(13) the United Nations has passed a declara-
tion calling for all human cloning to be banned by 
member nations; and 
(14) attempts to create cloned human embryos 
for development of embryonic stem cell lines have 
been unsuccessful, most recently involving the exploi-
tation of over a hundred women in South Korea to 
provide over 2,000 human eggs without the produc-
tion of a single stem cell line. 
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—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 the nuclear material of a 
human somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized 
oocyte whose nucleus has been removed or inac-
tivated to produce a living organism (at any stage 
of development) with a human or predominantly 
human genetic constitution. 
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‘‘(2) 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— 
‘‘(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 the product of human 
cloning for any purpose. 
‘‘(b) IMPORTATION.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son or entity, public or private, to import the product of 
human cloning for any purpose. 
‘‘(c) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person or entity that 
is convicted of violating any provision of this section 
shall be fined under this section or imprisoned not 
more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(2) CIVIL
PENALTY.—Any person or entity 
that is convicted of violating any provision of this 
section shall be subject to, in the case of a violation 
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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 shall restrict areas of scientific research not specifi-
cally 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’’. 
Æ 
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