No Surrogacy for Sex Offenders Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6208 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6208 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit surrogacy arrangements for sex offenders, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2025 Mrs. Luna introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit surrogacy arrangements for sex offenders, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Surrogacy for Sex Offenders Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SURROGACY ARRANGEMENTS INVOLVING SEX OFFENDERS. (a) In General.--Chapter 109B of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 2250A. Surrogacy arrangements involving sex offenders ``(a) A person who is a sex offender and, while required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, uses an instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce to enter into a surrogacy arrangement, with respect to a child carried in pregnancy by another person in consequence of carrying out the arrangement, with the intent to exercise the parental rights with respect to the child, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 18 years, or both. ``(b) A person who uses an instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce to enter into a surrogacy arrangement, with respect to a child carried in pregnancy by another person in consequence of carrying out the arrangement, with the intent to exercise the parental rights with respect to the child, and commits a sex offense, any part or element of which is committed i