119-s334

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 334 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 334

To permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use 
 of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 30, 2025

 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Paul, Mr. Scott of Florida, 
 Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Daines, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. 
 Hagerty, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

To permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use 
 of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, 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 ``American Values Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT ENACTMENT OF CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--

Section 104

    (f) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b

    (f) ) is amended to read as 
follows:
 ``

    (f) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Abortions and Involuntary 
Sterilizations.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to carry out this Act may be made available--
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    (1) to pay for the performance of abortions as a method 
 of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
 practice abortions;
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    (2) to pay for the performance of involuntary 
 sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or 
 provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo 
 sterilizations;
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    (3) to pay for biomedical research which relates in whole 
 or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 
 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning;
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    (4) to lobby for or against abortion; or
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    (5) to any organization or program which, as determined 
 by the President, supports or participates in the management of 
 a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.''.

    (b) Peace Corps Act.--

Section 301

    (b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 
U.S.C. 2501a

    (b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Subject to 

section 614 of the Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public Law 113-76; 
128 Stat. 227), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to carry out this Act may be used to pay for 
abortions.''.
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