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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 670 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                   Union Calendar No. 3

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 670

                          [Report No. 103-14]

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                                 A BILL

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that 
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health 
  Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding 
               their pregnancies, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 16, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

                                                   Union Calendar No. 3
103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 670

                          [Report No. 103-14]

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that 
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health 
  Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding 
               their pregnancies, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1993

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

                           February 16, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that 
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health 
  Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding 
               their pregnancies, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Planning Amendments Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.

    (a) Requiring Certain Nondirective Counseling and Referral 
Services.--Section 1001 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as 
        subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
        subsection:
    ``(b)(1) The Secretary may not make an award of a grant or contract 
under this section unless the applicant for the award agrees that the 
family planning project involved will provide to individuals 
information regarding pregnancy management options upon request of the 
individuals.
    ``(2) With respect to compliance with the agreement made under 
paragraph (1), the family planning project involved, and any provider 
of services in the project, may not be required to provide information 
regarding a pregnancy management option if--
            ``(A) the project or provider (as the case may be) objects 
        to doing so on grounds of religious beliefs or moral 
        convictions; and
            ``(B) the project or provider refers the individual seeking 
        services to another provider in the project, or to another 
        project in the geographic area involved, as the case may be, 
        that will provide such information.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `information 
regarding pregnancy management options' means nondirective counseling 
and referrals regarding--
            ``(A) prenatal care and delivery;
            ``(B) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and
            ``(C) termination of pregnancy.''.
    (b) Compliance With State Laws on Parental Notification and 
Consent.--Section 1008 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300a-6) is amended by inserting ``(a)'' before ``None'' and by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) No public or nonprofit entity that performs abortions may 
receive an award of a grant or contract under section 1001 unless the 
entity has certified to the Secretary that the entity is in compliance 
with State law regarding parental notification of or consent for the 
performance of an abortion on a minor which is enforced in the State in 
which the entity is located.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to require or prohibit a 
State's adoption of parental notification or parental consent laws 
regarding the performance of an abortion on a minor, or to require or 
prohibit the enforcement by a State of such laws.''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(e) of the Public 
Health Service Act, as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) For the purpose of grants and contracts under this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $220,000,000 for fiscal year 
1994, and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRAINING GRANTS AND 
              CONTRACTS.

    Section 1003(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-
1(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under subsection (a), 
there are authorized to be appropriated $6,250,000 for fiscal year 
1994, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INFORMATIONAL AND 
              EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

    Section 1005(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-
3(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under subsection (a), 
there are authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for fiscal year 
1994, and $13,500,000 for fiscal year 1995.''.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.

    (a) Sense of Congress Regarding Purchase of American-Made Equipment 
and Products.--In the case of any equipment or products that may be 
authorized in title X of the Public Health Service Act to be purchased 
with an award of a grant or contract under such title, it is the sense 
of the Congress that entities receiving such an award should in 
expending the award purchase only American-made equipment and products.
    (b) Notice to Recipients of Awards.--In making awards of grants and 
contracts under title X of the Public Health Service Act, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall provide to each recipient of such an 
award a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect upon the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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