Pregnancy Center Security Act

Subjects: Health, Health facilities and institutions, Sex and reproductive health, Women's health

Summary:  <p><b>Pregnancy Center Security Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants on a competitive basis for upgrading the facilities of pregnancy-help organizations. The bill defines these as organizations that provide services to individuals with unintended pregnancies with the intent of encouraging the individuals to give birth; the definition in the bill excludes, however, organizations that perform or refer for abortions (or affiliates of those organizations).</p> <p>Facility upgrades include installing security systems and making the facilities accessible to people with disabilities.</p> <p>The bill prohibits the use of grant funds for abortion-related services.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 565 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 565

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants 
                    to pregnancy-help organizations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 2023

   Mr. Risch (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
 Rubio, and Mr. Hawley) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants 
                    to pregnancy-help organizations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pregnancy Center Security Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR PREGNANCY-HELP ORGANIZATIONS.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399V-8. GRANTS FOR PREGNANCY-HELP ORGANIZATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants, on a 
competitive basis, to pregnancy-help organizations.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant awarded under this section shall 
        be used for upgrading the facilities of the pregnancy-help 
        organization receiving such grant, including through--
                    ``(A) implementing security upgrades, such as by 
                installing security cameras or security systems; or
                    ``(B) improvements to comply with requirements 
                under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 
                including regulations promulgated under such Act.
            ``(2) Prohibited uses.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no 
        funds from a grant under this section may be--
                    ``(A) used to perform, assist, counsel, prescribe, 
                refer for, or encourage abortion; or
                    ``(B) provided by the pregnancy-help organization 
                to any other entity that performs, assists, counsels, 
                prescribes, refers for, or encourages abortion.
    ``(c) Definition of Pregnancy-help Organization.--In this section, 
the term `pregnancy-help organization'--
            ``(1) means an organization that seeks to provide a range 
        of services to individuals facing unintended pregnancies, with 
        the intention of encouraging pregnant women to give birth to 
        their unborn children; and
            ``(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), does not include any 
        organization that--
                    ``(A) performs, assists, counsels, prescribes, 
                refers for, or encourages abortion; or
                    ``(B) affiliates with any organization that 
                performs, assists, counsels, prescribes, refers for, or 
                encourages abortion.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section.''.
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