[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 120, 109th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

120 STAT. 570

Public Law 109-242
109th Congress

An Act


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the solicitation or
acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes, and
for other purposes.  NOTE: July 19, 2006 -  [S. 3504]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress  NOTE: Fetus Farming Prohibition
Act of 2006. 42 USC 201 note.  assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of
2006''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF THE SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF TISSUE FROM
FETUSES GESTATED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.

Section 498B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g-2) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
(d) and (e), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

``(c) Solicitation or Acceptance of Tissue From Fetuses Gestated for
Research Purposes.--It shall be unlawful for any person or entity
involved or engaged in interstate commerce to--
``(1) solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or accept a
donation of human fetal tissue knowing that a human pregnancy
was deliberately initiated to provide such tissue; or
``(2) knowingly acquire, receive, or accept tissue or cells
obtained from a human embryo or fetus that was gestated in the
uterus of a nonhuman animal.'';
(3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), as so redesignated,
by striking ``(a) or (b)'' and inserting ``(a), (b), or (c)'';
and

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(4) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e), as so redesignated,
by striking ``section 498A(f)'' and inserting ``section
498A(g)''.

Approved July 19, 2006.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3504:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006):
July 17, considered in Senate.
July 18, considered and passed Senate and House.