Protecting Kids from Creeps Act

Key Points

• This bill would make it a federal crime for anyone on a sex offender list to sign a contract to have a baby through surrogacy. It also targets the agencies that help set up these deals.
• The punishments are very strict. Sex offenders and agency workers who knowingly help with these deals would face at least 20 years in prison.
• Surrogacy agencies that break the law would lose their special tax-free status and would be banned from getting any money from the federal government.
• If a surrogacy deal is found to be illegal, the contract would be canceled. A state court would then decide who gets to keep the baby based on what is best for the child.
• The bill defines a sex offender as anyone who is or has ever been required to register on a sex offender list under federal law.

Impact Analysis

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