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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 334
To permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use
of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY30, 2025
Mr. R
ISCH(for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. PAUL, Mr. SCOTTof Florida,
Mr. M
ULLIN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. SHEEHY, Mr.
R
ICKETTS, Mr. HAGERTY, and Mr. CRUZ) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions
on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Values Act’’. 4
SEC. 2. PERMANENT ENACTMENT OF CERTAIN GENERAL 5
PROVISIONS. 6
(a) F
OREIGNASSISTANCEACT OF1961.—Section 7
104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 8
2151b(f)) is amended to read as follows: 9
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‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ONUSE OFFUNDS FORABOR-1
TIONS ANDINVOLUNTARYSTERILIZATIONS.—None of the 2
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 3
available to carry out this Act may be made available— 4
‘‘(1) to pay for the performance of abortions as 5
a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 6
any person to practice abortions; 7
‘‘(2) to pay for the performance of involuntary 8
sterilization as a method of family planning or to co-9
erce or provide any financial incentive to any person 10
to undergo sterilizations; 11
‘‘(3) to pay for biomedical research which re-12
lates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the per-13
formance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as 14
a means of family planning; 15
‘‘(4) to lobby for or against abortion; or 16
‘‘(5) to any organization or program which, as 17
determined by the President, supports or partici-18
pates in the management of a program of coercive 19
abortion or involuntary sterilization.’’. 20
(b) P
EACECORPSACT.—Section 301(b) of the Peace 21
Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501a(b)) is amended by adding 22
at the end the following: 23
‘‘(3) Subject to section 614 of the Financial Services 24
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 (divi-25
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sion E of Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 227), none of 1
the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 2
available to carry out this Act may be used to pay for 3
abortions.’’. 4
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