S.Amdt. 703

SA 703. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for

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reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2017; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
MUST PROTECT WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.

It is the sense of the Senate that Federal health care
programs must protect women's access to quality, affordable
health care at the provider of their choice and that Congress
should not restrict or prohibit Federal funding to Planned
Parenthood health centers or other high quality family
planning providers. Further, it is the sense of the Senate
that States should not take any action pursuant to any
provision of this Act that would allow for discrimination
against a provider based on the provision of constitutionally
protected reproductive health care.
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