I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3938 
To authorize contributions to the United Nations Population Fund, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2021 
Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. SPEIER, 
Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO-
NEY of New York, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JACOBS of 
California, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. BERA, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
KEATING, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. MANNING, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. EVANS, 
Mr. TONKO, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. DEAN, Ms. SE-
WELL, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. CHU, Mr. POCAN, 
Mr. SARBANES, Ms. ROSS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. RYAN, Miss 
RICE of New York, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KILMER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. SCHNEI-
DER, Mr. CASE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 
BASS, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 
ALLRED, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. PAPPAS, 
Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. WILD, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. 
YARMUTH, Mr. LEVIN of California, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. 
BOURDEAUX, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 
WEXTON, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. OMAR, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. DANNY
K. DAVIS
of Illinois, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. 
MALINOWSKI, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. SCANLON, 
Ms. CLARK
of Massachusetts, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
KAHELE, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 
New York, Mr. LIEU, Mr. CROW, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
VEASEY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Mr. LAMB, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. KUSTER, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. GAR-
CIA of Texas, Mr. KIND, Mr. SOTO, and Ms. JAYAPAL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
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A BILL 
To authorize contributions to the United Nations Population 
Fund, 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 ‘‘Support UNFPA 
Funding Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United Nations Population Fund 
(UNFPA) is the United Nations reproductive health 
agency. 
(2) UNFPA was founded with the leadership of 
the United States 50 years ago and works in more 
than 150 countries to end preventable maternal 
deaths, the unmet need for contraception, and gen-
der-based violence and other harmful practices, in-
cluding female genital mutilation and child mar-
riage. 
(3) UNFPA also ensures access to health care 
and essential supplies for women and families im-
pacted by emergencies. 
(4) All UNFPA programming is guided by 
principles adopted by 179 governments, including 
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the United States, at the 1994 International Con-
ference for Population and Development. The prin-
ciples include that ‘‘reproductive health care pro-
grams should provide the widest range of services 
without any form of coercion. All couples and indi-
viduals have the basic right to decide freely and re-
sponsibly the number and spacing of their children 
and to have the information, education and means to 
do so.’’. 
(5) UNFPA is currently working to address the 
needs of the following: 
(A) The 810 women and adolescent girls 
who die each day from preventable causes re-
lated to pregnancy and childbirth, 99 percent of 
which deaths occur in developing countries and 
more than half of which occur in fragile and 
humanitarian settings. 
(B) The more than 218,000,000 women of 
reproductive age in low- and middle-income 
countries who want to avoid pregnancy and are 
not using a modern contraceptive method. 
(C) The estimated 1 in 3 women who expe-
rience gender-based violence. 
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