HR7293-119

In Committee

Protecting Children in Surrogacy Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 30, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

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:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

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

Criminal Justice Transportation Trade

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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federal implementing agencies: ,
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 30, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 30, 2026

Introduced in House

Jan 30, 2026

Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Transportation Trade
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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