Bill Summary & Status for the 107th Congress

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S.1893
Title: A bill to ban human cloning while protecting stem sell research.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 1/24/2002)      Cosponsors: 3
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2002 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
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1/24/2002:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
3/5/2002:
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
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COSPONSORS(3), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Boxer, Barbara - 1/24/2002 [CA] Sen Reid, Harry M. - 1/24/2002 [NV]
Sen Specter, Arlen - 1/24/2002 [PA]

SUMMARY AS OF:
1/24/2002--Introduced.

Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Services Act to prohibit: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning; or (2) shipping, receiving, or importing the product of nuclear transplantation for the purpose of human cloning. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to restrict areas of biomedical, agricultural, and scientific research not specifically prohibited, including somatic cell nuclear transfer or other cloning technologies to clone molecules, DNA, cells, and tissues.