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The legislative section provides an overview of federal bills, laws and regulations that may have an impact on research on human embryos, broadly defined. Currently, we only provide access to the bills that have been introduced in the Senate and in the House of Representatives over the last few years regarding human and research cloning.

In this section you also find links to the Federal Register, the legislative portal Thomas, and the Code of Federal Regulations.

Of some interest is also the following link to a database of laws and regulations governing cloning in many countries of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Legislation introduced in the Senate:

S. 245
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit human cloning.
January 29, 2003

S. 303
Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2003
To prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research.
February 5, 2003

S. 1893
Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2002
To ban human cloning while protecting stem cell research.
January 24, 2002

S. 1899
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning.
January 28, 2002

S. 2076
Human Cloning Prohibition Act
To prohibit the cloning of humans.
April 9, 2002

S. 2439
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002
To prohibit human cloning while preserving important areas of medical research, including stem cell research.
May 1, 2002

Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives:

H.R. 234
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning.
January 8, 2003

H.R. 534
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)
February 27, 2003 Received and read the first time
March 3, 2003 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

H.R. 801
Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the cloning of humans, and for other purposes.
February 13, 2003

H.R. 916
Human Cloning Research Prohibition Act
To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to conduct or support research on the cloning of humans, and to express the sense of the Congress that other countries should establish substantially equivalent restrictions.
February 25, 2003

H.R. 938
Human Cloning Prevention Act of 2003
To prohibit Federal payments to any individual, business, institution, or organization that engages in human cloning.
February 26, 2003