[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5269 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5269

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize knowingly 
 destroying, without the written consent of each progenitor, a living 
human embryo created through the process of in vitro fertilization, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2016

 Mr. Mooney of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize knowingly 
 destroying, without the written consent of each progenitor, a living 
human embryo created through the process of in vitro fertilization, 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 ``Protection for Progeny Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF LIVING HUMAN EMBRYOS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 90A of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1842. Protection of living human embryos
    ``(a) Offense.--Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign 
commerce, knowingly destroys a living human embryo that was created 
through the process of in vitro fertilization and that was destroyed 
without the written consent of each progenitor of such embryo shall be 
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
    ``(b) Exception for Progenitor.--A progenitor of the embryo that is 
destroyed may not be prosecuted under this section.
    ``(c) Exception for Implantation.--A person may not be prosecuted 
under this section if the destruction of the embryo occurred during or 
after an attempt to implant such embryo.
    ``(d) Progenitor.--The term `progenitor' means any individual who 
provides an egg or a sperm cell from which an embryo is created.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 90A of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``Sec. 1842. Protection of living human embryos.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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