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S.1899
Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning.
Sponsor: Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 1/28/2002)      Cosponsors: 30
Latest Major Action: 1/28/2002 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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1/28/2002:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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COSPONSORS(30), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Allard, A. Wayne - 2/28/2002 [CO] Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 1/28/2002 [UT]
Sen Bond, Christopher S. - 1/28/2002 [MO] Sen Bunning, Jim - 1/28/2002 [KY]
Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 3/6/2002 [MT] Sen Craig, Larry E. - 2/7/2002 [ID]
Sen Crapo, Michael D. - 3/14/2002 [ID] Sen DeWine, Michael - 1/28/2002 [OH]
Sen Ensign, John E. - 1/28/2002 [NV] Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 3/8/2002 [WY]
Sen Fitzgerald, Peter - 2/14/2002 [IL] Sen Gramm, Phil - 4/15/2002 [TX]
Sen Grassley, Charles E. - 2/5/2002 [IA] Sen Gregg, Judd - 1/28/2002 [NH]
Sen Hagel, Chuck - 1/28/2002 [NE] Sen Helms, Jesse - 1/28/2002 [NC]
Sen Hutchinson, Tim - 1/28/2002 [AR] Sen Inhofe, Jim - 1/28/2002 [OK]
Sen Kyl, Jon - 1/28/2002 [AZ] Sen Landrieu, Mary - 2/5/2002 [LA]
Sen Lott, Trent - 2/7/2002 [MS] Sen McConnell, Mitch - 4/8/2002 [KY]
Sen Murkowski, Frank H. - 3/7/2002 [AK] Sen Nickles, Don - 2/26/2002 [OK]
Sen Santorum, Rick - 1/28/2002 [PA] Sen Sessions, Jeff - 1/28/2002 [AL]
Sen Shelby, Richard C. - 1/28/2002 [AL] Sen Smith, Bob - 1/28/2002 [NH]
Sen Thomas, Craig - 4/15/2002 [WY] Sen Voinovich, George V. - 1/28/2002 [OH]

SUMMARY AS OF:
1/28/2002--Introduced.

Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001 - 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.

Directs the General Accounting Office to assess the need for amendment of such prohibition, including through: (1) a discussion of new developments, the need for somatic cell transfer to produce medical advances, current public attitudes and prevailing ethical views, and potential legal implications; and (2) a review of technological developments.