,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjaf,mr4 ,mooney of ,west ,virginia    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to          
criminalize knowingly preventing the    
implantation of certain human embryos1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,providing ,certainty for ,progenitors  
,act of #bjaf4  #b4 ,protection of      
living human embryos  7a7 ,in general   
,chapter #ij;,a of title #ah1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #ahdb4          
,protection of living human embryos  7a7
 ,offense ,whoever1 in or affecting     
interstate or foreign commerce1 having  
physical custody of a living human      
embryo1 refuses to release the embryo   
for implantation in a willing implantee 
at the request of one of the progenitors

 of that embryo shall be fined under    
this title or imprisoned not more than  
#c months1 or both4  7b7 ,exception for 
progenitor ,a progenitor of the embryo  
that is not implanted may not be        
prosecuted under this section4  7c7     
,progenitor ,the term progenitor means  
any individual who provides an egg or a 
sperm cell from which the embryo is     
created4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment    
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter #ij;,a of title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  ,sec4 #ahdb4    
,protection of living human embryos4  4 
#c4 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this ,act shall take effect #a year 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4