H.R. 2161 119th Congress House

Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain types of human-animal chimeras.

Introduced: March 14, 2025 Introduced by: Christopher H. Smith Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement

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Mar 14, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 14, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2025

This bill establishes new federal crimes related to conduct involving certain types of human-animal chimeras. The term human-animal chimera means an organism that, from an early stage of development, contains human and nonhuman parts.

This bill makes it unlawful to

create or attempt to create a prohibited human-animal chimera,
transfer or attempt to transfer a human embryo into a nonhuman womb,
transfer or attempt to transfer a nonhuman embryo into a human womb, or
transport or receive for any purpose a prohibited human-animal chimera.

A violator is subject to civil and criminal penalties.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 3

Aderholt, Robert B.

Alabama · Mar 14, 2025

Harris, Andy

Maryland · Mar 14, 2025

Miller, Mary E.

Illinois · Mar 14, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2161: Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2161/

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"H.R. 2161: Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2161/.

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H.R. 2161, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2161/.

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