President Barack H. Obama issued
Executive Order (EO)13505 Removing Barriers to Responsible
Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells on March 9, 2009.
The EO states that the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
through the Director of NIH, may support and conduct responsible,
scientifically worthy human stem cell research, including human
embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, to the extent permitted by
law. The EO also directs the Secretary, through the Director of
NIH, to review existing NIH guidance and other widely recognized
guidelines on human stem cell research, including provisions
establishing appropriate safeguards, and issue new NIH Guidelines
on such research. The NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research
(Guidelines) implementing the EO and establishing policy and
procedures under which the NIH will fund such research became
effective on July 7, 2009, and are available at
http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp. The Guidelines provide
scientists who apply for NIH funding with a specific set of
standards reflecting currently recognized ethical principles and
practices specific to embryo donation, and prescribe the assurances
and supporting documentation necessary for NIH funding of research
using hESCs, and describe research that is not eligible for NIH
funding. The Guidelines establish a new NIH Registry of eligible
hESC lines that comply with the set of standards described in the
Guidelines. NIH will also post lines that are not approved for use
in NIH funding.
EO: EO
13505 Name/Subject of EO: Removing Barriers to Responsible
Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.