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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 217 

To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning 

grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2013 

Mrs. BLACK (for herself, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. SMITH of New 

Jersey, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FLORES, Mr. DUNCAN

of South Carolina, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. AMASH, Mr. BARLETTA, 

Mr. CRAWFORD, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. ROSKAM, Ms. FOXX, Mr. KELLY, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, and 

Mr. REED) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit 

family planning grants from being awarded to any entity 

that performs abortions, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Title X Abortion Pro5 vider Prohibition Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ABORTION. 

2 Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 300 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1009. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITION REGARDING ABOR6 TION. 

7 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not provide 

8 any assistance under this title to an entity unless the enti9 ty certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the 

10 entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds 

11 to any other entity that performs, an abortion. 

12 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply 

13 with respect to an abortion where— 

14 ‘‘(1) the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

15 rape or incest; or 

16 ‘‘(2) a physician certifies that the woman suf17 fers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 

18 physical illness that would place the woman in dan19 ger of death unless an abortion is performed, includ20 ing a life-threatening physical condition caused by or 

21 arising from the pregnancy itself. 

22 ‘‘(c) HOSPITALS.—Subsection (a) does not apply with 

23 respect to a hospital, so long as such hospital does not, 

24 during the period of assistance described in subsection (a), 

25 provide funds to any non-hospital entity that performs an 


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1 abortion (other than an abortion described in subsection 

2 (b)). 

3 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of the Title X Abortion Provider 

5 Prohibition Act, and annually thereafter, for the fiscal 

6 year involved, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 

7 Congress containing— 

8 ‘‘(1) a list of each entity receiving a grant 

9 under this title; 

10 ‘‘(2) for each such entity performing abortions 

11 under the exceptions described in subsection (b)— 

12 ‘‘(A) the total number of such abortions; 

13 ‘‘(B) the number of such abortions where 

14 the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape; 

15 ‘‘(C) the number of such abortions where 

16 the pregnancy is the result of an act of incest; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(D) the number of such abortions where 

19 a physician provides a certification described in 

20 subsection (b)(2); 

21 ‘‘(3) a statement of the date of the latest cer22 tification under subsection (a) for each entity receiv23 ing a grant under this title; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) a list of each entity to which an entity de2 scribed in paragraph (1) makes available funds re3 ceived through a grant under this title. 

4 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) The term ‘entity’ means the entire legal 

6 entity, including any entity that controls, is con7 trolled by, or is under common control with such en8 tity. 

9 ‘‘(2) The term ‘hospital’ has the meaning given 

10 to such term in section 1861(e) of the Social Secu11 rity Act.’’. 

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