I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8600 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize abuse with respect 
to assisted reproductive technology, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2022 
Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma (for herself and Ms. SHERRILL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize abuse 
with respect to assisted reproductive technology, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Families 
from Fertility Fraud Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. ABUSE WITH RESPECT TO ASSISTED REPRODUC-
TIVE TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 109A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘SEC. 2249. ABUSE WITH RESPECT TO ASSISTED REPRO-
DUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY. 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, in any circumstance de-
scribed in subsection (b), knowingly misrepresents the na-
ture or source of DNA used in assisted reproductive tech-
nology (including any treatment or procedure that involves 
the handling of human oocytes or embryos such as in vitro 
fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer, and zygote 
intrafallopian transfer) or assisted insemination (including 
any procedure that involves the handling of sperm includ-
ing intrauterine insemination) shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) CIRCUMSTANCE DESCRIBED.—For the purposes 
of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this sub-
section are that— 
‘‘(1) the defendant or victim traveled in inter-
state or foreign commerce, or traveled using a 
means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of inter-
state or foreign commerce, in furtherance of or in 
connection with the conduct described in subsection 
(a); 
‘‘(2) the defendant used a means, channel, fa-
cility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 
commerce in furtherance of or in connection with 
the conduct described in subsection (a); 
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‘‘(3) any payment of any kind was made, di-
rectly or indirectly, in furtherance of or in connec-
tion with the conduct described in subsection (a) 
using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen-
tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce; 
‘‘(4) the defendant transmitted in interstate or 
foreign commerce any communication relating to or 
in furtherance of the conduct described in subsection 
(a) using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen-
tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 
or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 
electromagnetic transmission; 
‘‘(5) any instrument, item, substance, or other 
object that has traveled in interstate or foreign com-
merce was used to perform the conduct described in 
subsection (a); 
‘‘(6) the conduct described in subsection (a) oc-
curred within the special maritime and territorial ju-
risdiction of the United States, or any territory or 
possession of the United States; or 
‘‘(7) the conduct described in subsection (a) 
otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or for-
eign commerce.’’. 
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(b) RACKETEERING ACTIVITY.—Section 1961(1) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 2249 (relating to abuse with respect to assisted repro-
ductive technology),’’ after ‘‘(relating to nuclear mate-
rials),’’. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of sections for 
chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘2249. Abuse with respect to assisted reproductive technology.’’. 
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