HR 1644
107th Congress
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Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
Introduced: April 26, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 2001
For Further Action See H.R.2505.
Jun 20, 2001
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 19, 2001
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 4, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Apr 26, 2001
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 26, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001 - Prohibits any person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, from: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving the product of human cloning; or (4) importing such a product.
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Federal Government should advocate for and join an international effort to prohibit human cloning; and (2) the President should commission a study by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission or a successor group of the arguments for and against the use of cloning to produce human embryos solely for research.
What's happening now
For Further Action See H.R.2505.
Committees of jurisdiction
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