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HR 5910 110th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Animals Cloning Fines (Penalties) Health Human embryology Law

Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2008

Introduced: April 24, 2008 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 24, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2008- Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and to set penalties for: (1) creating or attempting to create a human-animal hybrid (a being with human and non-human tissue as specified in this Act); (2) transferring or attempting to transfer a human embryo into a non-human womb, or a non-human embryo into a human womb; or (3) transporting or receiving for any purpose a human-animal hybrid.

What's happening now April 24, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2358 Related bill Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2007
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Jordan, Jim
Ohio · May 19, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5910: Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5910/
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"H.R. 5910: Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5910/.
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H.R. 5910, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5910/.
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