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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 271 

To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood 

Federation of America, Inc. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2025 

Mrs. FISCHBACH (for herself, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. FEENSTRA, 

Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. EZELL, Mr. MOOLENAAR, 

Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, 

Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. LAMALFA, 

Mr. MORAN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. 

VAN DUYNE, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, 

Mr. BOST, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. COLLINS, 

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. MANN, Mrs. 

BICE, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. GUEST, Mr. ONDER, Mr. JOYCE

of Pennsylvania, Mr. BABIN, and Mr. LATTA) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned 

Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 

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 ‘‘Defund Planned Par5 enthood Act of 2025’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) State and county health departments, com4 munity health centers, hospitals, physicians offices, 

5 and other entities currently provide, and will con6 tinue to provide, health services to women. Such 

7 health services include relevant diagnostic laboratory 

8 and radiology services, well-child care, prenatal and 

9 postpartum care, immunization, family planning 

10 services (including contraception), cervical and 

11 breast cancer screenings and referrals, and sexually 

12 transmitted disease testing. 

13 (2) Many such entities provide services to all 

14 persons, regardless of the person’s ability to pay, 

15 and provide services in medically underserved areas 

16 and to medically underserved populations. 

17 (3) All funds that are no longer available to 

18 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., 

19 and its affiliates and clinics pursuant to this Act will 

20 continue to be made available to other eligible enti21 ties to provide women’s health care services. 

22 (4) Funds authorized to be appropriated, and 

23 appropriated, by section 4 are offset by the funding 

24 limitation under section 3(a). 


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1 SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO PLANNED 

2 PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, 

3 INC. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—For the one-year period beginning 

5 on the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to sub6 section (b), no funds authorized or appropriated by Fed7 eral law may be made available for any purpose to Planned 

8 Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate 

9 or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 

10 Inc., unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood 

11 Federation of America affiliates and clinics will not per12 form, and will not provide any funds to any other entity 

13 that performs, an abortion during such period. 

14 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

15 an abortion— 

16 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

17 rape or incest; or 

18 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

19 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 

20 that would, as certified by a physician, place the 

21 woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per22 formed, including a life-endangering physical condi23 tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 

24 (c) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 

25 Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

26 seek repayment of any Federal assistance received by 


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1 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any 

2 affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of 

3 America, Inc., if it violates the terms of the certification 

4 required by subsection (a) during the period specified in 

5 subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro9 priated, and appropriated, $235,000,000 for the commu10 nity health center program under section 330 of the Public 

11 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), in addition to any 

12 other funds made available to such program, for the period 

13 for which the funding limitation under section 3(a) ap14 plies. 

15 (b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized or 

16 appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended 

17 for an abortion other than as described in section 3(b). 

18 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

19 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce over20 all Federal funding available in support of women’s health. 

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