[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5719 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5719

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the solicitation or 
 acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2006

Mr. Weldon of Florida (for himself and Mr. Deal of Georgia) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the solicitation or 
 acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF THE SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF TISSUE FROM 
              FETUSES GESTATED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.

    Section 498B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g-2) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Solicitation or Acceptance of Tissue From Fetuses Gestated 
for Research Purposes.--It shall be unlawful for any person or entity 
involved or engaged in interstate commerce to--
            ``(1) solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or accept a 
        donation of human fetal tissue knowing that a human pregnancy 
        was deliberately initiated to provide such tissue; or
            ``(2) knowingly acquire, receive, or accept tissue or cells 
        obtained from a human embryo or fetus that was gestated in the 
        uterus of a nonhuman animal.'';
            (3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), as so re-
        designated, by striking ``(a) or (b)'' and inserting ``(a), 
        (b), or (c)''; and
            (4) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e), as so redesignated, 
        by striking ``section 498A(f)'' and inserting ``section 
        498A(g)''.
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