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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 451
5	5	To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize abuse with respect
6	6	to assisted reproductive technology, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY24, 2023
9	9	Mrs. B
10	10	ICE(for herself, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. LETLOW, and Ms. HOULAHAN)
11	11	introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
12	12	Judiciary
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize abuse
15	15	with respect to assisted reproductive technology, and for
16	16	other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Families 4
21	21	from Fertility Fraud Act of 2023’’. 5
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25	25	SEC. 2. ABUSE WITH RESPECT TO ASSISTED REPRODUC-1
26	26	TIVE TECHNOLOGY. 2
27	27	(a) I
28	28	NGENERAL.—Chapter 109A of title 18, United 3
29	29	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
30	30	lowing: 5
31	31	‘‘SEC. 2249. ABUSE WITH RESPECT TO ASSISTED REPRO-6
32	32	DUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY. 7
33	33	‘‘(a) O
34	34	FFENSE.—Whoever, in any circumstance de-8
35	35	scribed in subsection (b), knowingly misrepresents the na-9
36	36	ture or source of DNA used in assisted reproductive tech-10
37	37	nology (including any treatment or procedure that involves 11
38	38	the handling of human oocytes or embryos such as in vitro 12
39	39	fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer, and zygote 13
40	40	intrafallopian transfer) or assisted insemination (including 14
41	41	any procedure that involves the handling of sperm includ-15
42	42	ing intrauterine insemination) shall be fined under this 16
43	43	title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. 17
44	44	‘‘(b) C
45	45	IRCUMSTANCEDESCRIBED.—For the purposes 18
46	46	of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this sub-19
47	47	section are that— 20
48	48	‘‘(1) the defendant or victim traveled in inter-21
49	49	state or foreign commerce, or traveled using a 22
50	50	means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of inter-23
51	51	state or foreign commerce, in furtherance of or in 24
52	52	connection with the conduct described in subsection 25
53	53	(a); 26
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57	57	‘‘(2) the defendant used a means, channel, fa-1
58	58	cility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 2
59	59	commerce in furtherance of or in connection with 3
60	60	the conduct described in subsection (a); 4
61	61	‘‘(3) any payment of any kind was made, di-5
62	62	rectly or indirectly, in furtherance of or in connec-6
63	63	tion with the conduct described in subsection (a) 7
64	64	using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen-8
65	65	tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af-9
66	66	fecting interstate or foreign commerce; 10
67	67	‘‘(4) the defendant transmitted in interstate or 11
68	68	foreign commerce any communication relating to or 12
69	69	in furtherance of the conduct described in subsection 13
70	70	(a) using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen-14
71	71	tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af-15
72	72	fecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 16
73	73	or manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 17
74	74	electromagnetic transmission; 18
75	75	‘‘(5) any instrument, item, substance, or other 19
76	76	object that has traveled in interstate or foreign com-20
77	77	merce was used to perform the conduct described in 21
78	78	subsection (a); 22
79	79	‘‘(6) the conduct described in subsection (a) oc-23
80	80	curred within the special maritime and territorial ju-24
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84	84	risdiction of the United States, or any territory or 1
85	85	possession of the United States; or 2
86	86	‘‘(7) the conduct described in subsection (a) 3
87	87	otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or for-4
88	88	eign commerce. 5
89	89	‘‘(c) S
90	90	TATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—In the case in 6
91	91	which DNA testing leads to the identification of a person 7
92	92	who has violated subsection (a), no statute of limitations 8
93	93	that would otherwise preclude the prosecution of an of-9
94	94	fense under subsection (a) shall preclude such prosecution 10
95	95	until the date that is 10 years after the date on which 11
96	96	such person was identified.’’. 12
97	97	(b) R
98	98	ACKETEERINGACTIVITY.—Section 1961(1) of 13
99	99	title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘sec-14
100	100	tion 2249 (relating to abuse with respect to assisted repro-15
101	101	ductive technology),’’ after ‘‘(relating to nuclear mate-16
102	102	rials),’’. 17
103	103	(c) T
104	104	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of sections for 18
105	105	chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is amended 19
106	106	by adding at the end the following: 20
107	107	‘‘2249. Abuse with respect to assisted reproductive technology.’’.
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