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HR 3729 114th Congress House Health Abortion Medical research Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Research administration and funding

Safe RESEARCH Act

Introduced: October 8, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Oct 9, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 8, 2015
Introduced in House
Oct 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Responsible Ethical Scientific Endeavors Assuring Research for Compassionate Healthcare Act or the Safe RESEARCH Act

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 (NIH). (A spontaneous abortion is the death of a fetus before the age of viability, also known as a miscarriage.) Research with human fetal tissue conducted or supported by the NIH must meet requirements, including informed consent requirements for the donor and researcher, currently applied only to research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes.

What's happening now October 9, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
Rothfus, Keith
· Dec 18, 2015
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Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Dec 17, 2015
Duffy, Sean
· Oct 8, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3729: Safe RESEARCH Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3729/
MLA
"H.R. 3729: Safe RESEARCH Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3729/.
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H.R. 3729, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3729/.
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[H.R. 3729: Safe RESEARCH Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3729/)
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