[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 923 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 923

                   To prohibit the cloning of humans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 1997

  Mr. Ehlers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To prohibit the cloning of humans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Human Cloning Prohibition Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST CLONING OF HUMANS.

    (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person to use a human 
somatic cell for the process of producing a human clone.
    (b) Civil Money Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a) is 
liable to the United States for a civil money penalty in an amount not 
exceeding $5,000.
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