[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1574 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1574

                   To prohibit the cloning of humans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 27, 1998

 Mr. Campbell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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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. FINDING.

    Congress finds that the Federal Government has a moral obligation 
to the nation to prohibit the cloning of humans.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON HUMAN CLONING.

    (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person to--
            (1) clone a human being; or
            (2) conduct research for the purpose of cloning a human 
        being or otherwise creating a human embryo.
    (b) Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be obligated or expended 
to knowingly conduct or support any project of research the purpose of 
which is to clone a human being or otherwise create a human embryo.
    (c) Definition.--As used in subsection (a), the terms ``clone'' and 
``cloning'' mean the practice of creating or attempting to create a 
human being by transferring the nucleus from a human cell from whatever 
source into a human egg cell from which the nucleus has been removed 
for the purpose of, or to implant, the resulting product to initiate a 
pregnancy that could result in the birth of a human being.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Civil Penalties.--Whoever is found to be in violation of 
section 2 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 
for each such violation.
    (b) Ineligibility for Federal Funds.--An individual found to be in 
violation of section 2 shall not be eligible to receive any Federal 
funding for research regardless of the type of research being conducted 
for a period of 5 years after such violation.
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