Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6313
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2016-11-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to have physical custody of a living human embryo and refuse to release the embryo for implantation in a willing implantee at the request of one of the progenitors of that embryo. A progenitor is an individual who provides an egg or a sperm cell from which an embryo is created.</p> <p>A violator is subject to a fine, up to three months in prison, or both. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill bars the criminal prosecution of a progenitor of an embryo that is not implanted.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6313 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2016 Mr. Mooney of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize knowingly preventing the implantation of certain human embryos, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016 . 2. Protection of living human embryos (a) In general Chapter 90A of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1842. Protection of living human embryos (a) Offense Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, having physical custody of a living human embryo, refuses to release the embryo for implantation in a willing implantee at the request of one of the progenitors of that embryo shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 3 months, or both. (b) Exception for progenitor A progenitor of the embryo that is not implanted may not be prosecuted under this section. (c) Progenitor The term progenitor means any individual who provides an egg or a sperm cell from which the embryo is created. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 90A of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Sec. 1842. Protection of living human embryos. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.