Preventing International Surrogacy Exploitation Act

This bill would make surrogacy agreements void and unenforceable when a surrogate in the United States, or a U.S. citizen or permanent resident surrogate, agrees to carry a child for a prospective parent who is a foreign national. Agreements are not voided if the two prospective parents are legally married and at least one is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Surrogacy brokers who knowingly or recklessly help arrange a voided agreement could be fined, imprisoned up to 10 years, or both. Custody of a child born under a voided agreement would be decided by the best interests of the child under the law of the state where the surrogate lives. Foreign national parents of such a child could not gain immigration benefits based on that parentage.

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Sponsors

• Scott Perry Republican sponsor
• 28 cosponsors