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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2408 

To prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher education 

that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site that provides 

abortion drugs or abortions to students of the institution or to employees 

of the institution or site, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 21, 2021 

Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, Mrs. 

HYDE-SMITH, Ms. ERNST, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. RISCH, Mr. 

HAGERTY, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. COTTON, Mr. WICKER, Mr. HAWLEY, and Mr. 

BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution 

of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with a 

student-based service site that provides abortion drugs 

or abortions to students of the institution or to employees of the institution or site, 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 ‘‘Protecting Life on Col5 lege Campus Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF FUNDS TO CERTAIN 

2 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds may be award4 ed (directly or indirectly, including through a contract or 

5 subcontract) to any institution of higher education that 

6 hosts or is affiliated with any school-based service site that 

7 provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the 

8 institution or to employees of the institution or site. 

9 (b) ANNUAL REPORTING.—To remain eligible for 

10 awards of Federal funds, an institution of higher edu11 cation that hosts or is affiliated with one or more school12 based service sites shall submit an annual report to the 

13 Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and 

14 Human Services certifying that no such site provides abor15 tion drugs or abortions to students of the institution or 

16 to employees of the institution or site. 

17 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) The term ‘‘abortion drug’’ means any drug, 

19 substance, or combination of drugs or substances 

20 that is intended for use or that is in fact used (irre21 spective of how the product is labeled)— 

22 (A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of 

23 a woman known to be pregnant; or 

24 (B) to intentionally terminate the preg25 nancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with 

26 an intention other than— 


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1 (i) to produce a live birth; or 

2 (ii) to remove a dead unborn child. 

3 (2) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

4 has the meaning given to such term in section 101 

5 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6 1001). 

7 (3) The term ‘‘school-based service site’’ 

8 means— 

9 (A) a health clinic that— 

10 (i) meets the definition of a school11 based health center under section 

12 2110(c)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(9)(A)) and is admin14 istered by a sponsoring facility (as defined 

15 in section 2110(c)(9)(B) of the Social Se16 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(9)(B))); 

17 and 

18 (ii) provides, at a minimum, com19 prehensive primary health services during 

20 school hours by health professionals in ac21 cordance with established standards, com22 munity practice, reporting laws, and other 

23 State laws, including parental consent and 

24 notification laws that are not inconsistent 

25 with Federal law; or 


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1 (B) a clinic providing health care services 

2 (including primary health services, family plan3 ning services, telehealth services, and pharma4 ceutical services, without regard to whether the 

5 services are provided by employees of the clinic 

6 or contracted providers) to students that is lo7 cated on the campus of an institution of higher 

8 education that accepts Federal funding. 

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