S.Amdt. 2967

SA 2967. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
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 124, line 1 insert ``other'' before ``Federal''.
On page 124, line 4, insert ``other'' before ``Federal''.
On page 124, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:

SEC. 1304. NONDISCRIMINATION ON ABORTION AND RESPECT FOR
RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE.

(a) Nondiscrimination.--A Federal agency or program, and
any State or local government, or institutional health care
entity that receives Federal financial assistance under this
Act (or an amendment made by this Act), shall not--
(1) subject any individual or institutional health care
entity to discrimination; or
(2) require any health care entity that is established or
regulated under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act)
to subject any individual or institutional health care entity
to discrimination;

on the basis that such health care entity does not provide,
pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``health care
entity'' includes an individual physician or other health
care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored
organization, a health maintenance organization, a health
insurance plan, a plan sponsor, a health insurance issuer, a
qualified health plan or issuer offering such a plan, or any
other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.
(c) Administration.--The Office for Civil Rights of the
Department of Health and Human Services is designated to
receive complaints of discrimination based on this section,
and coordinate the investigation of such complaints.
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