I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 541 
To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood 
Federation of America, Inc. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2021 
Mrs. HARTZLER (for herself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. 
PFLUGER, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. 
ADERHOLT, Mr. GAETZ, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. GROTHMAN, 
Ms. FOXX, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. 
BANKS, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. LAMBORN, 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. 
MOONEY, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. GUEST, Mr. 
BUCSHON, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MURPHY of 
North Carolina, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. GIBBS, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mrs. LESKO, Mrs. 
HARSHBARGER, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. LATTA, 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. STEUBE, 
Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. CARL, Mr. MANN, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. ROSE, 
Mr. WALTZ, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. 
HARRIS, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. WALBERG, 
Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. HILL, Mr. DUNN, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. GOODEN of 
Texas, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. ROY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. AUS-
TIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 
PALMER, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. LONG, Mr. ROSENDALE, Ms. 
HERRELL, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. KELLER, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. 
JACKSON, Mr. BISHOP
of North Carolina, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mrs. 
FISCHBACH, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. ARMSTRONG, 
Mr. STEWART, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. BILI-
RAKIS, Mr. BARR, Mr. MAST, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. HERN, Mr. 
BALDERSON, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. BACON, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. CLYDE, 
Mr. WOMACK, Mr. EMMER, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. BOST, and Mr. 
POSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
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A BILL 
To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned 
Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 
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 ‘‘Defund Planned Par-
enthood Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) State and county health departments, com-
munity health centers, hospitals, physicians offices, 
and other entities currently provide, and will con-
tinue to provide, health services to women. Such 
health services include relevant diagnostic laboratory 
and radiology services, well-child care, prenatal and 
postpartum care, immunization, family planning 
services (including contraception), cervical and 
breast cancer screenings and referrals, and sexually 
transmitted disease testing. 
(2) Many such entities provide services to all 
persons, regardless of the person’s ability to pay, 
and provide services in medically underserved areas 
and to medically underserved populations. 
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(3) All funds that are no longer available to 
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 
and its affiliates and clinics pursuant to this Act will 
continue to be made available to other eligible enti-
ties to provide women’s health care services. 
(4) Funds authorized to be appropriated, and 
appropriated, by section 4 are offset by the funding 
limitation under section 3(a). 
SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO PLANNED 
PARENTHOOD 
FEDERATION 
OF 
AMERICA, 
INC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the one-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to sub-
section (b), no funds authorized or appropriated by Fed-
eral law may be made available for any purpose to Planned 
Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate 
or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 
Inc., unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood 
Federation of America affiliates and clinics will not per-
form, and will not provide any funds to any other entity 
that performs, an abortion during such period. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
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(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 
that would, as certified by a physician, place the 
woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per-
formed, including a life-endangering physical condi-
tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 
(c) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
seek repayment of any Federal assistance received by 
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any 
affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America, Inc., if it violates the terms of the certification 
required by subsection (a) during the period specified in 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated, and appropriated, $235,000,000 for the commu-
nity health center program under section 330 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), in addition to any 
other funds made available to such program, for the period 
for which the funding limitation under section 3(a) ap-
plies. 
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(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized or 
appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended 
for an abortion other than as described in section 3(b). 
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce over-
all Federal funding available in support of women’s health. 
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