119-hr1465

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1465 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1465

 To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations 
 associated with the abortion industry.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 21, 2025

 Ms. Foxx (for herself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Smith of New 
Jersey, Mr. Latta, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Crenshaw, 
 Ms. Tenney, Mr. Babin, and Mr. Guest) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 A BILL

 To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations 
 associated with the abortion industry.

 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 ``Protecting Life in Foreign 
Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
Federal funds may not be made available for purposes outside of the 
United States (including its territories and possessions) to--

    (1) any foreign nonprofit organization, foreign 
 nongovernmental organization, foreign multilateral 
 organization, or foreign quasi-autonomous nongovernmental 
 organization that--
        (A) performs or promotes abortions, including 
 providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training 
 relating to abortions;
        (B) furnishes or develops any item intended to 
 procure abortions; or
            (C) provides financial support to--
            (i) any entity that conducts any of the 
 activities described in subparagraph
        (A) or
        (B) ; or
            (ii) any entity described in paragraph

    (2) ; 
 and

    (2) any domestic nonprofit organization or domestic 
 nongovernmental organization that--
        (A) performs abortions;
        (B) furnishes or develops any item intended to 
 procure abortions;
            (C) within the scope of any program or activity 
 that receives Federal funds--
            (i) performs or promotes abortions, 
 including providing referrals, counseling, 
 lobbying, and training relating to abortions; 
 or
            (ii) fails to maintain a complete physical 
 and financial separation from activities 
 described in clause
            (i) and such failure 
 includes co-locating such a program or activity 
 at any site where activities described in 
 clause
            (i) are conducted; or
            (D) provides financial support to--
            (i) any entity that conducts activities 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) ,
        (B) , or
            (C) ; or
            (ii) any entity described in paragraph

    (1) .

    (b) Inclusions; Exceptions.--The prohibitions described in 
subsection

    (a) --

    (1) include the transfer of Federal funds and goods 
 financed with such funds; and

    (2) do not apply to abortions--
        (A) resulting from rape or incest; or
        (B) when the life of the mother would be endangered 
 if the fetus were carried to term.
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