US Congress House Bill 3171 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Introduced on July 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from a spontaneous or induced abortion in research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health on the transplantation of fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes. (A spontaneous abortion is the death of a fetus before the age of viability, also known as a miscarriage.)

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion.

Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]
Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-07-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-07-22	House	Introduced in House

HB3729 (Related) 2015-10-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3171/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3171/BILLS-114hr3171ih.pdf