I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3932 
To prohibit human cloning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 
Mrs. BONO (for herself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. CASTLE, and Mrs. CAPPS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
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 Ban 
Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
It is the purpose of this Act to prohibit human 
cloning. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON HUMAN CLONING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after chapter 15, the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 16—PROHIBITION ON HUMAN 
CLONING 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘301. Prohibition on human cloning. 
‘‘§ 301. Prohibition on human cloning 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITIONS ON HUMAN CLONING.—It shall 
be unlawful for any person or other legal entity, public 
or private— 
‘‘(1) to conduct or attempt to conduct human 
cloning; 
‘‘(2) to ship the product of nuclear transplan-
tation in interstate or foreign commerce for the pur-
pose of human cloning in the United States or else-
where; or 
‘‘(3) to export to a foreign country an 
unfertilized blastocyst if such country does not pro-
hibit human cloning. 
‘‘(b) PROTECTION OF RESEARCH.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to restrict practices not ex-
pressly prohibited in this section. 
‘‘(c) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL
PENALTIES.—Whoever inten-
tionally violates paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of sub-
section (a) shall be fined under this title and impris-
oned not more than 10 years.
‘‘(2) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Whoever intentionally 
violates paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) 
shall be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000,000 or 
three times the gross pecuniary gain resulting from 
the violation, whichever is greater. 
‘‘(3) FORFEITURE.—Any property, real or per-
sonal, derived from or used to commit a violation or 
attempted violation of the provisions of subsection 
(a), or any property traceable to such property, shall 
be subject to forfeiture to the United States in ac-
cordance with the procedures set forth in chapter 46 
of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(d) RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to give any individual or person a pri-
vate right of action. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) HUMAN
CLONING.—The term ‘human 
cloning’ means implanting or attempting to implant 
the product of nuclear transplantation into a uterus 
or the functional equivalent of a uterus. 
‘‘(2) 
HUMAN
SOMATIC
CELL.—The 
term 
‘human somatic cell’ means any human cell other 
than a haploid germ cell. 
‘‘(3) NUCLEAR TRANSPLANTATION.—The term 
‘nuclear transplantation’ means transferring the nu-
cleus of a human somatic cell into an oocyte from 
which the nucleus or all chromosomes have been or 
will be removed or rendered inert. 
‘‘(4) NUCLEUS.—The term ‘nucleus’ means the 
cell structure that houses the chromosomes. 
‘‘(5) OOCYTE.—The term ‘oocyte’ means the fe-
male germ cell, the egg. 
‘‘(6) UNFERTILIZED
BLASTOCYST.—The term 
‘unfertilized blastocyst’ means an intact cellular 
structure that is the product of nuclear transplan-
tation. Such term shall not include stem cells, other 
cells, cellular structures, or biological products de-
rived from an intact cellular structure that is the 
product of nuclear transplantation.’’. 
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