,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ag1        
#bjai,mr4 ,latta 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,chabot1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4   
,davidson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4 ,roe
 of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1  
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west      
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,duncan1 ,mr4 ,webster  
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,westerman1 ,mr4      
,norman1 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,mr4 ,flores1    
,mr4 ,banks1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,olson1
 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,kelly of        
,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4         
,luetkemeyer1 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 ,mr4       
,johnson of ,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,watkins1  
,mr4 ,wright1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4       
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,joyce 
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,abraham1 ,mr4   
,cole1 ,mr4 ,estes1 ,mr4 ,harris1 and   
,mr4 ,stivers7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #ah1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to prohibit the unlawful disposal

 of fetal remains1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting the     
,dignity of ,unborn ,children ,act of   
#bjai4  #b4 ,prohibiting unlawful       
disposal of fetal remains ,part ,i of   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #abe ,unlawful ,disposal of 
,fetal ,remains  #bgda4 ,unlawful       
disposal of fetal remains  7a7 ,in      
general ,whoever recklessly disposes of 
or abandons fetal remains in a landfill 
or in any of the navigable waters of the
 ,united ,states shall be imprisoned not
 more than #c years or fined under this 
title1 or both4  7b7 ,rule of           
construction ,nothing in this section   
shall be construed to authorize the     
prosecution of any woman for the        
disposal of the remains of her unborn   
child4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3 7#a7 ,fetal remains ,the term  
fetal remains means any part of a human 
fetus that is deceased by reason of an  

abortion1 but does not include any such 
part that has been cremated4  7#b7      
,landfill ,the term landfill means a    
sanitary landfill1 as such term is      
defined in section #ajjd7bf7 of the     
,solid ,waste ,disposal ,act4  7#c7     
,navigable waters ,the term navigable   
waters has the meaning given such term  
in section #ejb7g7 of the ,federal      
,water ,pollution ,control ,act4  4