worry about House Resolutions. At least there I know I have sombody who always votes as I would. In any event, no worries about this bill - this is essentially the same bill Bush vetoed the last time around and he will just do so again, if need be.