# 119-hr-727: Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act

119-hr-727, Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-727
- As of: 2025-12-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-727
- Congress: 119
- Title: Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Broadening what counts as “valuable consideration” for human fetal tissue.** This bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to list six specific categories of payments and in-kind benefits that qualify as valuable consideration for fetal tissue transactions. - Researchers and research institutions would see more types of financial and nonfinancial exchanges treated as valuable consideration, so payments tied to obtaining or handling fetal tissue could trigger prohibitions or enforcement. - Hospitals, labs, transporters, and service providers that handle fetal tissue would be directly affected because the bill explicitly covers gifts, waived fees, canceled debt, transfers of items, and payments for transportation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage. - Federal regulators and prosecutors would have a broader legal definition to use when examining or pursuing improper sales or transactions involving human fetal tissue.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tighter rules on fetal tissue payments: cost, low. If enacted, this bill would expand what counts as a payment tied to human fetal tissue. It would include cash payments, gifts or honoraria, waived or reduced fees, canceled loans, transfers of items or services given for free or at reduced cost, and payments for transport, processing, storage, or q…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act
- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- 119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-hr-45: FIND Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-727 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/727)

## Related
- [119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1301)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
- [119-hr-45: FIND Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-45)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-727 (as of 2025-12-21).