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Calendar No. 235
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3134
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 21, 2015
Received; read the first time
September 22, 2015
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015
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Findings
Congress finds the following:
State and county health departments, community health centers, hospitals, physicians offices, and other entities currently provide, and will continue to provide, health services to women. Such health services include relevant diagnostic laboratory and radiology services, well-child care, prenatal and postpartum care, immunization, family planning services (including contraception), cervical and breast cancer screenings and referrals, and sexually transmitted disease testing.
Many such entities provide services to all persons, regardless of the person’s ability to pay, and provide services in medically underserved areas and to medically underserved populations.
All funds that are no longer available to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. and its affiliates and clinics pursuant to this Act will continue to be made available to other eligible entities to provide women’s health care services.
Funds authorized to be appropriated, and appropriated, by section 4 are offset by the funding limitation under section 3(a).
Moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc
In general
For the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to subsection (b), no funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law may be made available for any purpose to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood Federation of America affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion during such period.
Exception
Subsection (a) shall not apply to an abortion—
if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or
in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, 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.
Repayment
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek repayment of any Federal assistance received by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., if it violates the terms of the certification required by subsection (a) during the period specified in subsection (a).
Funding for community health center program
In general
There is authorized to be appropriated, and appropriated, $235,000,000 for the community health center program under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), in addition to any other funds made available to such program, for the period for which the funding limitation under section 3(a) applies.
Limitation
None of the funds authorized or appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended for an abortion other than as described in section 3(b).
Rule of construction
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce overall Federal funding available in support of women’s health.
Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 2015.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk
September 22, 2015
Read the second time and placed on the calendar