1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2019”.
Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and for other purposes.
2. No research by HHS involving human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an induced abortion
In general— The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 498A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–1) the following:
“498A–1. No research involving human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an induced abortion
“(a) In general—The Secretary may not conduct or support any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.
“(b) Development of new, ethical cell lines—Subsection (a) does not limit the authority of the Secretary 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.”
in subsections (a)(2), (c)(1)(B), and (g), by striking “or induced” each place it appears; and
in subsection (b)(2)—
by striking subparagraph (A); and
by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively.
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
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”
by striking subsection (b);
by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (b) through (d), respectively;
in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “(a), (b), or (c)” and inserting “(a) or (b)”; and
in paragraph (2), by striking “or (b)(3)”.
4. Authorization for HHS research on fetal tissue and corresponding reporting
Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–1) is amended—
in the section heading, by striking “Research on transplantation of fetal tissue” and inserting “Research on fetal tissue”;
in subsection (a)—
by striking “research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes” and inserting “research on human fetal tissue”; and
by adding at the end the following: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any research of the Department of Health and Human Services on human fetal tissue shall be conducted or supported in accordance with this section.”; and
in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting “if the fetal tissue is intended for transplantation,” before “the donation is made”.