AMENDMENT DESCRIPTION:
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to
ban the use of human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to initiate a
pregnancy but allow the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to clone
molecules, DNA, cells, or tissues; require each individual who intends to
perform human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to register with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services; sunset the ban ten years after
enactment; require those who break the law to forfeit equipment, other property,
and any monetary gains; and require a study by the Institute of Medicine on the
properties of embryonic, fetal and adult stem cells.
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 2
printed in House Report 107-172 to make it a criminal act, subject to criminal
and civil penalties, to use somatic cell nuclear transfer, or the products from
this technology, to initiate a pregnancy or with the intent to initiate a
pregnancy; to make it illegal to ship, mail, transport, or receive the products
of somatic cell nuclear transfer if the products will be used to initiate a
pregnancy; to protect other uses of somatic cell nuclear transfer, including
therapeutic cloning; to require all individuals or companies who plan to perform
somatic cell nuclear transfer to register with the Secretary and attest that
they know that initiating a pregnancy through such means is illegal; to provide
that such registration is deemed confidential, following the same fashion as the
FDA's treatment of trade secrets when a company files an Investigational New
Drug application; to preempt future state laws that are different from federal
cloning law or prohibit protected types of research; to sunset the ban ten years
after enactment; to require those who break the law to forfeit equipment, other
property, and any monetary gains; and to require a study by the Institute of
Medicine on the properties of embryonic, fetal and adult stem cells.
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