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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2380

To provide for international family planning funding for the fiscal year 2001,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 6, 2000

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mrs. BOXER, and Mrs. MURRAY)

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To provide for international family planning funding for the

fiscal year 2001, 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 ‘‘Saving Women’s Lives

5 through International Family Planning Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds the following:

8 (1) International family planning funds provide

9 assistance that saves the lives of women by providing

10 vital reproductive health care, including family plan-
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1 ning and maternal health programs that include pre2 natal, postpartum, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually

3 transmitted disease education that results in safe

4 pregnancies and safe motherhood.

5 (2) Each year more than 585,000 women die

6 from complications with pregnancy and childbirth.

7 In addition, each year at least 7,000,000 women suf8 fer serious health problems, and as many as

9 50,000,000 women suffer some adverse health con10 sequences, after childbirth, many of which could be

11 prevented with safe motherhood practices used in re12 productive health programs.

13 (3) More than 5,800,000 people were infected

14 with HIV/AIDS in 1998. Without funding from

15 international family planning programs for edu16 cation and prevention, most governments would not

17 have the resources to combat the physical, social,

18 and economic devastation inflicted by that disease.

19 (4) The health of the planet is connected to the

20 health of women and their families. Rapid popu21 lation growth exacerbates many environmental prob22 lems, including air and water pollution, loss of wild23 life habitat, fisheries depletion, and climate

24 change—global problems that transcend national

25 boundaries. Family planning programs give women
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1 the option to choose the number and spacing of their

2 children, which contributes to slowing global popu3 lation growth. International family planning im4 proves the ability of families worldwide to manage

5 their lives and their natural resources more

6 sustainably.

7 (5) When families have access to family plan8 ning resources and are able to space their children,

9 delay the timing of their first child, and have longer

10 intervals between each child, there is a decrease in

11 the risk of mortality in both women and children.

12 (6) Voluntary family planning services allow

13 women and men to exercise their fundamental

14 human right to plan the size of their families and

15 ensure that every pregnancy is planned and every

16 child is wanted. Data from around the world provide

17 conclusive evidence that increased access to family

18 planning reduces the incidence of abortion.

19 (7) At the International Conference on Popu20 lation and Development in 1994, it was estimated

21 that making quality family planning and related

22 health services available to all in need of such plan23 ning and services would cost $17,000,000,000 in the

24 year 2000. The United States and other donor countries agreed to provide 1 25 ⁄3 of those funds. Based on
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1 the size of its economy, the United States share of

2 the total donor population assistance should be al3 most $1,900,000,000 for fiscal year 2001. While

4 falling short of that funding goal, restoring funding

5 for population assistance to fiscal year 1995 levels

6 would be a significant step toward ensuring access

7 to family planning and reproductive health care for

8 couples around the world.

9 (8) With world population exceeding

10 6,000,000,000 people, international family planning

11 providers and related nongovernmental organizations

12 play a critical role in meeting the physical, social,

13 environmental, and economic needs in their societies

14 and in expanding participation in the democratic

15 process. Those organizations should be provided with

16 adequate funding to fully and actively offer the best

17 and most informative care to the citizens involved

18 without restrictions on free speech. United States

19 assistance should be provided to those organizations

20 under the same terms as to the governments in21 volved.

22 SEC. 3. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS.

23 (a) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro24 priated, and there is appropriated (out of any money in

25 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated), for fiscal year
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1 2001 $366,000,000 to carry out the provisions of section

2 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section

3 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Participa4 tion Act of 1973.

5 (b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR UNFPA.—Of

6 the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2001 to carry out

7 the provisions of law described in subsection (a),

8 $35,000,000 shall be made available for the United Na9 tions Population Fund (UNFPA).

10 SEC. 4. POPULATION PLANNING ASSISTANCE.

11 (a) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro12 priated, and there is appropriated (out of any money in

13 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated), for fiscal year

14 2001 $541,600,000 for population planning activities and

15 other population assistance under part I of the Foreign

16 Assistance Act of 1961.

17 (b) ELIGIBILITY OF NONGOVERNMENTAL AND MUL18 TILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR POPULATION PLANNING

19 ASSISTANCE.—Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended

21 by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 130. ELIGIBILITY OF NONGOVERNMENTAL AND MUL2 TILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR POPU3 LATION PLANNING ASSISTANCE.

4 ‘‘In determining eligibility of nongovernmental and

5 multilateral organizations for population planning assist6 ance or other population assistance under this part, the

7 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development may not apply requirements to such

9 organizations that are more restrictive than requirements

10 applicable to foreign governments for such assistance.’’.

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