119-hr271

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 271 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 271

 To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood 
 Federation of America, Inc.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 9, 2025

 Mrs. Fischbach (for herself, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Feenstra, 
Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Jackson 
 of Texas, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. 
 Aderholt, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Moran, Mr. Kelly of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Webster of Florida, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. 
Finstad, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Bost, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Grothman, 
 Mr. McCormick, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Womack, Mr. Collins, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Green of Tennessee, 
Mr. Mann, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Alford, Mr. Guest, Mr. Onder, Mr. 
 Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Babin, and Mr. Latta) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Commerce

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 A BILL

 To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood 
 Federation of America, Inc.

 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 ``Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) State and county health departments, community health 
 centers, hospitals, physicians offices, and other entities 
 currently provide, and will continue to provide, health 
 services to women. Such health services include relevant 
 diagnostic laboratory and radiology services, well-child care, 
 prenatal and postpartum care, immunization, family planning 
 services (including contraception), cervical and breast cancer 
 screenings and referrals, and sexually transmitted disease 
 testing.

    (2) Many such entities provide services to all persons, 
 regardless of the person's ability to pay, and provide services 
 in medically underserved areas and to medically underserved 
 populations.

    (3) All funds that are no longer available to Planned 
 Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and its affiliates and 
 clinics pursuant to this Act will continue to be made available 
 to other eligible entities to provide women's health care 
 services.

    (4) Funds authorized to be appropriated, and appropriated, 
 by 

section 4 are offset by the funding limitation under 

section 3

    (a) .

SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION 
 OF AMERICA, INC.

    (a) In General.--For the one-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, subject to subsection

    (b) , no funds 
authorized or appropriated by Federal law may be made available for any 
purpose to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any 
affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., 
unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide 
any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion during such 
period.

    (b) Exception.--Subsection

    (a) shall not apply to an abortion--

    (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
 incest; or

    (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
 disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as 
 certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death 
 unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering 
 physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy 
 itself.
            (c) Repayment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall seek repayment of any Federal assistance 
received by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any 
affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., 
if it violates the terms of the certification required by subsection

    (a) during the period specified in subsection

    (a) .

SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated, and 
appropriated, $235,000,000 for the community health center program 
under 

section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), in 
addition to any other funds made available to such program, for the 
period for which the funding limitation under 

section 3

    (a) applies.

    (b) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized or appropriated 
pursuant to subsection

    (a) may be expended for an abortion other than 
as described in 

section 3

    (b) .

SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce overall Federal 
funding available in support of women's health.
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