[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2076 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2076

                   To prohibit the cloning of humans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2002

Mr. Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Johnson) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Human cloning.--The term ``human cloning'' means 
        implanting or attempting to implant the product of somatic cell 
        nuclear transfer (or any other cloning technique) into a uterus 
        or the functional equivalent of a uterus.
            (2) Egg.--The term ``egg'' means a mature female germ cell 
        of any species.
            (3) Oocyte.--The term ``oocyte'' means an immature female 
        germ cell of any species.
            (4) Person.--The term ``person'' includes any individual, 
        partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, 
        association, trust, estate, or other legal entity.
            (5) Somatic cell.--The term ``somatic cell'' means any 
        diploid cell of the human organism, including a cell of a 
        conceptus, embryo, fetus, child, or adult, not existing as a 
        haploid germ cell.
            (6) Somatic cell nuclear transfer.--The term ``somatic cell 
        nuclear transfer'' means transferring the nucleus of a human 
        somatic cell into an oocyte or egg from which the nucleus has 
        been removed or rendered inert.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON HUMAN CLONING.

    It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or attempt to 
conduct human cloning.

SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Civil Penalties.--Any person found to be in violation of 
section 3 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than the 
greater of $1,000,000 or 2 times the gross pecuniary gain resulting 
from the violation.
    (b) Criminal Penalty.--Any person who is convicted of violating any 
provision of section 3 shall be fined according to the provisions of 
title 18, United States Code, or sentenced up to 10 years in prison, or 
both.
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