S.Amdt. 1806

SA 1806. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. INTERNATIONAL ETHICAL STANDARDS IN GENOME EDITING RESEARCH.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, in consultation with relevant Federal agencies, should work with other nations and international organizations, including the United Nations and the World Health Organization, to carefully evaluate the distinct medical, ethical, and societal issues raised by the prospect of heritable human genome editing through democratic public discussion, with the goal of forging international consensus, while supporting the medical potential of somatic genome editing.

(b) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress, and post on a publicly accessible website of the Government Accountability Office, a report containing recommendations for--

(1) achieving widespread societal engagement on heritable human genome editing; and

(2) addressing current gaps in national and international systems for governing activities related to such issue.