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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 128 

To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood 

Federation of America, Inc. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2023 

Mrs. BOEBERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned 

Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defund Planned Par5 enthood Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) State and county health departments, com9 munity health centers, hospitals, physicians offices, 

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1 tinue to provide, health services to women. Such 

2 health services include relevant diagnostic laboratory 

3 and radiology services, well-child care, prenatal and 

4 postpartum care, immunization, family planning 

5 services (including contraception), cervical and 

6 breast cancer screenings and referrals, and sexually 

7 transmitted disease testing. 

8 (2) Many such entities provide services to all 

9 persons, regardless of the person’s ability to pay, 

10 and provide services in medically underserved areas 

11 and to medically underserved populations. 

12 (3) All funds that are no longer available to 

13 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 

14 and its affiliates and clinics pursuant to this Act will 

15 continue to be made available to other eligible enti16 ties to provide women’s health care services. 

17 (4) Funds authorized to be appropriated, and 

18 appropriated, by section 4 are offset by the funding 

19 limitation under section 3(a). 

20 SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO PLANNED 

21 PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, 

22 INC. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—For the one-year period beginning 

24 on the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to sub25 section (b), no funds authorized or appropriated by FedVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 Jan 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H128.IH H128

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1 eral law may be made available for any purpose to Planned 

2 Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate 

3 or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 

4 Inc., unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood 

5 Federation of America affiliates and clinics will not per6 form, and will not provide any funds to any other entity 

7 that performs, an abortion during such period. 

8 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

9 an abortion— 

10 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

11 rape or incest; or 

12 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

13 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 

14 that would, as certified by a physician, place the 

15 woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per16 formed, including a life-endangering physical condi17 tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 

18 (c) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 

19 Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

20 seek repayment of any Federal assistance received by 

21 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any 

22 affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of 

23 America, Inc., if it violates the terms of the certification 

24 required by subsection (a) during the period specified in 

25 subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PRO2 GRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro4 priated, and appropriated, $235,000,000 for the commu5 nity health center program under section 330 of the Public 

6 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), in addition to any 

7 other funds made available to such program, for the period 

8 for which the funding limitation under section 3(a) ap9 plies. 

10 (b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized or 

11 appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended 

12 for an abortion other than as described in section 3(b). 

13 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

14 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce over15 all Federal funding available in support of women’s health. 

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