"The Human Cloning Bill Review"

ASSIGNMENT: We have been discussing the "Bill to Law" Process in class and how bills can be amended in committee.  To see how a bill is actually written, we will be analyzing an ACTUAL bill from Congress:

H.R. 110: THE HUMAN CLONING PROHIBITION ACT OF 2009

On a GOOGLE DOC that is shared with Mr. Burkhard, called HUMAN_CLONING_BILL, please answer all of the following questions regarding the HUMAN CLONING BILL. You may use any resources at your disposal, but your answers need to be IN YOUR OWN WORDS. If you simply copy and paste an answer, you will not receive any credit for it.

  1. What is the PROBLEM or ISSUE OF CONCERN that is being addressed by this bill?
  2. What is the PURPOSE (Positive Outcome) of this bill? In general, bills should be attempting to make a POSITIVE DIFFERENCE in our country with their contents. What POSITIVE solution would be achieved with the passing of this bill?
  3. What is the SHORT NAME of the bill? Why do you think that the authors of the bill used such strong language ("Prohibition") in their bill title?
  4. Do some research on the bill's webpage, what COMMITTEE was this bill assigned to? Why do you think this was?
  5. What are some of the FINDINGS regarding this bill? In other words, what evidence, data and statistics is offered to support the need for this bill? Who will it help? What are the benefits?
  6. Why does the bill indicate that it is so important that the PROCESS of Human Cloning be banned? Be specific. (This is in FINDING 8.)
  7. What are the DEFINITIONS pertaining to this bill? Explain the terms.
  8. What do you feel would be the FINANCIAL IMPACT of this bill? Explain any added costs or sources of income for our government that you foresee with the passage of this bill.
  9. At the very end of the bill is a section regarding SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. What does this section mean? Does this make sense? Explain.
  10. What happened to this bill? (Hint: Click on ACTIONS) Describe.
  11. Would you have supported or voted against this bill, were you in the committee? Explain why or why not.

GRADING: Students will be graded on the following criteria- BILL SUMMARY: Thoughtful completion of the original bill analysis, as outlined above, all questions completed and properly analyzed= 50 points. Summary incomplete or incorrectly analyzed= 25 points, bill summary not completed= 0 points.