[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 987 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 987
To prohibit the Federal Government from conducting, funding, approving,
or otherwise supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that
is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and to prohibit the
solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of a
donation of such tissue.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 12, 2025
Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Kennedy, Mr.
Hawley, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Daines, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Cramer)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To prohibit the Federal Government from conducting, funding, approving,
or otherwise supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that
is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and to prohibit the
solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of a
donation of such tissue.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Life and Integrity in
Research Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. NO RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL TISSUE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO
AN INDUCED ABORTION.
(a) In General.--
(1) In general.--No Federal department, agency, or office
may conduct, fund, approve, or otherwise support any research
involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an
induced abortion.
(2) Development of new, ethical cell lines.--Subsection (a)
does not limit the authority of the head of any Federal
department, agency, or office, to develop or support the
development of new, high-efficiency cell lines, including for
the production of vaccines and genetic vectors, so long as the
cell lines are not derived from human fetal tissue that is
obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.
(3) Research involving human fetal tissue obtained after a
miscarriage or stillbirth permitted.--Any research of any
Federal department, agency, or office on human fetal tissue
obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth shall be conducted
or supported in accordance with section 498A of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g-1).
(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``human fetal
tissue'' has the meaning given such term in section 498A(g) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g-1(g)).
(b) Amendments to the PHSA Limiting Human Fetal Tissue Research to
Tissue Obtained After a Miscarriage or Stillbirth.--Section 498A of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g-1) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``transplantation
of fetal tissue'' and inserting ``human fetal tissue obtained
after a miscarriage or stillbirth'';
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary may conduct or
support research on human fetal tissue obtained after a miscarriage or
a stillbirth.'';
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``if the
human fetal tissue is intended for transplantation,''
before ``the donation''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking subparagraph (A); and
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and
(C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(4) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ``pursuant to a
spontaneous or induced abortion or pursuant to'' and inserting
``after a miscarriage or''; and
(5) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Human fetal tissue.--The term `human fetal tissue'
means tissue or cells obtained from a dead unborn child
pursuant to an induced abortion, a miscarriage, or a
stillbirth.
``(2) Miscarriage.--The term `miscarriage' means the
involuntary death of an unborn child who was carried in the
womb for a period of less than 20 weeks.
``(3) Stillbirth.--The term `stillbirth' means the
involuntary death of an unborn child who was carried in the
womb for a period of 20 weeks or more.
``(4) Unborn child.---The term `unborn child' has the
meaning given such term in section 1841(d) of title 18, United
States Code.''.
(c) Conforming Repeal.--Section 113 of the National Institutes of
Health Revitalization Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 289g-1 note) is repealed.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST SOLICITATION OR KNOWING ACQUISITION,
RECEIPT, OR ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION OF HUMAN FETAL
TISSUE KNOWING THAT THE TISSUE WAS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO
AN INDUCED ABORTION.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 498B(c) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g-2(c)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or accept a
donation (excluding any transfer for purposes of autopsy or
burial) of human fetal tissue knowing that--
``(A) a human pregnancy was deliberately initiated
to provide such tissue; or
``(B) the tissue was obtained pursuant to an
induced abortion; or''.
(b) Conforming Changes.--Section 498B of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 289g-2) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b);
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as
subsections (b) through (d), respectively; and
(3) in subsection (c), as redesignated--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(a), (b), or
(c)'' and inserting ``(a) or (b)''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or (b)(3)''.
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