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119-hr-7040119th CongressWALLET

SAFE KIDS Act

Sponsored By: Representative Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]

Introduced

Summary

Blocks certain international surrogacy deals tied to foreign adversarial nations and penalizes brokers who arrange them. The law treats many surrogacy agreements involving prospective parents or brokers from a listed "foreign entity of concern" as void when the surrogate is in the United States at birth or is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. An exception applies when two prospective parents are married and at least one is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

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  • Prospective parents from a foreign entity of concern face unenforceable surrogacy contracts if the surrogate is in the U.S. at birth or is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. This includes a presumption the prospective parent will relinquish parental claims in those cases.
  • Surrogacy brokers who knowingly or recklessly help form or execute a void agreement can be fined or imprisoned for up to 1 year under federal law. This targets commercial facilitation of such cross-border arrangements.
  • Custody and parental rights for children born under these circumstances are decided by the surrogate's State using the child's best interests. The void surrogacy agreement and related understandings carry no legal effect.

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Limits surrogacy with some foreign parents

If enacted, this would create definitions for international surrogacy and a presumption about parental rights when a prospective parent is from a listed foreign nation (see 10 U.S.C. 4872(f)(2)). It would make many surrogacy agreements void if the surrogate is in the United States at birth or is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and the prospective parent is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of a listed foreign entity of concern, or if a surrogacy broker arranged the agreement with such a prospective parent. The bill would preserve agreements between a surrogate and two legally married prospective parents when at least one prospective parent is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. For children born under a void agreement, custody would be decided under the best-interest law of the State where the surrogate lives, and the void agreement would have no legal effect. A surrogacy broker who knowingly or recklessly helps form a void agreement would face a fine and/or up to 1 year in prison. These rules would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]

    UT • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]

    UT • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2026

  • Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]

    WY • R

    Sponsored 1/21/2026

  • Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]

    MD • R

    Sponsored 1/30/2026

  • Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 2/10/2026

  • Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 6/3/2026

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