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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 670
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health
Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding their
pregnancies, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 27, 1993
Mr. WAXMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to ensure that pregnant women receiving assistance
under title X of the Public Health Service Act are pro-
vided with information and counseling regarding their
pregnancies, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Family Planning
Amendments Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY
PLANNING SERVICES.
(a) REQUIRING CERTAIN NONDIRECTIVE COUNSEL-
ING
AND REFERRAL SERVICES.—Section 1001 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d)
as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow-
ing subsection:
‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary may not make an award of a
grant or contract under this section unless the applicant
for the award agrees that the family planning project in-
volved will provide to individuals information regarding
pregnancy management options upon request of the indi-
viduals.
‘‘(2) With respect to compliance with the agreement
made under paragraph (1), the family planning project in-
volved, and any provider of services in the project, may
not be required to provide information regarding a preg-
nancy management option if—
‘‘(A) the project or provider (as the case may
be) objects to doing so on grounds of religious be-
liefs or moral convictions; and
‘‘(B) the project or provider refers the individ-
ual seeking services to another provider in the
project, or to another project in the geographic area
involved, as the case may be, that will provide such
information.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘infor-
mation regarding pregnancy management options’ means
nondirective counseling and referrals regarding—
‘‘(A) prenatal care and delivery;
‘‘(B) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and
‘‘(C) termination of pregnancy.’’.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS ON PARENTAL
NOTIFICATION AND CONSENT.—Section 1008 of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a–6) is amended by
inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘None’’ and by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(b)(1) No public or nonprofit entity that performs
abortions may receive an award of a grant or contract
under section 1001 unless the entity has certified to the
Secretary that the entity is in compliance with State law
regarding parental notification of or consent for the per-
formance of an abortion on a minor which is enforced in
the State in which the entity is located.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to require
or prohibit a State’s adoption of parental notification or
parental consent laws regarding the performance of an
abortion on a minor, or to require or prohibit the enforce-
ment by a State of such laws.’’.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1001(e) of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated
by subsection (a) of this section, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(e) For the purpose of grants and contracts under
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated
$220,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $250,000,000 for
fiscal year 1995.’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRAIN-
ING GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.
Section 1003(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300a–1(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under
subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated
$6,250,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $7,000,000 for fiscal
year 1995.’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INFOR-
MATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.
Section 1005(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300a–3(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under
subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated
$12,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $13,500,000 for fis-
cal year 1995.’’.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING
NOTICE.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PURCHASE OF
AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the
case of any equipment or products that may be authorized
in title X of the Public Health Service Act to be purchased
with an award of a grant or contract under such title, it
is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving such
an award should in expending the award purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS.—In making
awards of grants and contracts under title X of the Public
Health Service Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall provide to each recipient of such an award
a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a)
by the Congress.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act take
effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act.
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