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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5293
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for permanent
guidelines for United States voluntary contributions to the United Na-
tions Population Fund (UNFPA).
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr.
DINGELL, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. BER-
MAN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. LEE, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mrs.
LOWEY, and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide
for permanent guidelines for United States voluntary
contributions to the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Still Saving Women’s
Lives Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The renewed commitment of the world com-
munity to the formulation of government policies
that contribute to global population stabilization and
to improvements in the status of women owes much
to the efforts of the United Nations and its special-
ized agencies and organizations, particularly the
United Nations Population Fund (hereinafter re-
ferred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’).
(2) Over one-half of the UNFPA’s assistance is
devoted to maternal and child health programs, in-
cluding the provision of family planning services,
and it is a major supplier of modern methods of con-
traception. UNFPA also supports efforts aimed at
preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexu-
ally-transmitted diseases and activities aimed specifi-
cally at enhancing the status of women.
(3) UNFPA does not fund abortion services,
rather, UNFPA seeks to reduce the incidence of
abortion by improving access to contraceptive serv-
ices and to reduce deaths and injuries related to un-
safe abortion by supporting treatment of women suf-
fering from its complications.
(4) The United States contribution to UNFPA
last year provided an estimated 870,000 women in
the developing world with effective modern contra-
ception, thereby preventing 500,000 unintended
pregnancies, 200,000 abortions, and thousands of
maternal and child deaths.
(5) Many global environmental problems, in-
cluding water shortages, pollution, tropical deforest-
ation, and the loss of wildlife habitat are linked to
rapid population growth. UNFPA has assisted coun-
tries around the world plan for and slow population
growth, thereby reducing its effects on the environ-
ment.
(6) Assistance provided by UNFPA conforms to
the principle, affirmed at the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development by 180
nations, including the United States, that ‘‘all cou-
ples and individuals have the basic right to decide
freely and responsibly the number and spacing of
their children and to have the information, edu-
cation, and means to do so.’’.
(7) UNFPA opposes coercion in any form. All
of UNFPA’s programs are designed in conformity
with universally recognized human rights principles.
(8) An appropriate way to express the legiti-
mate concerns of the United States Government
about the population policies of the People’s Repub-
lic of China is by placing those concerns on the bi-
lateral agenda along with other important human
rights issues, not by singling out a United Nations
agency by withholding all funding thereby punishing
the women and families around the world who de-
pend on its humanitarian aid.
(9) UNFPA plays a constructive role in helping
to reduce the incidence of coercive practices in China
through its country program which has been suc-
cessful in eliminating targets and quotas and pro-
moting voluntary family planning and informed con-
sent in the 32 program counties. By improving con-
traceptive method choice, expanding the range of re-
productive health services, and enhancing the status
of women, the UNFPA country program will help to
enable the Chinese to implement the human rights
approach of the International Conference on Popu-
lation and Development.
(10) The United States Government provided a
voluntary contribution of $21,500,000 to UNFPA
for fiscal year 2001 and President Bush’s budget re-
quest for fiscal year 2002 allocated $25,000,000 for
UNFPA.
(11) In the winter of 2001, the Secretary of
State submitted written testimony to the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate expressing sup-
port for the invaluable work of UNFPA and for se-
curing funding for the organization.
(12) The United States Government, as part of
its efforts to improve the dire health conditions of
Afghan women, pledged in October 2001 an addi-
tional $600,000 to UNFPA to address the reproduc-
tive health care needs of Afghan refugees in sur-
rounding nations and of the internally displaced
within Afghanistan.
(13) Congress demonstrated its strong bipar-
tisan support for a voluntary United States con-
tribution to UNFPA of up to $34,000,000 in adopt-
ing the fiscal year 2002 foreign operations appro-
priations bill, which was passed by the House of
Representatives on a vote of 357 to 66 and by the
Senate by unanimous consent and signed into law
(Public Law 107–115) by the President on January
10, 2002. The President decided not to obligate the
funds.
(14) On February 12, 2002, Representatives
Hastert, Armey, and Delay sent a letter to the
President urging him to investigate UNFPA pro-
grams in China and urging him to stop funds from
going to China.
(15) In May 2002, the President sent a 3-per-
son delegation, including Ambassador (retired) Wil-
liam A. Brown, Ms. Bonnie L. Glick, and Dr. Theo-
dore G. Tong, to investigate UNFPA programs in
China and allegations that the agency was involved
in coercive abortion practices.
(16) This independent team returned and con-
cluded that the allegations were untrue.
(17) On May 29, 2002, the team sent a letter
to Secretary of State Colin Powell stating the fol-
lowing:
‘‘First Finding: We find no evidence that
UNFPA has knowingly supported or partici-
pated in the management of a program of coer-
cive abortion or involuntary sterilization in the
PRC.
‘‘First Recommendation: We therefore rec-
ommend that not more than $34,000,000 which
has already been appropriated be released to
UNFPA.’’.
(18) Regrettably, the Administration overruled
the recommendation of its own delegation and in-
voked an overly broad interpretation of the law in
order to eliminate funding for UNFPA. This bill is
a response to this harmful decision.
SEC. 3. PERMANENT GUIDELINES FOR UNITED STATES
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNFPA.
Section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2221) is amended by inserting after subsection
(a) the following new subsection:
‘‘(b) For fiscal years after fiscal year 2002, funds ap-
propriated to the President or the Department of State
under any law for a voluntary contribution to the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and funds appro-
priated to the President or the Department of State under
any law and available only for a voluntary contribution
to the UNFPA shall be obligated and expended for such
purpose not more than 30 days after such funds become
available unless the President certifies that the UNFPA
performs coercive abortions or involuntary sterilizations.
The certification authority of the President under this
subsection may not be delegated.’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR UNITED
STATES 
VOLUNTARY 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO
THE UNFPA.
In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the purposes of chapter 3 of part
1 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are author-
ized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for the fiscal year
2003 for United States voluntary contributions to the
UNFPA.
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