S.Amdt. 2283

SA 2283. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 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)).