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115TH 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 3, 2017 

Mrs. BLACK 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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ABORTION. 

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

8 300 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1009. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITION REGARDING ABOR2 TION. 

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

4 any assistance under this title to an entity unless the enti5 ty certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the 

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

7 to any other entity that performs, an abortion. 

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

9 with respect to an abortion where— 

10 ‘‘(1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or in11 cest; or 

12 ‘‘(2) a physician certifies that the woman suf13 fers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 

14 physical illness that would place the woman in dan15 ger of death unless an abortion is performed, includ16 ing a life-threatening physical condition caused by or 

17 arising from the pregnancy itself. 

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

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

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

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

22 abortion (other than an abortion described in subsection 

23 (b)). 

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

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

26 Prohibition Act, and annually thereafter, for the fiscal 


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

2 Congress containing— 

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

4 under this title; 

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

6 under the exceptions described in subsection (b)— 

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

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

9 the pregnancy is the result of rape; 

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

11 the pregnancy is the result of incest; and 

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

13 a physician provides a certification described in 

14 subsection (b)(2); 

15 ‘‘(3) a statement of the date of the latest cer16 tification under subsection (a) for each entity receiv17 ing a grant under this title; and 

18 ‘‘(4) a list of each entity to which an entity de19 scribed in paragraph (1) makes available funds re20 ceived through a grant under this title. 

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

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

23 entity, including any entity that controls, is con24 trolled by, or is under common control with such en25 tity. 


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

2 to such term in section 1861(e) of the Social Secu3 rity Act.’’. 

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