Sec. 3. Jurisdiction of the courts
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Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions where the matter in controversy is a surrogacy contract (as such term is defined in section 5 of the Protecting Children in Surrogacy Act) in a circumstance described in section 2(b) of such Act. In this section: The term child means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age. The term surrogacy means an arrangement or agreement whereby a surrogate mother agrees to conceive and bear a child for the purpose of transferring custody or parental rights to one or more intended parent upon or after the birth of the child.
The term surrogacy contract means a contract setting forth the terms and conditions for the conception and birth of a child to a surrogate mother with the intent of all parties being that such child shall enter into the permanent custody of one or more intended parent. The term intended parent means any individual who is a party to a surrogacy contract and who is the party who will take permanent custody of a child born pursuant to such contract. The term surrogate mother means a female who is a party to a surrogacy contract and who is the party who will bear the child pursuant to such contract.
The term female means an individual who has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, a reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization. . The table of sections for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 1370. Surrogacy contracts. .