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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 534

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2003

Mr. WELDON of Florida (for himself, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 

SMITH of Texas, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. CANNON, 

Mr. HALL, Mr. KELLER, Ms. HART, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. 

DELAY, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. 

NORWOOD, Mr. PITTS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. SMITH of New 

Jersey, Mr. VITTER, Mr. GOODE, Mr. WOLF, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 

HOEKSTRA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. WICKER, Mr. COSTELLO, 

Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. 

GOODLATTE, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. 

CANTOR, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. 

MCCRERY, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. LINDER, Mr. MICA, Mr. 

SHADEGG, Mr. TERRY, Mr. COLLINS, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. KENNEDY of 

Minnesota, Mr. PENCE, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. RYAN

of Wisconsin, Mr. FORBES, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. AKIN, 

Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. CAMP, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 

CRENSHAW, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. WAMP, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. 

COMBEST, Mr. HAYES, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. BURNS, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mrs. 

EMERSON, Mr. ISSA, Mr. CRANE, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. BUYER, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, 

Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 

BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. KINGSTON, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 

POMBO, Mr. RENZI, Mr. HYDE, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WELLER, Mr. 

PETRI, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. HERGER, Mr. 

ORTIZ, Mr. REYES, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. NEY, and Mr. 

LAHOOD) 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 prohibit human 

cloning.

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 ‘‘Human Cloning Prohi5 bition Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON HUMAN CLONING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18, United States Code, is 

8 amended by inserting after chapter 15, the following: 

9 ‘‘CHAPTER 16—HUMAN CLONING

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘301. Definitions. 

‘‘302. Prohibition on human cloning.

10 ‘‘§ 301. Definitions 

11 ‘‘In this chapter: 

12 ‘‘(1) HUMAN CLONING.—The term ‘human 

13 cloning’ means human asexual reproduction, accom14 plished by introducing nuclear material from one or 

15 more human somatic cells into a fertilized or 

16 unfertilized oocyte whose nuclear material has been 

17 removed or inactivated so as to produce a living or18 ganism (at any stage of development) that is geneti19 cally virtually identical to an existing or previously 

20 existing human organism. 
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1 ‘‘(2) ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION.—The term 

2 ‘asexual reproduction’ means reproduction not initi3 ated by the union of oocyte and sperm. 

4 ‘‘(3) SOMATIC CELL.—The term ‘somatic cell’ 

5 means a diploid cell (having a complete set of chro6 mosomes) obtained or derived from a living or de7 ceased human body at any stage of development. 

8 ‘‘§ 302. Prohibition on human cloning 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per10 son or entity, public or private, in or affecting interstate 

11 commerce, knowingly—

12 ‘‘(1) to perform or attempt to perform human 

13 cloning; 

14 ‘‘(2) to participate in an attempt to perform 

15 human cloning; or 

16 ‘‘(3) to ship or receive for any purpose an em17 bryo produced by human cloning or any product de18 rived from such embryo. 

19 ‘‘(b) IMPORTATION.—It shall be unlawful for any per20 son or entity, public or private, knowingly to import for 

21 any purpose an embryo produced by human cloning or any 

22 product derived from such embryo. 

23 ‘‘(c) PENALTIES.—
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1 ‘‘(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person or enti2 ty that violates this section shall be fined under this 

3 title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 

4 ‘‘(2) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person or entity 

5 that violates any provision of this section shall be 

6 subject to, in the case of a violation that involves the 

7 derivation of a pecuniary gain, a civil penalty of not 

8 less than $1,000,000 and not more than an amount 

9 equal to the amount of the gross gain multiplied by 

10 2, if that amount is greater than $1,000,000. 

11 ‘‘(d) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.—Nothing in this sec12 tion restricts areas of scientific research not specifically 

13 prohibited by this section, including research in the use 

14 of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce 

15 molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, 

16 organs, plants, or animals other than humans.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 

18 for part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

19 inserting after the item relating to chapter 15 the fol20 lowing:

‘‘16. Human Cloning .......................................................................... 301’’.

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