Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 624
5	5	To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning
6	6	grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and
7	7	for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MARCH2, 2023
10	10	Mrs. B
11	11	LACKBURN(for herself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. RUBIO, Mr.
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13	13	ANKFORD, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. RISCH, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. TILLIS,
14	14	Mr. Y
15	15	OUNG, Mr. DAINES, Mrs. FISCHER, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. BRAUN, Mr.
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17	17	COTTof Florida, Mr. LEE, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. ROMNEY,
18	18	Mr. S
19	19	COTTof South Carolina, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. WICKER,
20	20	Mr. C
21	21	RAPO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. BRITT, and Mr. MULLIN) introduced the
22	22	following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
23	23	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
24	24	A BILL
25	25	To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit
26	26	family planning grants from being awarded to any entity
27	27	that performs abortions, and for other purposes.
28	28	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
29	29	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
30	30	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
31	31	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Title X Abortion Pro-4
32	32	vider Prohibition Act’’. 5
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36	36	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ABORTION. 1
37	37	Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2
38	38	300 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-3
39	39	lowing: 4
40	40	‘‘SEC. 1009. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITION REGARDING ABOR-5
41	41	TION. 6
42	42	‘‘(a) P
43	43	ROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not provide 7
44	44	any assistance under this title to an entity unless the enti-8
45	45	ty certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the 9
46	46	entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds 10
47	47	to any other entity that performs, an abortion. 11
48	48	‘‘(b) E
49	49	XCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply 12
50	50	with respect to an abortion where— 13
51	51	‘‘(1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or in-14
52	52	cest; or 15
53	53	‘‘(2) a physician certifies that the woman suf-16
54	54	fers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 17
55	55	physical illness that would place the woman in dan-18
56	56	ger of death unless an abortion is performed, includ-19
57	57	ing a life-threatening physical condition caused by or 20
58	58	arising from the pregnancy itself. 21
59	59	‘‘(c) H
60	60	OSPITALS.—Subsection (a) does not apply with 22
61	61	respect to a hospital, so long as such hospital does not, 23
62	62	during the period of assistance described in subsection (a), 24
63	63	provide funds to any non-hospital entity that performs an 25
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67	67	abortion (other than an abortion described in subsection 1
68	68	(b)). 2
69	69	‘‘(d) A
70	70	NNUALREPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 3
71	71	the date of the enactment of the Title X Abortion Provider 4
72	72	Prohibition Act, and annually thereafter, for the fiscal 5
73	73	year involved, the Secretary shall submit a report to Con-6
74	74	gress containing— 7
75	75	‘‘(1) a list of each entity receiving a grant 8
76	76	under this title; 9
77	77	‘‘(2) for each such entity performing abortions 10
78	78	under the exceptions described in subsection (b)— 11
79	79	‘‘(A) the total number of such abortions; 12
80	80	‘‘(B) the number of such abortions where 13
81	81	the pregnancy is the result of rape; 14
82	82	‘‘(C) the number of such abortions where 15
83	83	the pregnancy is the result of incest; and 16
84	84	‘‘(D) the number of such abortions where 17
85	85	a physician provides a certification described in 18
86	86	subsection (b)(2); 19
87	87	‘‘(3) a statement of the date of the latest cer-20
88	88	tification under subsection (a) for each entity receiv-21
89	89	ing a grant under this title; and 22
90	90	‘‘(4) a list of each entity to which an entity de-23
91	91	scribed in paragraph (1) makes available funds re-24
92	92	ceived through a grant under this title. 25
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96	96	‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1
97	97	‘‘(1) The term ‘entity’ means the entire legal 2
98	98	entity, including any entity that controls, is con-3
99	99	trolled by, or is under common control with such en-4
100	100	tity. 5
101	101	‘‘(2) The term ‘hospital’ has the meaning given 6
102	102	to such term in section 1861(e) of the Social Secu-7
103	103	rity Act.’’. 8
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