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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 798
5	5	To protect the dignity of fetal remains, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7	7	JANUARY28, 2025
8	8	Mrs. M
9	9	ILLERof Illinois (for herself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr.
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11	11	OOREof West Virginia, Mr. OGLES, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, Mr.
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13	13	ARRISof Maryland, and Mr. WEBERof Texas) introduced the following
14	14	bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To protect the dignity of fetal remains, and for other
17	17	purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dignity for Aborted 4
22	22	Children Act’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. 6
24	24	Congress enacts the following pursuant to Congress’ 7
25	25	power under— 8
26	26	(1) the Interstate Commerce Clause of section 9
27	27	8 of article I of the Constitution; 10
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31	31	(2) section 5 of the 14th Amendment to the 1
32	32	Constitution of the United States, including the 2
33	33	power to enforce the prohibition on government ac-3
34	34	tion denying equal protection of the laws; and 4
35	35	(3) section 8 of article I of the Constitution of 5
36	36	the United States to make all laws necessary and 6
37	37	proper for the carrying into execution of powers 7
38	38	vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 8
39	39	United States. 9
40	40	SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF FETAL REMAINS. 10
41	41	(a) I
42	42	NGENERAL.—Part H of title IV of the Public 11
43	43	Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289 et seq.) is amended 12
44	44	by adding at the end the following: 13
45	45	‘‘SEC. 498F. PROTECTION OF FETAL REMAINS. 14
46	46	‘‘(a) C
47	47	ONSENTREQUIREMENT.— 15
48	48	‘‘(1) I
49	49	N GENERAL.—Any abortion provider, 16
50	50	after performing an abortion, shall provide the pa-17
51	51	tient with an informed consent form, offering the 18
52	52	patient the following options for disposal of the 19
53	53	human fetal tissue from the abortion: 20
54	54	‘‘(A) The patient may take possession of 21
55	55	the human fetal tissue and may choose to 22
56	56	transfer the tissue to an entity providing inter-23
57	57	ment or cremation services. 24
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61	61	‘‘(B) The patient may elect to release the 1
62	62	human fetal tissue to the abortion provider, 2
63	63	who shall be subject to the requirements of sub-3
64	64	section (b). 4
65	65	‘‘(2) C
66	66	ONSENT REQUIREMENTS .—An abortion 5
67	67	provider described in paragraph (1) shall— 6
68	68	‘‘(A) obtain a patient signature on each 7
69	69	consent form required under paragraph (1); 8
70	70	and 9
71	71	‘‘(B) retain each such form in the patient’s 10
72	72	file. 11
73	73	‘‘(b) P
74	74	ROVIDERDISPOSALREQUIREMENT.—It shall 12
75	75	be unlawful for any abortion provider who, after per-13
76	76	forming an abortion in which the woman on whom the 14
77	77	abortion was performed elects, pursuant to subsection 15
78	78	(a)(1)(B), to release the human fetal tissue to the abortion 16
79	79	provider, to fail to provide for the final disposition of the 17
80	80	human fetal tissue through interment or cremation, con-18
81	81	sistent with State law regarding the disposal of human 19
82	82	remains, not later than 7 days after the date on which 20
83	83	the abortion procedure was performed. Such final disposi-21
84	84	tion of human fetal tissue may be carried out through in-22
85	85	terment or cremation of tissue from more than one abor-23
86	86	tion procedure collectively. 24
87	87	‘‘(c) P
88	88	ENALTIES.— 25
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92	92	‘‘(1) INFORMED CONSENT VIOLATIONS .—An 1
93	93	abortion provider who fails to maintain the docu-2
94	94	mentation required under subsection (a)(2)(B) shall 3
95	95	be subject to civil monetary penalties in an amount 4
96	96	not to exceed $50,000. 5
97	97	‘‘(2) D
98	98	ISPOSAL VIOLATIONS .—Any abortion 6
99	99	provider who violates subsection (b) shall be fined in 7
100	100	accordance with title 18, United States Code, im-8
101	101	prisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 9
102	102	‘‘(3) B
103	103	AR TO PROSECUTION .—A patient upon 10
104	104	whom an abortion in violation of subsection (b) is 11
105	105	performed or attempted may not be prosecuted 12
106	106	under, or for a conspiracy to violate, paragraph (1), 13
107	107	or for an offense under section 2, 3, or 4 of title 18, 14
108	108	United States Code, based on such a violation. 15
109	109	‘‘(d) R
110	110	EPORTING.—Each abortion provider described 16
111	111	in subsection (a)(1) shall submit annual reports to the 17
112	112	Secretary indicating, with respect to the reporting pe-18
113	113	riod— 19
114	114	‘‘(1) the aggregate number of abortion proce-20
115	115	dures performed by such abortion provider; 21
116	116	‘‘(2) the gestational age at the time of each 22
117	117	such procedure; and 23
118	118	‘‘(3) for abortions carried out using an abortion 24
119	119	method other than chemical abortion, the aggregate 25
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123	123	number of fetal remains transferred for interment or 1
124	124	cremation and the number released to patients. 2
125	125	‘‘(e) A
126	126	NNUALREPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.—The 3
127	127	Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report on 4
128	128	the number of abortions by State, procedure type, and 5
129	129	method of disposal of human fetal tissue. 6
130	130	‘‘(f) N
131	131	ON-PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this section 7
132	132	shall preempt any State requirement that, at a minimum, 8
133	133	requires interment or cremation in the same manner that 9
134	134	other human remains are required to be treated in such 10
135	135	State. 11
136	136	‘‘(g) D
137	137	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 12
138	138	‘‘(1) the term ‘abortion’ means the use or pre-13
139	139	scription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any 14
140	140	other substance or device— 15
141	141	‘‘(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child 16
142	142	of a woman known to be pregnant; or 17
143	143	‘‘(B) to intentionally terminate the preg-18
144	144	nancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with 19
145	145	an intention other than— 20
146	146	‘‘(i) after viability to produce a live 21
147	147	birth and preserve the life and health of 22
148	148	the child born alive; or 23
149	149	‘‘(ii) to remove a dead unborn child; 24
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153	153	‘‘(2) the term ‘abortion provider’ means an in-1
154	154	dividual or entity that performs abortions; and 2
155	155	‘‘(3) the term ‘human fetal tissue’ has the 3
156	156	meaning given the term in section 498A(g).’’. 4
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