Following is a 1 paragraph summary of the Bill 810 taken from the Thomas Legislative Summary at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR00810:@@@D&summ2=m& . (If this does not work copy to your Bowser address bar and hit go and it should work. )
SUMMARY AS OF: 2/15/2005--Introduced.
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells, regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo. The Bill limits such research to stem cells that meet the following ethical requirements: (1) the stem cells were derived from human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics for the purpose of fertility treatment and were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking such treatment; (2) the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded; and (3) such individuals donate the embryos with written informed consent and receive no financial or other inducements.
Currently there are 200 Democrats and Republicans cosponsoring the nonpartisan bill. The bill requires 218 cosponsors or yes votes for a majority of the house to assure passage (18 more votes).
To see if your representative has signed on as a co-sponsor use the following link. The 5 Ct reps have signed on as cosponsors.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR00810:@@@P
If he/she, (other than Ct) has not signed onto the bill please contact them to insure that they know your thoughts and support for this bill. If they are signed on it may not hurt to make the contact to reduce probability of changing their minds.