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42 U.S.C. § 289g — Fetal research

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42 U.S.C. § 289g — Fetal research

**(a) Conduct or support by Secretary; restrictions** The Secretary may not conduct or support any research or experimentation, in the United States or in any other country, on a nonviable living human fetus ex utero or a living human fetus ex utero for whom viability has not been ascertained unless the research or experimentation— (1) may enhance the well-being or meet the health needs of the fetus or enhance the probability of its survival to viability; or (2) will pose no added risk of suffering, injury, or death to the fetus and the purpose of the research or experimentation is the development of important biomedical knowledge which cannot be obtained by other means. **(b) Risk standard for fetuses intended to be aborted and fetuses intended to be carried to term to be same** In administering the regulations for the protection of human research subjects which— (1) apply to research conducted or supported by the Secretary; (2) involve living human fetuses in utero; and (3) are published in section 46.208 of part 46 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations; or any successor to such regulations, the Secretary shall require that the risk standard (published in section 46.102(g) of such part 46 or any successor to such regulations) be the same for fetuses which are intended to be aborted and fetuses which are intended to be carried to term.

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**(a) Conduct or support by Secretary; restrictions** The Secretary may not conduct or support any research or experimentation, in the United States or in any other country, on a nonviable living human fetus ex utero or a living human fetus ex utero for whom viability has not been ascertained unless the research or experimentation— (1) may enhance the well-being or meet the health needs of the fetus or enhance the probability of its survival to viability; or (2) will pose no added risk of suffering, injury, or death to the fetus and the purpose of the research or experimentation is the development of important biomedical knowledge which cannot be obtained by other means. **(b) Risk standard for fetuses intended to be aborted and fetuses intended to be carried to term to be same** In administering the regulations for the protection of human research subjects which— (1) apply to research conducted or supported by the Secretary; (2) involve living human fetuses in utero; and (3) are published in section 46.208 of part 46 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations; or any successor to such regulations, the Secretary shall require that the risk standard (published in section 46.102(g) of such part 46 or any successor to such regulations) be the same for fetuses which are intended to be aborted and fetuses which are intended to be carried to term.

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42 U.S.C. § 202 — Definitions

When used in this chapter— **(a)** The term “Service” means the Public Health Service; **(b)** The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service; **(c)** Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. **(d)** The term “regulations”, except when otherwise specified, means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary; **(e)** The term “executive department” means any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States; **(f)** Except as provided in sections 246(g)(4)(B),11 See References in Text note below. 247c(c)(1),1 254d(h)(3),1 263c(5),1 264(d), 292a(9),1 300a(c), 300f(13), and 300n(1) 1 of this title, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. **(g)** The term “possession” includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; **(h)** Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 986(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603. **(i)** The term “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and amphibious contrivances; **(j)** The term “habit-forming narcotic drug” or “narcotic” means opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom, the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca

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42 U.S.C. § 289g — Fetal research

Page 807 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 289g Such appropriations may be expended by con- tract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 6101 of title 41. (b)(1) None of the amounts appropriated under this chapter for the purposes of this subchapter may be obligated for the construction of facili- ties (including the acquisition of land) unless a provision of this subchapter establishes express authority for such purpose and unless the Act making appropriations under such provision specifies that the amounts appropriated are available for such purpose. (2) Any grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts authorized in this subchapter for the construction of facilities may be awarded only on a competitive basis. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 496, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 877; amended Pub. L. 101–190, § 8, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1695; Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2008(b)(15), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 211.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION In subsec. (a), ‘‘section 6101 of title 41’’ substituted for ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Con- tracts. AMENDMENTS 1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–43 substituted ‘‘Appro- priations to carry out the purposes of this subchapter’’ for ‘‘Such appropriations’’. 1989—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–190 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), struck out first sentence which read as follows: ‘‘Appropriations to carry out the purposes of this subchapter shall be available for the acquisition of land or the erection of buildings only if so specified.’’, and added subsec. (b). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CONSTRUCTION OF BIOMEDICA

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