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Calendar No. 23
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 534
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2003
Received and read the first time 
MARCH 3, 2003
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
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,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Human Cloning Prohi-
bition Act of 2003’’. 
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-
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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’’.
SEC. 3. STUDY BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The General Accounting Office 
after consultation with the National Academy of Sciences 
shall conduct a study to assess the need (if any) for 
amendment of the prohibition on human cloning, as de-
fined in section 301 of title 18, United States Code, as 
added by this Act, which study should include—
(1) a discussion of new developments in medical 
technology concerning human cloning and somatic 
cell nuclear transfer, the need (if any) for somatic 
cell nuclear transfer to produce medical advances, 
current public attitudes and prevailing ethical views
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concerning the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer, 
and potential legal implications of research in so-
matic cell nuclear transfer; and 
(2) a review of any technological developments 
that may require that technical changes be made to 
section 2 of this Act. 
(b) REPORT.—The General Accounting Office shall 
transmit to the Congress, within 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, a report containing the findings 
and conclusions of its study, together with recommenda-
tions for any legislation or administrative actions which 
in considers appropriate.
Passed the House of Representatives February 27, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 23
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 534
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit 
human cloning. 
MARCH 3, 2003
Read the second time and placed on the calendar