President
Clinton's Executive Order on human cloning
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/policy/cloning_directive.htm
Cloning
Legislation in the US Congress, 2003
- Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003 [H.R.534] (passed
the House). Its text is generally similar to H.R. 2505 of
2001. Sponsored by Rep. Dave Weldon.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.00534:
- Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003 [H.R.801]. "It shall
be unlawful for any person (A) to use or attempt to use human
somatic cell nuclear transfer technology, or the product of
such technology, to initiate a pregnancy or with the intent
to initiate a pregnancy; or (B) to ship, mail, transport,
or receive the product of such technology knowing that the
product is intended to be used to initiate a pregnancy."
Sponsored by Rep. Greenwood.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.00801:
- Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003 [S.245]. Its text
is generally similar to S. 790 of 2001.Sponsored by Sen. Sam
Brownback.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s.245:
- Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act
of 2003 [S.303] "It shall be unlawful for any person
or other legal entity, public or private (1) to conduct or
attempt to conduct human cloning; (2) to ship the product
of nuclear transplantation in interstate or foreign commerce
for the purpose of human cloning in the United States or elsewhere;
or (3) to export to an foreign country an unfertilized blastocyst
if such country does not prohibit human cloning." Sponsored
by Sen. Orrin Hatch.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s.303:
Cloning
Legislation in the US Congress, 2001-2002
- Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001 [H.R. 2505] (passed
the House). "Prohibits any person or entity, in or affecting
interstate commerce, from knowingly: (1) performing or attempting
to perform human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt;
(3) shipping or receiving an embryo produced by human cloning
or any product derived from such embryo; or (4) importing
such an embryo or product." Sponsored by Rep. Dave Weldon.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.02505:
- Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001 [S. 790]. "Prohibits
any person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce,
from: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning;
(2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving
the product of human cloning; or (4) importing such a product."
Similar to H.R. 2505. Sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.00790:
- Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001 [S. 1758]. "Amends
the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) conducting or attempting
to conduct human cloning; (2) shipping the product of nuclear
transplantation for the purpose of human cloning in the United
States or elsewhere; and (3) using funds made available under
Federal law for any such activity." Sponsored by Sen.
Dianne Feinstein.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.01758:
Cloning
Legislation in the U.S. Congress, 1998
- Frist/Bond Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 1998 [S.1599].
"Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person
or entity: (1) in or affecting interstate commerce, from using
human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology; and (2) from
importing an embryo produced through such technology."
Co-sponsored by Sen. Trent Lott.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d105:s.01601:
Select Congressional Testimony, 2001-2003
- Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center (June 7, 2001)
- Jaydee Hanson, United Methodist Church (March 28, 2001)
- Jaydee Hanson, United Methodist Church (May 2, 2001) [PDF]
- Andrew Kimbrell, International Center for Technology Assessment
(February 5, 2002)
- Andrew Kimbrell, International Center for Technology Assessment
(March 27, 2003)
- Alexander Morgan Capron, National Bioethics Advisory Commission,
University of Southern California Law Center (June 19, 2001) [PDF]
- Stuart Newman, New York Medical College (June 20, 2001)
- Stuart Newman, New York Medical College (March 5, 2002)
- Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective (June
20, 2001)
- Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective (March
5, 2002)
Off-Site Links
The
Center for Public Integrity maintains a comprehensive list of
federal bills that would regulate cloning
http://www.publicintegrity.org/report.aspx?aid=193&sid=200
The
Center for Science, Technology and Congress of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science maintains a thorough
list of Congressional testimony:
http://www.aaas.org/spp/cstc/briefs/cloning/cloninghearings.shtml
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