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114th Congress > House > Vote 692

Date: December 16, 2015

Result: 421-0 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 695

Sponsor: SMITH, Christopher Henry (R-NJ)

Bill number: HR2820

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and concur in the Senate Amendment

Description: An Act to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes.

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on December 3, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 to revise and extend through FY2020 the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory program. (These programs help match patients in need of a transplant with unrelated bone marrow and cord blood donors.) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must review the state of the science of using adult stem cells and birthing tissues to develop new therapies and consider the inclusion of new therapies in the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. (Sec. 3) Requirements for HHS contracts under the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 are revised. (Sec. 4) HHS must determine whether to include peripheral blood stem cells and umbilical cord blood in the definition of human organ.

Bill titles: To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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