Stem Cell and Cloning Legislation in the 109th Congress
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10/19/2005 Hearing Transcript (Q&A and Prepared Statements) - Senate Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Subject: The Potential for Stem Cell and Nuclear Transplantation Research.
10/19/2005 Press Release from Rep. Mike Castle: Castle: World Stem Cell Hub Good News
for Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Bad News for American Scientists
10/14/2005 Press Release from Rep. Diana DeGette: New Survey Reinforces Broad
American Support for Stem Cell Research
10/07/2005 Press Release from Rep. Lacy Clay: Clay Urges Senate to Pass Cord Blood Bill
10/03/2005 Press Release from Rep. Diana DeGette: National Stem Cell Bank
Does Not Replace Need to Expand Federal Policy
10/03/2005 Press Release from the National Institutes of Health: NIH
Awards a National Stem Cell Bank and New Centers of Excellence In
Translational Human Stem Cell Research
09/30/2005 CongressDailyAM - POLITICS - Democrats Sense Political Winds
Shifting In Their Direction
09/29/2005 Press release from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute :
NHLBI funds new centers for cell-based therapy
09/28/2005 HR 3932 - Introduced by Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
Human Cloning Ban Act of 2005
09/28/2005 HR 3932 -Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary
09/19/2005 Letter to HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson From House Government
Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources
Chairman Mark Souder
Letter requests an investigation into the activities of National Institutes of Health
Stem Cell Task Force Chairman, Dr. James Battey
09/01/2005 S 1317 - Report filed from Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (S.Rept. 109-129)
08/31/2005 CRS Report - Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 109th Congress
08/29/2005 Press Release from Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Feinstein, Schwarzenegger United to
Protect California's Stem Cell Research Initiative from Threat in Washington
08/24/2005 Press Release from Rep. Diana DeGette: Degette Statement on Skin Cells
Converted to Stem Cells Research
08/09/2005 Press Release from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences :
NIGMS Funds New Stem Cell Centers
08/08/2005 Press Release from Sen. Dianne Feinstein: General, Health Care:
Senator Feinstein on 4-year anniversary of President's stem cell policy
08/08/2005 Press Release from the National Human Genome Research Institute :
NHGRI Expands Effort to Revolutionize Seqencing Technologies
08/04/2005 Press Release from Rep. Chris Smith: Smith Highlights Rapid Advances
in Adult Stem Cell Research
08/03/2005 CongressDailyPM - HEALTH - Bush Reiterates Opposition To
Expanding Stem-Cell Research
08/03/2005 Opinion Makers - STEM CELL RESEARCH: Frist Returns to
'Medical Constituency'
08/03/2005 Politics & Policy - HHS: Secretary Leavitt Interviewed on
Variety of Topics
08/03/2005 Politics & Policy - STEM CELL RESEARCH: Bush Reiterates
Threat To Veto Legislation
08/03/2005 CRS Report - Human Cloning
08/01/2005 Politics & Policy - STEM CELL RESEARCH: Frist Support of
Bill Could Help Passage
08/01/2005 CRS Report :Stem Cell Research
07/29/2005 Press Release from Sen. Sam Brownback: Brownback
Statement on Stem Cell Research Funding
07/29/2005 Press Release from Rep. Roscoe Bartlett: Stem Cells Senate
Companion to Bartlett Pro-Life Bill
07/29/2005 Press Release from Roscoe Bartlett: Frist WRONG on the
Science & the Ethics
07/29/2005 Press release from Rep. Roscoe Bartlett : It is Morally Reprehensible
and Not Necessary to Destroy Human Embryos to Provide Raw
Fodder for Scientific Research
07/29/2005 S 1557 - Introduced by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
To provide for a program at the National Institutes of Health to conduct and
support research in the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells
07/29/2005 S 1557 - Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
07/28/2005 Press release from Sen. Sam Brownback: Brownback highlights versatility
of adult stem cells
07/27/2005 Press Release from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke : Combination Therapy Leads to Partial Recovery
from Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
07/27/2005 S 1520- Introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
A bill to prohibit human cloning
07/27/2005 S1520 - Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary
07/26/2005 HR 3444 - Introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits
against income tax for qualified stem cell
storage of qualified stem cells, and the donation of umbilical
cord blood
07/26/2005 HR 3444 - Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
07/26/2005 CRS Report - Federal Protection for Human Research Subjects: An
Analysis of the Common Rule and Its Interactions with FDA Regulations
and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
07/22/2005 CongressDailyAM - HEALTH - Specter Threatens Stem-Cell Rider
07/21/2005 Discussion Draft Legislation of HR__, to Revise and Extend the Authorities of the
National Institutes of Health
Discussion draft prepared by the Majority Staff of the House Energy and
Commerce Committee
07/21/2005 S 975 - Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness hearing held
07/21/2005 CongressDailyAM - SCIENCE - Bucking The White House
07/20/2005 CongressDailyAM - HEALTH - Senate's Window For Stem-Cell Legislation
Starting To Close
07/19/2005 CongressDailyAM - OUTLOOK : Deal On Highway Bill Within Reach; Contentious
Stem-Cell Debate Awaits
07/19/2005 CongressDailyAM - SCIENCE : Agreement On Stem-Cell Floor Package Still Elusive
07/18/2005 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimate for S.1317, The Stem Cell
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 Cost Estimate for S. 1317, as reported by the
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 11, 2005
07/18/2005 National Journal - THE HOTLINE : FRIST: Stem Cell Debate A No-Win?
07/18/2005 Press Release from Rep. Diana DeGette: DeGette Participates in Podcast on Stem Cells
07/18/2005 S 975 - Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness hearing set
on 07/21/2005
07/14/2005 Legislative Text of HR 3010, FY2006 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Bill
HR 3010 as ordered reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 14, 2005
07/14/2005 HR 3010 - Report filed from Senate Committee on Appropriations (S.Rept. 109-103)
07/14/2005 Draft Committee Report to Accompany HR 3010, the FY 2006 Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill Draft
Committee Report to accompany HR 3010, as ordered reported by the Senate
Appropriations Committee on July 14, 2005
07/14/2005 HR 3010 - Ordered to be reported as amended by Senate Committee on Appropriations
07/14/2005 CongressDailyPM - Outlook - Approps, Stem Cells Up In Senate; House On
Patriot Act
07/13/2005 HR 3010 - Forwarded to full committee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
by Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies
07/13/2005 Press release from Rep. Roscoe Bartlett: A Loss for the U.S. if President Bush Doesn't
Have a Pluripotent Stem Cell Alternative on His Desk to Sign When He Vetoes H.R. 810
07/13/2005 CongressDailyAM - Health - Six Stem-Cell Measures Might Come To Senate Floor Soon
07/13/2005 National Journal - Insider Interview : Advancing Stem -Cell Research
07/12/2005 HR 3010 - Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and
Related Agencies markup held
07/12/2005 Highlights of HR 3010, FY 2006 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill
Highlights of HR 3010 as reported by the Senate Appropriations Labor, HHS,
Education Subcommittee on July 12, 2005
07/12/2005 CongressDailyPM - Health - Stem-Cell Alternatives May Have Drawbacks, Scientists Say
07/12/2005 CongressDailyAM - Health - Senate Might Consider Series Of Stem-Cell Research Bills
07/12/2005 HR 3010 - Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
and Related Agencies markup held
07/11/2005 S 1317 - Reported from Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions without written report
07/11/2005 American Health Line - Congress : Republicans Plan Action on Health Care Bills
07/11/2005 Press Release from Rep. Vito Fossella: Rep. Fossella & Rep. Castle Join With
Health Organizations, Physicians to Highlight Stem Legislation
07/05/2005 Letter to President Bush from Rep. Nancy Johnson Letter urges the president to
sign HR 810, the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act"
06/30/2005 Committee Amendment -S 1317- Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions
Amendment in the nature of a substitute (adopted by unanimous voice vote)
Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY)
06/30/2005 HR 3144 - Introduced byRep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-MD)
For derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells
06/30/2005 HR 3144 - Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce
06/30/2005 S 1317 - Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
by Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
06/29/2005 Press Release from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee:
Enzi says approval of cord blood bill offers new hope for treatment of devastating illnesses
06/29/2005 CongressDailyPM - HEALTH - Stem-Cell Bill Passes Senate Panel; Bigger Fight Looms
06/29/2005 National Journal Mark-Up Report - Senate Health Committee Moves Stem Cell Act
06/29/2005 S 1317 - Ordered to be reported by Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions
06/29/2005 S 1317 - Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions markup held
6/28/2005 HR 3010 - Senate Committee on Appropriations markup set on 07/14/2005
6/28/2005 HR 3010 - Replaces SGW107
06/28/2005 CongressDailyAM - HEALTH - Stem-Cell Bill Poses Dilemma For Frist
06/27/2005 S 1317 - Introduced by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
To provide for the collection and maintenance of cord blood units for the
treatment of patients and research
06/27/2005 S 1317 - Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
06/24/2005 CRS Report - Federal Protection for Human Research Subjects: An Analysis of the Common
Rule and Its Interactions with FDA Regulations and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
06/23/2005 CRS Report - Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2006 Appropriations
06/23/2005 Budgetary Analysis of HR 3010, the FY 2006 Labor, HHS and Education
Appropriations Bill
Analysis prepared by the Majority Staff of the House Budget Committee
06/23/2005 Statement of Administration Policy on House consideration of HR 3010, the
FY 2006 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
SAP released by the Office of Management and Budget
06/23/2005 HR 3010 - Committee of the Whole rises and leaves the bill as unfinished business
06/23/2005 HR 3010 - 8 Amendments offered, 4 Amendments withdrawn, 2 Amendments
rejected, 1 Amendment agreed to
06/23/2005 HR 3010 - Considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole
06/23/2005 HR 3010 - Considered in the House
06/22/2005 CongressDailyAM - HEALTH - Senate Panel To Take Up Stem-Cell Bill Next Month
06/21/2005 HR 3010 - Report filed from House Committee on Appropriations (H.Rept. 109-143)
06/21/2005 HR 3010 - Replaces HGW107
06/21/2005 HR 3010 - Introduced by Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH)
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
06/23/2005 S 681 - Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
markup set on 06/29/2005
06/22/2005 CongressDailyAM - HEALTH - Senate Panel To Take Up Stem-Cell Bill Next Month
06/21/2005 GalleryWatch Committee Article - Diabetes Foundation Urges Senate to
Allow Stem Cell Research
06/17/2005 CongressDailyPM - APPROPRIATIONS - Spending Bills Move To House
Floor And Senate Committee
06/16/2005 National Journal Markup Report : House Appropriations Approves Labor-HHS Bill
06/16/2005 Section-By-Section Summary of S___ the "Health Technology to Enhance
Quality Act of 2005"
06/16/2005 CongressDailyAM - HEALTH - Senate Eyes Pre-August Stem-Cell Vote
06/15/2005 Press Release from Rep. James Langevin: Langevin Reaches Out to
President for Stem Cell Meeting
06/15/2005 CongressDaily - HEALTH - Senate Eyes Pre-August Stem-Cell Vote
06/10/2005
CRS Report
Stem
Cell Research
06/08/2005
Subject: Exploring the Promise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
06/02/2005 Press Release from the National Cancer Institute: NCI/Dana-Farber
Science Writers' Seminar: Blood-Born Cancers
05/31/2005 Transcript: Press conference with President George W. Bush: The Rose
Garden, The White House, Washington, D.C. 10:43 AM
05/26/2005 HR 810 - Received in the Senate, after passage in the House
05/26/2005 Letter to FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford from House Government
Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Reform and Human
Resources Mark Souder
Letter urges immediate action to create an exemption to the new regulations
Re: Eligibility Determination for Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and
Tissue-Based Products, to protect embryo adoption
05/25/2005 CongressDailyAM - HEALTH - House Bucks GOP Leaders, Backs Embryonic
Stem-Cell Bill
05/25/2005 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist from Sens. Arlen Specter, Tom
Harkin, Orrin Hatch, Dianne Feinstein, Gordan Smith and Edward Kennedy .
Letter urges bringing up HR 810, The Stem Cell Research
Enhancement Act" to the Senate floor for consideration without amendment
as soon as possible
05/24/2005- HCR 166 - Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Federal involvement in state stem cell research
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government
should not infringe on State or private programs that fund embryonic
stem cell research.
05/24/2005 HR 2574 - Introduced by Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-MD)
Animal Research for stem cells
Section 1.To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program
at the National Institutes of Health to conduct and support research on
animals to develop techniques for the derivation of stemcells from embryos
that do not harm the embryos, and for other purposes.
05/24/2005- HR 2574 - Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce
05/24/2005 Transcript Remarks by President George W. Bush. Topic: Bioethics and stem cell research.
The White House, Washington, DC
05/24/2005
CongressDailyPM - HEALTH - Administration Pans One Stem-Cell Bill
Praises Another
05/24/2005 CongressDailyAM - HEALTH - Sponsors Predict Passage For Stem-Cell Cord-Blood Bills
05/24/2005 HR 2520 - Passed by 2/3 majority by (RCVote #205)
05/24/2005 HR 810 - Passed by (RCVote #204)
05/24/2005 Statement of Administration Policy on House consideration of HR 2520, the Stem Cell Therapeutic
and Research Act of 2005
SAP
released by the Office of Management and Budget
05/24/2005 Statement of Administration Policy on House consideration of HR 810, the Stem Cell Research
Enhancement Act of 2005
SAP
released by the Office of Management and Budget
05/24/2005 Letter to Reps. Michael Castle and Diana DeGette from the Coalition for the Advancement of
Medical Research and 30 Other Medical Associations
Letter
endorses HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act
05/24/2005
Press Release from Rep. Dave Riechert: Reichert statement on stem
cell research vote
Press Release from Sen. Sam Brownback: Brownback condemns House vote on embryonic stem
cell research
Press Release from Rep. Bill Shuster: Shuster Cares For Unborn,
Encourages Safe And New Research
Press Release from Rep. John Shimkus: Shimkus Supports Alternative
Stem Cell Research
Press Release from Rep. Chris Cannon: Cannon Votes for Stem Cell Research, While Preserving
Human Life
Press Release from Rep. Diana DeGette: Near Unanimous Dem Support Pushes Castle-DeGette
Stem Cell Bill
Press Release from Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite: Brown-Waite Votes to Support Increased Stem
Cell Research
Press Release from Rep. Gil Gutknecht : Gutknecht opposes using federal taxpayer dollars for
embryonic stem cell research
Press Release from Rep. Lacy Clay: Enhanced Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Patients, Clay
Urges President to Drop Veto Threat
Press Release from Rep. Ellen Tauscher: Rep. Tauscher's Statement
on Stem Cell Legislation
Press Release from Rep. Todd Akin: Akin Calls for "Ethical,
Effective Stem Cell Research"
Press Release from Rep. Charles Bass: Bass Applaudes Passage of
Stem Cell Research Bill
Press Release from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: 'With Great Potential of Embryonic Stem
Cell Research, Science has Power to Answer the
Prayers of America's Families'
Press Release from Murray Disappointed by Bush Position on Life
Saving Stem Cell Research
Press release from Rep. Heather Wilson: Wilson Statement on Castle
Legislation
Press Release from Rep. Judy Biggart: House to Vote on Stem Cell
Bill with Biggert's Support
Press Release from Rep. Tom Lantos: Don’t Irrationally Curtail
Stem Cell Research, Lantos Says
05/23/2005 News Conference Transcript – Embryonic Stem Cell Research Legislation- Participants- Rep Michael
Castle (R-DE), Rep Diana Degette (D-CO), Rep Lois Capps (D-CA), and Rep
Charles Bass (R-NH)
05/23/2005
Press Release from Rep. Charles Bass: Bass Pushes Stem Cell
Research Bill
05/23/2005 HR 2520 - Introduced by Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005
05/23/2005 HR 2520 - Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce
05/24/2005 HR 2520 - Considered in the House under Suspension of the Rules
05/20/2005
Transcript - President Bush Remarks (Veto Threat)
05/20/2005
Press Release from Sen. Sam Brownback: Brownback comments on
reports of cloning
Press Release from Reps. Mike Castle and Diana DeGette: Stem Cell Bill Co-Authors Respond to
Bush Veto Threat
05/19/2005 Press Release from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Human Cells Can
"Silence: HIV Genes
Press release from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: Transcript of Today's Press
Conference (Stem Cell bill on house floor next week)
05/18/2005
CongressDaily - HEALTH - Stem Cell Bill Appears Headed To House
Floor Next Week
05/16/2005 Press Release from Rep. Mike Castle: Momentum to Expand Stem Cell Research Continues to
Build: 200 Cosponsors, Over 200 Groups back Castle-DeGette
Press Release from Rep. Judy Biggart: Biggert Hears Testimony on Stem Cell Research
Press Release from Rep. Mark Kirk: Congress Poised to Pass Stem Cell Research Bill: Reps. Kirk,
Biggert, Schwarz hear testimony from patients and researchers advocating reform of President Bush's
restrictions on federal
stem cell research
05/11/2005 CRS Report - Federal Protection for Human Research Subjects: An Analysis of the Common Rule
and Its Interactions with FDA Regulations and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
05/09/2005 S 975 - Placed on the calendar
04/28/2005 S 975 - Introduced by Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
A bill to provide incentives to increase research by private sector entities to develop medical
countermeasures to prevent, detect, identify, contain, and treat illnesses, including those associated with
biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or an infectious disease outbreak, and for
other
purposes
04/28/2005 Press release from Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Senator Feinstein Welcomes National Academies of Science
Stem Cell Research Report
04/26/2005 HR 1822 - Introduced by Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
04/26/2005 HR 1822 - Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce
04/26/2005 Press Release from Sen. Sam Brownback: Brownback Calls Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Guidelines Unethical
04/22/2005 Press Release from Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Senators Hatch, Feinstein introduce bill to invest in stem
cell research, ban human cloning
04/21/2005 S 876 - Introduced by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
To prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research
04/21/2005 S 876 - Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary
04/21/2005 Press Conference Transcript – Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sen.
Arlen Specter (R-PA) – Topic:
The Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Protection Act of 2005
04/15/2005 Press Release from Sen. Sam Brownback : Brownback calls for immediate implementation of
IOM cord blood recommendations
04/14/2005 HR 1650 - Introduced by Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)
Tax credits to holders of stem cell research bonds
04/14/2005 HR 1650 - Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
04/06/2005 Hearing Testimony - Senate Committee on Appropriations- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human Services, Education, and Related
Agencies, Topic: National Institutes of Health
Dr. Zerhouni, Elias,
Director, National Institutes of Health
04/06/2005 Press Release from Rep. Mike Castle: Castle & DeGette: Reasons to Expand Embryonic Stem
Cell Policy Continue to Grow: Concerns aired at NIH
hearing in Senate today
04/01/2005
CRS Report
Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 109th Congress