FAILED 4/16/2005

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5581-S2.E AMH BAIL DURB 067

E2SSB 5581 - H AMD TO H APP COMM AMD (H3043.1)

By Representative Bailey

   On page 2, line 13 of the amendment, after "(1)" insert ""Asexual reproduction" means reproduction not initiated by the union of oocyte and sperms.

   (2)"

   Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

   On page 2, line 20 of the amendment, after "(4)" insert ""Human cloning" means human asexual reproduction, accomplished by introducing nuclear material from one or more human somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as to produce a living organism (at any stage of development) that is genetically virtually identical to an existing or previously existing human organism.

   (5)"

   Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

   On page 3, line 6 of the amendment, after "(9)" insert ""Somatic cell" means a diploid cell having a complete set of chromosomes obtained or derived from a living or deceased human body at any stage of development.

   (10)"

   Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

   On page 5, line 23 of the amendment, after "(6)" insert "The authority is prohibited from awarding any grant for which the grant funding would be used for any research or activity resulting in or depending on human cloning, and no recipient of grant funds awarded by the authority may knowingly use such funds for such research or activity.

   (7)"

   Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT: Defines the terms "human cloning," "asexual reproduction," and "somatic cell." Prohibits the Life Sciences Discovery Fund Authority from awarding grants for which the funding would be used for any research or activity resulting in or depending on human cloning. Prohibits recipients of grant funding from knowingly using grant funds to clone a human being.