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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5598 

To prohibit departments, agencies, and other instrumentalities of the Federal 

Government from providing assistance to an entity for the development 

of course material or the provision of instruction on human development 

and sexuality, if such material or instruction will include medically inaccurate information, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2006 

Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. HONDA, Mr. FARR, 

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, 

Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. LEE, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Ms. WOOLSEY, 

Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. STARK, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

MEEHAN, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. NADLER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. WYNN, 

Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. JEFFERSON, and Mr. LARSEN of Washington) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To prohibit departments, agencies, and other instrumentalities of the Federal Government from providing assistance to an entity for the development of course material 

or the provision of instruction on human development 

and sexuality, if such material or instruction will include 

medically inaccurate information, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Guarantee of Medical 

5 Accuracy in Sex Education Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) All federally funded programs aimed at 

9 helping young people make healthy decisions regard10 ing their relationships and sexual health should in11 clude medically accurate information. 

12 (2) A 2004 report from the Minority Office of 

13 the Committee on Government Reform of the House 

14 of Representatives found serious medical inaccura15 cies associated with a large majority of federally 

16 funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. 

17 (3) The Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) 

18 found in a 2006 position paper that abstinence-only19 until-marriage programs ‘‘provide incomplete and/or 

20 misleading information’’ and states that ‘‘efforts to 

21 promote abstinence should be based on sound 

22 science’’. 

23 (4) The American College of Obstetricians and 

24 Gynecologists have also expressed ‘‘the importance 

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1 cation programs include information that is medi2 cally accurate and complete’’. 

3 (5) The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 

4 believes that ‘‘children and adolescents need accu5 rate and comprehensive education about sexuality to 

6 practice healthy sexual behavior as adults’’. 

7 (6) The American Public Health Association 

8 (APHA) ‘‘recognize[s] that sexuality is a normal, 

9 healthy aspect of human development . . . and that 

10 individuals of all ages require complete and accurate 

11 information about all aspects of sexuality’’. APHA 

12 ‘‘endorses the right of children and youth to receive 

13 comprehensive sexuality education that includes 

14 facts, information, and data and that demonstrates 

15 an appreciation of racial, ethnic, and cultural diver16 sity’’. 

17 (7) The American Medical Association ‘‘urges 

18 schools to implement comprehensive, developmentally 

19 appropriate sexuality education programs that are 

20 based on rigorous, peer reviewed science’’. 

21 (8) Over 1 billion dollars in citizen taxpayer 

22 money has been spent on abstinence-only-until-mar23 riage programs in the past quarter century without 

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1 grams in order to guarantee they contain medically 

2 accurate information and exclude inaccurate data. 

3 SEC. 3. MEDICALLY INACCURATE SEX EDUCATION. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—A department, agency, or 

5 other instrumentality of the Federal Government shall not 

6 provide funds or other assistance to an entity for the de7 velopment of course material or the provision of instruc8 tion on human development and sexuality, including any 

9 sex education, family life education, abstinence education, 

10 comprehensive health education, or character education, if 

11 such material or instruction will include medically inac12 curate information. Before providing such funds or other 

13 assistance, the department, agency, or instrumentality 

14 shall require a sufficient assurance that such material or 

15 instruction will not include medically inaccurate informa16 tion. 

17 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the term ‘‘medically 

18 inaccurate information’’ means information related to 

19 medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, or statistical 

20 statements that is unsupported or contradicted by peer21 reviewed research by leading medical, psychological, psy22 chiatric, and public health organizations and agencies. 

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