Sec. 3. Human stem cell research
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Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 498D the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall conduct and support research that utilizes human stem cells, including human embryonic stem cells. To be eligible for use in research under subsection (a), human embryonic stem cells must have been derived from cells from human embryos that— were created using in vitro fertilization for reproductive purposes and are no longer needed for those purposes; and were donated by the individuals who sought reproductive treatment with written and voluntary informed consent for the embryos to be used for research purposes and without receiving any financial or other inducements to make the donation.
The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of NIH, shall— maintain guidelines applicable to the conduct or support of human stem cell research by the Department of Health and Human Services; review such guidelines not less than every 3 years; and update such guidelines as scientifically warranted. The Secretary shall not use any funds for the conduct or support of human cloning. The Secretary shall update the guidelines maintained under section 498F for consistency with subsection (a).
In this section, the term human cloning means the implantation of the product of transferring the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into an egg cell from which the nuclear material has been removed or rendered inert into a uterus or the functional equivalent of a uterus. .
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