H.R. 727

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit sale or transactions relating to human fetal tissue.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · January 24, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida · Committee: Committee on Energy and Commerce

Table of contents

• H.R. 727
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Prohibiting sale or transactions relating to human fetal tissue

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act.

SEC. 2. Prohibiting sale or transactions relating to human fetal tissue

• Section 498B(e) of the Public Health Service Act () is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph: 42 U.S.C. 289g–2(e)
  • The term includes— valuable consideration
    • any payment made or debt incurred;
    • any gift, honorarium, or recognition of value bestowed;
    • any price, charge, or fee which is waived, forgiven, reduced, or indefinitely delayed;
    • any loan or debt which is canceled or otherwise forgiven;
    • the transfer of any item from one person to another or provision of any service or granting of any opportunity for which a charge is customarily made, without charge or for a reduced charge; and
    • any payments associated with the transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of human fetal tissue.