# 119-hr-2161: Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2025

119-hr-2161, Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ); status introduced (as of 2026-09-26).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2161
- Congress: 119
- Title: Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-26

## Summary

**This bill would prohibit the creation, transfer, or receipt of certain specified human–animal chimeras,** and it defines ten categories of embryos or organisms that would be covered. It would also set criminal and civil penalties and carve out limited research exceptions for some transgenic and transplant activities. - Researchers and labs: Experiments that create embryos or organisms matching the bill's ten listed categories would be banned, and a "human embryo" is defined as an organism from 1 cell up to 8 weeks of development. - Individuals and companies that create, transfer, transport, or receive covered chimeras would face criminal penalties of up to 10 years in prison and civil penalties equal to the greater of $1,000,000 or twice any gross financial gain. - Transgenic model scientists and clinicians who transplant human organs, tissues, or cells into animals would still be allowed to operate when those activities do not meet the bill's prohibited definitions.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] (R-MD), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] (R-AL), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Criminal ban on human–animal chimera research: cost, high. If enacted, this would make it a federal crime to create, move, or receive certain human–animal chimeras. It would also ban transferring a human embryo into a nonhuman womb, or a nonhuman embryo into a human womb. The rule would apply to knowing acts in or affecting interstate commerce. Violations…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-hr-271: Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025
- 119-hr-685: SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2161 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2161)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7651)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
- [119-hr-271: Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-271)
- [119-hr-685: SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-685)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2161 (as of 2026-09-26).