Protecting Children in Surrogacy Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Children in Surrogacy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Transportation, Trade.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H4C13BE3FD6F343DC8A724CC180C5DAFC: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Children in Surrogacy Act.
- Section HD3675F4336E74344A35C040EED325A1D: 2. Prohibition on sex offenders obtaining a child through surrogacy Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:...
- Section HD9AE2E4F4ED6457694306484AC251774: 2260B. Prohibition on sex offenders obtaining a child through surrogacy Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (b), being a covered sex offender,...
- Section H4A996210EEE64C60941BE81B768DEA7E: 3. Jurisdiction of the courts Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1370.Surrogacy contracts...
- Section H15205E2BB7A74031B6C9799464F3A126: 1370. Surrogacy contracts The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions where the matter in controversy is a surrogacy contract (as...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Children in Surrogacy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Transportation, Trade
Primary Purpose
This bill, Protecting Children in Surrogacy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Nancy Mace
R-SC | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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