S.Amdt. 2282

SA 2282. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2266 submitted by Mr. McConnell and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ABORTION.

(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law and except as described in subsections (b) and (c), no
funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of
the funds in any trust fund to which Federal funds are
authorized or appropriated, including Federal grant awards
and reimbursements, may be made available to any entity
unless the entity certifies that, during the period of
receipt and use of such Federal funds, the entity will not
perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity
that performs, an abortion.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with
respect to an abortion where --
(1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or
(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

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is performed, including a life-threatening physical condition
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
(c) Hospitals.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect
to a hospital, so long as such hospital does not, during the
period of receipt and use of Federal funds described in
subsection (a), provide funds to any non-hospital entity that
performs an abortion (other than an abortion described in
subsection (b)).
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``entity'' includes the entire legal entity,
including any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with such entity; and
(2) the term ``hospital'' has the meaning given such term
in section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395x(e)).
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