United States: Current Legislation (Updated July 2008) (President Bush's remarks of Aug.9, 2001) (pending state legislation) (pending federal legislation)

Color Policy Type Countries & States Permissive (e.g., SCNT is specifically permitted under certain conditions) California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri¤ , New Jersey, Rhode Island Permissive Compromise (e.g., SCNT is prohibited; hESC research using supernumerary IVF embryos is specifically permitted or not prohibited) Arkansas, Indiana, New Hampshire, Virginia Restrictive Compromise (e.g., hESC research only permitted using cell lines created before a certain date)   Prohibitive (e.g., research using embryos or cell products derived from embryos is prohibited) Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota Permits the use of state funds California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia Prohibits the use of state funds Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska ¤ Missouri is presented as green with white stripes: The Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative contains language that is very supportive of stem cell research, and while it  prohibits human reproductive cloning and fertilization solely for the purposes of research, but allows researchers to conduct any research permitted under federal law.  U.S. Federal law does not currently prohibit SCNT.

United States: Pending State Legislation (Updated July 2007)
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United States: Pending Federal Legislation

110th Congress, House Bills

• H.R. 3: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research
• H.R. 322: To derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not harm human embryos
• H.R. 457: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits against income tax for qualified stem cell research, the storage of qualified stem cells, and the donation of umbilical cord blood
• H.R. 618: To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person
• H.R. 1094: To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception

110th Congress, Senate Bills

• S.5: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research
• S.30: To intensify research to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines
• S.51: To derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos
• S.362: To expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for federally funded research
• S.363: To provide increased Federal funding for stem cell research, to expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for Federally funded research, to provide ethical guidelines for stem cell research, to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not create an embryo or embryos for research or knowingly harm human embryo or embryos, and for other purposes
• S.812: To prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research
• S.957: To provide for the collection and maintenance of amniotic fluid and placental stem cells for the treatment of patients and research
• S.997: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research
• S.1036: To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit human cloning

updated June 25, 2007