I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2075 
To prohibit the Federal Government from conducting or supporting any 
research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an 
induced abortion, and to prohibit the solicitation or knowing acquisition, 
receipt, or acceptance of a donation of such tissue. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2025 
Mr. ONDER (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LATTA, Mr. KELLY 
of Mississippi, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. HARRIS of Maryland, Mr. 
GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. 
SELF, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. EZELL, 
Mr. GUEST, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. CRANE, Mr. FALLON, Mrs. BIGGS of 
South Carolina, Mr. PALMER, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Ms. GREENE of 
Georgia, and Mr. FLEISCHMANN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Government from conducting or sup-
porting any research involving human fetal tissue that 
is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and to 
prohibit the solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, 
or acceptance of a donation of such tissue. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Life and 
Integrity in Research Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. NO RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL TISSUE 
OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN INDUCED ABOR-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No Federal department, 
agency, or office may conduct, fund, approve, or oth-
erwise support any research involving human fetal 
tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abor-
tion. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT
OF
NEW, ETHICAL
CELL 
LINES.—Subsection (a) does not limit the authority 
of any Federal department, agency, or office to de-
velop or support the development of new, high-effi-
ciency cell lines, including for the production of vac-
cines and genetic vectors, so long as the cell lines 
are not derived from human fetal tissue that is ob-
tained pursuant to an induced abortion. 
(3) RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL TIS-
SUE OBTAINED AFTER A MISCARRIAGE OR STILL-
BIRTH PERMITTED.—Any research of any Federal 
department, agency, or office on human fetal tissue 
obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth shall be 
conducted or supported in accordance with section 
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498A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
289g–1). 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE PHSA LIMITING HUMAN 
FETAL TISSUE RESEARCH TO TISSUE OBTAINED AFTER 
A MISCARRIAGE OR STILLBIRTH.—Section 498A of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–1) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘TRANS-
PLANTATION OF FETAL TISSUE’’ and inserting 
‘‘HUMAN
FETAL
TISSUE
OBTAINED
AFTER
A 
MISCARRIAGE OR STILLBIRTH’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
may conduct or support research on human fetal tissue 
obtained after a miscarriage or a stillbirth.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘if 
the human fetal tissue is intended for trans-
plantation,’’ before ‘‘the donation’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively; 
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(4) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘pursu-
ant to a spontaneous or induced abortion or pursu-
ant to’’ and inserting ‘‘after a miscarriage or’’; and 
(5) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
HUMAN
FETAL
TISSUE.—The 
term 
‘human fetal tissue’ means tissue or cells obtained 
from a dead unborn child pursuant to an induced 
abortion, a miscarriage, or a stillbirth. 
‘‘(2) MISCARRIAGE.—The term ‘miscarriage’ 
means the involuntary death of an unborn child who 
was carried in the womb for a period of less than 
20 weeks. 
‘‘(3) STILLBIRTH.—The term ‘stillbirth’ means 
the involuntary death of an unborn child who was 
carried in the womb for a period of 20 weeks or 
more. 
‘‘(4) UNBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn child’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1841(d) 
of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 113 of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 (42 
U.S.C. 289g–1 note) is repealed. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST SOLICITATION OR KNOWING 
ACQUISITION, RECEIPT, OR ACCEPTANCE OF 
A 
DONATION 
OF 
HUMAN 
FETAL 
TISSUE 
KNOWING THAT THE TISSUE WAS OBTAINED 
PURSUANT TO AN INDUCED ABORTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 498B(c)(1) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2(c)(1)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or ac-
cept a donation (excluding any transfer for purposes 
of autopsy or burial) of human fetal tissue knowing 
that— 
‘‘(A) a human pregnancy was deliberately 
initiated to provide such tissue; or 
‘‘(B) the tissue was obtained pursuant to 
an induced abortion; or’’. 
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES.—Section 498B of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2), as amend-
ed by subsection (a), is further amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; and 
(3) in subsection (c), as redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), 
or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or 
(b)(3)’’. 
Æ 
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