Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8295 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8295 To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize abuse with respect to assisted reproductive technology. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 2026 Mrs. Bice (for herself, Ms. Letlow, and Ms. Houlahan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize abuse with respect to assisted reproductive technology. 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 ``Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ABUSE WITH RESPECT TO ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY. (a) In General.--Chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 2249. ABUSE WITH RESPECT TO ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY. ``(a) Offense.--Whoever, in any circumstance described in subsection (b), knowingly misrepresents the nature or source of DNA used in assisted reproductive technology (including any treatment or procedure that involves the handling of human oocytes or embryos such as in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer, and zygote intrafallopian transfer) or assisted insemination (including any procedure that involves the handling of sperm including intrauterine insemination) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. ``(b) Circumstance Described.--For the purposes of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this subsection are that-- ``(1) the defendant or victim traveled in interstate or foreign commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, facility, or inst