119-hr343

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 343 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 343

 To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family 
 planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs 
 abortions, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 13, 2025

 Ms. Foxx (for herself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mrs. 
 Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Cloud, Mr. 
 Westerman, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Burchett, Mr. 
 Brecheen, Mr. Baird, Mr. Latta, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Gosar, 
 Mr. Mann, Mr. Cline, Mr. Bost, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Allen, Mr. Stauber, 
 and Mr. Messmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family 
 planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs 
 abortions, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Title X Abortion Provider 
Prohibition Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ABORTION.

 Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

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SEC. 1009. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITION REGARDING ABORTION.

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    (a) Prohibition.--The Secretary shall not provide any assistance 
under this title to an entity unless the entity certifies that, during 
the period of such assistance, the entity will not perform, and will 
not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion.
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    (b) Exception.--Subsection

    (a) does not apply with respect to an 
abortion where--
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    (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or
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    (2) a physician certifies that the woman suffers from a 
 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that 
 would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
 performed, including a life-threatening physical condition 
 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
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            (c) Hospitals.--Subsection

    (a) does not apply with respect to a 
hospital, so long as such hospital does not, during the period of 
assistance described in subsection

    (a) , provide funds to any non-
hospital entity that performs an abortion (other than an abortion 
described in subsection

    (b) ).
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            (d) Annual Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, and 
annually thereafter, for the fiscal year involved, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Congress containing--
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    (1) a list of each entity receiving a grant under this 
 title;
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    (2) for each such entity performing abortions under the 
 exceptions described in subsection

    (b) --
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        (A) the total number of such abortions;
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        (B) the number of such abortions where the 
 pregnancy is the result of rape;
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            (C) the number of such abortions where the 
 pregnancy is the result of incest; and
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            (D) the number of such abortions where a 
 physician provides a certification described in 
 subsection

    (b)

    (2) ;
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    (3) a statement of the date of the latest certification 
 under subsection

    (a) for each entity receiving a grant under 
 this title; and
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    (4) a list of each entity to which an entity described in 
 paragraph

    (1) makes available funds received through a grant 
 under this title.
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    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
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    (1) The term `entity' means the entire legal entity, 
 including any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is 
 under common control with such entity.
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    (2) The term `hospital' has the meaning given to such 
 term in 

section 1861

    (e) of the Social Security Act.''.
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