HR 1357 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005

Introduced Mar 17, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Dave Weldon R-FL

Latest action · Apr 4, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 17, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, from knowingly: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such embryo; or (4) importing such an embryo or derived product.

Sets forth criminal and civil penalties.

Provides that nothing in this Act restricts areas of scientific research not specifically prohibited above, including research in the use of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or animals other than humans.

Cosponsors 149

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2005 to Sep 29, 2006; 103 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-WY	Barbara Cubin	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-SC	Bob Inglis	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-MS	Gene Taylor	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-KY	Geoff Davis	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-MO	Ike Skelton	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-GA	Jack Kingston	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NY	James T. Walsh	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-IL	Jerry Weller	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-GA	Jim Marshall	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-KS	Jim Ryun	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-IN	John N. Hostettler	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-PA	John P. Murtha	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-OK	John Sullivan	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson	Original	Mar 17, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-AZ	Rick Renzi	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-OH	Robert W. Ney	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-IN	Steve Buyer	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-AL	Terry Everett	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TX	Tom DeLay	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NY	Vito Fossella	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-CA	Wally Herger	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Mar 17, 2005
R-TN	Zach Wamp	Original	Mar 17, 2005
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Apr 5, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Apr 5, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Apr 5, 2005
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Apr 5, 2005
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Apr 5, 2005
R-IN	Dan Burton		Apr 6, 2005
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Apr 12, 2005
R-NY	Peter T. King		Apr 12, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Apr 12, 2005
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Apr 13, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Apr 26, 2005
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Apr 26, 2005
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Apr 28, 2005
R-GA	John Linder		May 10, 2005
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		May 17, 2005
R-PA	Tim Murphy		May 26, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jun 14, 2005
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Jul 11, 2005
R-IN	Michael E. Sodrel		Sep 7, 2005
R-FL	Tom Feeney		Oct 26, 2005
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Nov 8, 2005
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Dec 6, 2005
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Dec 13, 2005
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Feb 14, 2006
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Feb 28, 2006
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Feb 28, 2006
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Feb 28, 2006
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Feb 28, 2006
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Feb 28, 2006
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Feb 28, 2006
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Feb 28, 2006
R-TX	John R. Carter		Feb 28, 2006
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Feb 28, 2006
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Feb 28, 2006
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno		Feb 28, 2006
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Feb 28, 2006
R-OK	Tom Cole		Feb 28, 2006
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Apr 4, 2006
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Apr 4, 2006
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Apr 4, 2006
R-LA	Jim McCrery		Apr 4, 2006
R-AR	John Boozman		Apr 4, 2006
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Apr 4, 2006
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Sep 6, 2006
R-MN	John Kline		Sep 12, 2006
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Sep 29, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 17, 2005
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Apr 4, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 17, 2005Introduced in House
Mar 17, 2005Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL31358	Human Cloning Archived	Report	Jul 20, 2006

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 658	Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005	Related bill	Mar 17, 2005

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning.
Short Titles as Introduced: Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005
Popular Titles: Cloning of Humans bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 17, 2005Introduced in House

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