II 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3504 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 13, 2006 Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Brownback) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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).