Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
The bill makes it a federal crime for any surrogacy agency or its employees to facilitate a surrogacy contract when a party is a registered sex offender, and it also criminalizes sex offenders who enter such agreements. Violations carry fines and lengthy prison terms, and any illegal surrogacy contract is declared void. The measure aims to protect children by blocking sex offenders from obtaining them through surrogacy.
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