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Union Calendar No. 108

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2175

[Report No. 107–186]

To protect infants who are born alive.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 14, 2001

Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. HART, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WELLER, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. WOLF, Mr.

PICKERING, Mr. BAKER, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. MICA, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr.

WELDON of Florida, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DEMINT, Mr.

HANSEN, Mr. WAMP, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. RILEY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. PAUL, Mr. BACHUS,

Mr. VITTER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. TERRY, Mr. HAYES, Mr.

LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. KELLER, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. POMBO, Mr. CAMP, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr.

GOODLATTE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. THUNE,

Mr. BLUNT, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HYDE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CRANE, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PENCE,

Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. WICKER, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. DELAY, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. CANNON, Mr.

TIAHRT, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. NEY, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan,

Mrs. EMERSON, and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

AUGUST 2, 2001

Additional sponsors: Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. PETRI, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. GILLMOR,

Mr. SPENCE, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. HUNTER,

Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BUYER, Mr. STUMP, Mr. CRENSHAW,

Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. STENHOLM,

Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. TANCREDO, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. KENNEDY of

Minnesota, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. KERNS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. KILDEE, and

Mr. BROWN of South Carolina
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AUGUST 2, 2001

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To protect infants who are born alive.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Born-Alive Infants

5 Protection Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF BORN-ALIVE INFANT.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 1, United

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing:

10 ‘‘§ 8. ‘Person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘individual’

11 as including born-alive infant

12 ‘‘(a) In determining the meaning of any Act of Con13 gress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the

14 various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United

15 States, the words ‘person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘in16 dividual’, shall include every infant member of the species

17 homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of develop18 ment.
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1 ‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘born alive’,

2 with respect to a member of the species homo sapiens,

3 means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or

4 her mother of that member, at any stage of development,

5 who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a

6 beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite

7 movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the

8 umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the

9 expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or

10 induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.

11 ‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to af12 firm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal

13 right applicable to any member of the species homo sapi14 ens at any point prior to being ‘born alive’ as defined in

15 this section.’’.

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

17 at the beginning of chapter 1 of title 1, United States

18 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

19 item:

‘‘8. ‘Person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘individual’ as including born-alive infant.’’.
Union Calendar No. 108

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2175

[Report No. 107–186]

A BILL

To protect infants who are born alive.

AUGUST 2, 2001

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed