US Congress Senate Bill 2308 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support stem cell research. Specifically, the NIH must conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of, or treatments for, diseases and other adverse health conditions. However, such techniques must not involve (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; (2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a human embryo; or (3) the use of any stem cell the derivation or provision of which would be inconsistent with this bill. The NIH must also report on peer-reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded.

Patients First Act of 2019

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB64 (Related) 2019-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2308/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2308/BILLS-116s2308is.pdf