I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1357
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005
Mr. WELDON of Florida (for himself, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, 
Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. WOLF, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. 
RYUN of Kansas, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. SUL-
LIVAN, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, 
Mr. BUYER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. AKIN, Ms. 
FOXX, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 
WHITFIELD, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 
BERRY, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. DELAY, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 
BRADY of Texas, Mr. TERRY, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. SOUDER, 
Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. PETRI, Mr. BAKER, 
Mr. RENZI, Mr. HAYES, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. 
GOODE, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, 
Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 
NEY, Ms. HART, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. 
WAMP, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. HERGER, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. HAYWORTH, 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. 
JONES of North Carolina, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. WALSH, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. WESTMORELAND, 
Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 
RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. POMBO, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. 
EHLERS, Mr. PENCE, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 
WICKER, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. DAVIS of Ken-
tucky, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. FORBES, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WELLER, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. ROGERS of Michi-
gan, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. GOOD-
LATTE, Mr. CRENSHAW, and Mr. HALL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human 
cloning.
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 ‘‘Human Cloning Prohi-
bition Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON HUMAN CLONING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after chapter 15, the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 16—HUMAN CLONING
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘301. Definitions. 
‘‘302. Prohibition on human cloning.
‘‘§ 301. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) HUMAN
CLONING.—The term ‘human 
cloning’ means human asexual reproduction, accom-
plished by introducing nuclear material from one or 
more human somatic cells into a fertilized or 
unfertilized oocyte whose nuclear material has been 
removed or inactivated so as to produce a living or-
ganism (at any stage of development) that is geneti-
cally virtually identical to an existing or previously 
existing human organism.
‘‘(2) ASEXUAL
REPRODUCTION.—The term 
‘asexual reproduction’ means reproduction not initi-
ated by the union of oocyte and sperm. 
‘‘(3) SOMATIC CELL.—The term ‘somatic cell’ 
means a diploid cell (having a complete set of chro-
mosomes) obtained or derived from a living or de-
ceased human body at any stage of development. 
‘‘§ 302. Prohibition on human cloning 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son or entity, public or private, in or affecting interstate 
commerce, knowingly—
‘‘(1) to perform or attempt to perform human 
cloning; 
‘‘(2) to participate in an attempt to perform 
human cloning; or 
‘‘(3) to ship or receive for any purpose an em-
bryo produced by human cloning or any product de-
rived from such embryo. 
‘‘(b) IMPORTATION.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son or entity, public or private, knowingly to import for 
any purpose an embryo produced by human cloning or any 
product derived from such embryo. 
‘‘(c) PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person or enti-
ty that violates this section shall be fined under this 
title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(2) CIVIL
PENALTY.—Any person or entity 
that violates any provision of this section shall be 
subject to, in the case of a violation that involves the 
derivation of a pecuniary gain, a civil penalty of not 
less than $1,000,000 and not more than an amount 
equal to the amount of the gross gain multiplied by 
2, if that amount is greater than $1,000,000. 
‘‘(d) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.—Nothing in this sec-
tion restricts areas of scientific research not specifically 
prohibited by this section, including research in the use 
of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce 
molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, 
organs, plants, or animals other than humans.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to chapter 15 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘16. Human Cloning ..........................................................................
301’’.
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