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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Wednesday, June 28, 1995 (88), Para 88.12 Recorded Vote]
[Page 1053]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.88.12  recorded vote

  A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of 
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mrs. MEYERS to the 
amendment submitted by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
  Amendment submitted by Mrs. MEYERS:

       In the new section proposed to be inserted in the bill by 
     the amendment--
       (1) strike subsection (a) and (b); and
       (2) in subsection (c), strike the subsection designation 
     and caption.

  Amendment submitted by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:

       Page 78, after line 6, insert the following new section:

                  prohibition of funding for abortion

       Sec. 564. (a) In General.--
       (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 
     other law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     population assistance activities may be made available for 
     any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization 
     until the organization certifies that it does not and will 
     not during the period for which the funds are made available, 
     directly or through a subcontractor or sub-grantee, perform 
     abortions in any foreign country, except where the life or 
     the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
     term or in cases of forcible rape or incest.
       (2) Paragraph (1) may not be construed to apply to the 
     treatment of injuries or illnesses caused by legal or illegal 
     abortions or to assistance provided directly to the 
     government of a country.
       (b) Lobbying Activities.--
       (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 
     other law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     population assistance activities may be made available for 
     any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization 
     until the organization certifies that it does not and will 
     not during the period for which the funds are made available, 
     violate the laws of any foreign country concerning the 
     circumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated, 
     or prohibited, or engage in any activity or effort to alter 
     the laws or governmental policies of any foreign country 
     concerning the circumstances under which abortion is 
     permitted, regulated, or prohibited.
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to activities in 
     opposition to coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
       (c) Coercive Population Control Methods.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of this Act or other law, none of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the 
     United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), unless the President 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     (1) the United Nations Population Fund has terminated all 
     activities in the People's Republic of China; or (2) during 
     the 12 months preceding such certification there have been no 
     abortions as the result of coercion associated with the 
     family planning policies of the national government or other 
     governmental entities within the People's Republic of China. 
     As used in this section the term ``coercion'' includes 
     physician duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation of 
     property, loss of means of livelihood, or severe 
     psychological pressure.

It was decided in the

Yeas

201

negative

Nays

229
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