[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 49 (Thursday, April 5, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3533-S3534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CAMPBELL:
  S. 704. A bill to prohibit the cloning of humans; to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, today I am introducing a bill to 
prohibit the cloning of human beings. This bill, which is similar to 
the bill I introduced in 1998, would be an outright ban on human 
cloning, whether publicly or privately funded.
  My bill intends to prohibit human reproductive cloning in a 
comprehensive manner. It includes a ban on the use of human and animal 
tissues for the purpose of creating a cloned human child. However, this 
bill does not address the prohibition of embryo cloning, nor does this 
bill extend to cloning technologies for animals or plants.
  Though an executive order in 1997 banned the use of federal money for 
any project involving the cloning of humans, no law limits such 
research with private funds. And, though the Food and Drug 
Administration has declared its authority to regulate human cloning, we 
have very recently heard testimony before a House subcommittee stating 
that several research groups are moving ahead in their experiments 
without such approval.
  In addition to the moral dilemma this process presents, a recent 
Time/CNN poll shows 90 percent of the respondents think it is a bad 
idea to clone human beings. And, as a nation, we are not alone in 
rejecting both the notion and the practice of altering creation. There 
is broad international agreement that the cloning of human beings for 
reproductive purposes should be prohibited.
  I am not a scientist and do not wish to insert myself in the process 
of scientific research and the advances from that research from which 
we all benefit. However, when science and technology cross over the 
boundary of what is ethically and morally appropriate, I believe I have 
an obligation to respond on behalf of myself and my constituents. 
Congress, and its law-making authority, is the only mechanism available 
to assert the will of the American people that human cloning not go 
forward.
  I believe now is the time to enact an immediate ban on such efforts 
before this research opens doors we will never be able to close.
  I urge my colleagues to take swift action to impose a ban on human 
cloning. In doing so, we must ensure that the prohibition is 
comprehensive, and covers all possible techniques in this rapidly 
advancing field. We are all aware of the announced efforts to move 
forward with human cloning experiments so we must act quickly. I urge 
my colleagues to work together so we can pass a bill to prevent these 
and future efforts to clone humans.
  I thank the chair and ask unanimous consent that the bill be printed 
in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 704

       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 procedure.--The term ``human cloning 
     procedure'' means--
       (A) the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer or any other 
     cloning technique for the purpose of initiating or attempting 
     to initiate a human pregnancy;
       (B) the implantation of a conceptus, blastocyst, or embryo 
     created through somatic cell nuclear transfer into a 
     mammalian uterus; or
       (C) the creation of genetically identical siblings by 
     dividing a conceptus, blastocyst, or embryo for the purpose 
     of initiating or attempting to initiate a human pregnancy.
       (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.

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       (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.

       (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
     engage in a human cloning procedure.
       (b) Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be obligated or 
     expended to conduct or support any research the purpose of 
     which is to engage in a human cloning procedure.

     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 more 
     than $10,000,000 for each such violation.
       (b) Ineligibility for Federal Funds.--An individual found 
     to be in violation of section 3 shall not be eligible to 
     receive any Federal funding for any research for a period of 
     15 years after such violation.
       (c) 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 to up to 10 years in prison, or both.
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