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S.790
Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning.
Sponsor: Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 4/26/2001) Cosponsors (13)
Latest Major Action: 5/2/2001 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Science Technology and Space. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-1050.
SUMMARY AS OF:
4/26/2001--Introduced.
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.
MAJOR ACTIONS:
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ALL ACTIONS:
- 5/2/2001:
- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Science Technology and Space. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-1050.
- 4/26/2001:
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
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COSPONSORS(13), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Sen Bennett, Robert F. [UT] - 8/1/2001
Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] - 4/26/2001
Sen Bunning, Jim [KY] - 9/21/2001
Sen DeWine, Mike [OH] - 9/10/2001
Sen Ensign, John [NV] - 5/16/2001
Sen Helms, Jesse [NC] - 6/5/2001
Sen Hutchinson, Tim [AR] - 5/10/2001
Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK] - 9/10/2001
Sen Kyl, Jon [AZ] - 5/10/2001
Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] - 5/23/2001
Sen Shelby, Richard C. [AL] - 6/5/2001
Sen Smith, Bob [NH] - 4/26/2001
Sen Voinovich, George V. [OH] - 11/27/2001
Sen Smith, Gordon H. [OR] - 8/3/2001(withdrawn - 10/15/2001)
COMMITTEE(S):
| Committee/Subcommittee: | Activity: | |
| Senate Judiciary | Referral, In Committee | Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space | Hearings |
RELATED BILL DETAILS:
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AMENDMENT(S):
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