Respectful Treatment of Unborn Remains Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2172 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2172 To prohibit fetal remains in publicly owned water systems, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 25 (legislative day, June 24), 2025 Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit fetal remains in publicly owned water systems, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Respectful Treatment of Unborn Remains Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FETAL REMAINS IN PUBLICLY OWNED WATER SYSTEMS. Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 498F. PROHIBITION OF FETAL REMAINS IN PUBLICLY OWNED WATER SYSTEMS. ``(a) In General.--…