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This bill creates new federal criminal penalties to prohibit sex offenders from participating in surrogacy arrangements involving interstate or international communication. Specifically, the bill makes it a crime punishable by up to 18 years in prison for a registered sex offender to use any interstate or foreign communication method to enter into a surrogacy arrangement with the intent to exercise parental rights. The bill also criminalizes situations where someone enters a surrogacy arrangement and commits a sex offense during the period between arranging the surrogacy and the child's birth. The legislation defines a surrogacy arrangement as an agreement where one person agrees to carry a pregnancy with the expectation that they will not exercise parental rights, while another person will assume those rights. The definitions of "sex offender" and "sex offense" are taken directly from existing federal sex offender registration law. This bill aims to protect potential children from being placed in vulnerable situations with individuals who have a history of sexual crimes by creating significant legal barriers to their participation in surrogacy processes.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6208/all-info