109 HR 5719 IH: Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2006-06-29 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5719 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006.

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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).