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114TH 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 8, 2015 

Mrs. BLACK (for herself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 

WENSTRUP, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. 

DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. JONES, Mr. 

HULTGREN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COLE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

HARPER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. MICA, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. COLLINS of 

Georgia, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. YOHO, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mrs. 

ELLMERS, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, 

Mr. FINCHER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. 

GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. WALKER, Mr. BARR, Mr. FLORES, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 

GIBBS, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. POE of Texas, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. JOHNSON

of Ohio, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. YODER, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. 

DUFFY, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. BABIN, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 

MASSIE, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mrs. NOEM, Ms. FOXX, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 

CHABOT, Mr. OLSON, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 

JOLLY, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, and Mr. BROOKS of 

Alabama) 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 

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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: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 1009. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITION REGARDING ABOR11 TION. 

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

13 any assistance under this title to an entity unless the enti14 ty certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the 

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

16 to any other entity that performs, an abortion. 

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

18 with respect to an abortion where— 

19 ‘‘(1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or in20 cest; or 

21 ‘‘(2) a physician certifies that the woman suf22 fers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 

23 physical illness that would place the woman in dan24 ger of death unless an abortion is performed, includmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ing a life-threatening physical condition caused by or 

2 arising from the pregnancy itself. 

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

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

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

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

7 abortion (other than an abortion described in subsection 

8 (b)). 

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

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

11 Prohibition Act, and annually thereafter, for the fiscal 

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

13 Congress containing— 

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

15 under this title; 

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

17 under the exceptions described in subsection (b)— 

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

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

20 the pregnancy is the result of rape; 

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

22 the pregnancy is the result of incest; and 

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

24 a physician provides a certification described in 

25 subsection (b)(2); 

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1 ‘‘(3) a statement of the date of the latest cer2 tification under subsection (a) for each entity receiv3 ing a grant under this title; and 

4 ‘‘(4) a list of each entity to which an entity de5 scribed in paragraph (1) makes available funds re6 ceived through a grant under this title. 

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

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

9 entity, including any entity that controls, is con10 trolled by, or is under common control with such en11 tity. 

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

13 to such term in section 1861(e) of the Social Secu14 rity Act.’’. 

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