S.Amdt. 2935

SA 2935. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2923 submitted by Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse,
Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Begich, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Franken, Ms.
Cantwell, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Inouye) and
intended to be proposed to the amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid
(for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R.
3590, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-
time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and
certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 71 of the amendment, between lines 21 and 22,
insert the following:

SEC. 138. LIMIT RELATING TO ABORTION.

Title II of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25
U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 227. LIMIT RELATING TO ABORTION.

``(a) Definition of Heath Benefits Coverage.--In this
section, the term `health benefits coverage' means a health-
related service or group of services provided pursuant to a
contract, compact, grant, or other agreement.
``(b) Limitation.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no
funds or facilities of the Service may be used--
``(A) to provide any abortion; or
``(B) to provide, or pay any administrative cost of, any
health benefits coverage that includes coverage of an
abortion.
``(2) Exceptions.--The limitation described in paragraph
(1) shall not apply in any case in which--
``(A) a pregnancy is the result of an act of rape, or an
act of incest against a minor; or
``(B) the woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical
injury, or physical illness that, as certified by a
physician, would 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.''.
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