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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 686 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unlawful disposal |
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| 6 | 6 | | of fetal remains. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | ATTA(for himself, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. H |
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| 12 | 12 | | ARRISof Maryland, Mr. WEBERof Texas, and Mr. BABIN) intro- |
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| 13 | 13 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju- |
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| 14 | 14 | | diciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the |
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| 17 | 17 | | unlawful disposal of fetal remains. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting the Dignity 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | of Unborn Children Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITING UNLAWFUL DISPOSAL OF FETAL RE-6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | MAINS. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘CHAPTER 125—UNLAWFUL DISPOSAL OF 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | FETAL REMAINS 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘SEC. 2741. UNLAWFUL DISPOSAL OF FETAL REMAINS. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 34 | 34 | | NGENERAL.—Whoever recklessly disposes of 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | or abandons fetal remains in a landfill or in any of the 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | navigable waters of the United States shall be imprisoned 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | not more than 3 years or fined under this title, or both. 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(b) R |
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| 39 | 39 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tion shall be construed to authorize the prosecution of any 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | woman for the disposal of the remains of her unborn child. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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| 43 | 43 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(1) F |
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| 45 | 45 | | ETAL REMAINS.—The term ‘fetal re-12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | mains’ means any part of a human fetus that is de-13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ceased by reason of an abortion, but does not in-14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | clude any such part that has been cremated. 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 50 | 50 | | ANDFILL.—The term ‘landfill’ means a 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | sanitary landfill, as such term is defined in section 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 1004(26) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(3) N |
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| 54 | 54 | | AVIGABLE WATERS .—The term ‘navi-19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | gable waters’ has the meaning given such term in 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | section 502(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | trol Act.’’. 22 |
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