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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 398
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health
and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research involv-
ing human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY20, 2023
Mr. L
UETKEMEYER (for himself, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GRAVESof
Louisiana, Mr. K
ELLYof Mississippi, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. JOHNSONof
Louisiana, Mr. F
EENSTRA, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. CLOUD,
Mr. C
LYDE, Mr. SMITHof New Jersey, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr.
P
OSEY, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. SANTOS, Mr. JACKSON
of Texas, Ms. D
ELACRUZ, Mr. EZELL, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JOYCEof
Pennsylvania, Mr. A
LFORD, Mr. SELF, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. JOHNSONof
Ohio, Mr. W
ILLIAMSof Texas, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr.
W
ENSTRUP, and Mr. BURLISON) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the
Secretary of Health and Human Services from con-
ducting or supporting any research involving human fetal
tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Life and 2
Integrity in Research Act of 2023’’. 3
SEC. 2. NO RESEARCH BY HHS INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL 4
TISSUE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN IN-5
DUCED ABORTION. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Public Health Service Act is 7
amended by inserting after section 498A of such Act (42 8
U.S.C. 289g–1) the following: 9
‘‘SEC. 498A–1. NO RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL TIS-10
SUE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN INDUCED 11
ABORTION. 12
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary may not conduct 13
or support any research involving human fetal tissue that 14
is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion. 15
‘‘(b) D
EVELOPMENT OF NEW, ETHICALCELL 16
L
INES.—Subsection (a) does not limit the authority of the 17
Secretary to develop or support the development of new, 18
high-efficiency cell lines, including for the production of 19
vaccines and genetic vectors, so long as the cell lines are 20
not derived from human fetal tissue that is obtained pur-21
suant to an induced abortion.’’. 22
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 498A of 23
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–1) is 24
amended— 25
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(1) in subsections (a)(2), (c)(1)(B), and (g), by 1
striking ‘‘or induced’’ each place it appears; and 2
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 3
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 4
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 5
and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively. 6
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST SOLICITATION OR KNOWING 7
ACQUISITION, RECEIPT, OR ACCEPTANCE OF 8
A DONATION OF HUMAN FETAL TISSUE 9
KNOWING THAT THE TISSUE WAS OBTAINED 10
PURSUANT TO AN INDUCED ABORTION. 11
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 498B(c)(1) of the Public 12
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2(c)(1)) is amended 13
to read as follows: 14
‘‘(1) solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or ac-15
cept a donation (excluding any transfer for purposes 16
of autopsy or burial) of human fetal tissue knowing 17
that— 18
‘‘(A) a human pregnancy was deliberately 19
initiated to provide such tissue; or 20
‘‘(B) the tissue was obtained pursuant to 21
an induced abortion; or’’. 22
(b) C
ONFORMINGCHANGES.—Section 498B of the 23
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2), as amend-24
ed by subsection (a), is further amended— 25
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(1) by striking subsection (b); 1
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 2
as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; 3
(3) in subsection (c), as redesignated— 4
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), 5
or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 6
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or 7
(b)(3)’’; and 8
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by 9
amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 10
‘‘(1) The term ‘human fetal tissue’ means tis-11
sue or cells obtained from a dead human embryo or 12
fetus after a spontaneous or induced abortion, or 13
after a stillbirth.’’. 14
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR HHS RESEARCH ON FETAL 15
TISSUE AND CORRESPONDING REPORTING. 16
Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act (42 17
U.S.C. 289g–1) is amended— 18
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘
RE-19
SEARCH ON TRANSPLANTATION OF FETAL TISSUE ’’ 20
and inserting ‘‘
RESEARCH ON FETAL TISSUE ’’; 21
(2) in subsection (a)(1)— 22
(A) by striking ‘‘research on the transplan-23
tation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic 24
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purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘research on human 1
fetal tissue’’; and 2
(B) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 4
any research of the Department of Health and 5
Human Services on human fetal tissue shall be 6
conducted or supported in accordance with this 7
section.’’; and 8
(3) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘if the 9
fetal tissue is intended for transplantation,’’ before 10
‘‘the donation is made’’. 11
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