‘‘(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘§ 310. Application to District of Columbia 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) Any reference to funds appropriated by 
Federal law shall be treated as including any 
amounts within the budget of the District of Colum-
bia that have been approved by Act of Congress pur-
suant to section 446 of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (or any applicable successor Federal law). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Federal Government’ includes the 
government of the District of Columbia. 
‘‘§ 311. No government discrimination against certain 
health care entities 
‘‘(a) NONDISCRIMINATION.—A Federal agency or pro-
gram, and any State or local government that receives Fed-
eral financial assistance (either directly or indirectly), may 
not subject any individual or institutional health care enti-
ty to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity 
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does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for 
abortions. 
‘‘(b) HEALTH CARE ENTITY DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘health care entity’ includes an in-
dividual physician or other health care professional, a hos-
pital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health mainte-
nance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other 
kind of health care facility, organization, or plan. 
‘‘(c) REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The courts of the United 
States shall have jurisdiction to prevent and redress 
actual or threatened violations of this section by 
issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) injunctions prohibiting conduct that 
violates this section; and 
‘‘(B) orders preventing the disbursement of 
all or a portion of Federal financial assistance 
to a State or local government, or to a specific 
offending agency or program of a State or local 
government, until such time as the conduct pro-
hibited by this section has ceased. 
‘‘(2) COMMENCEMENT
OF
ACTION.—An action 
under this subsection may be instituted by— 
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‘‘(A) any health care entity that has stand-
ing to complain of an actual or threatened viola-
tion of this section; or 
‘‘(B) the Attorney General of the United 
States. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall designate the Director of the Office 
for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human 
Services— 
‘‘(1) to receive complaints alleging a violation of 
this section; 
‘‘(2) subject to paragraph (3), to pursue the in-
vestigation of such complaints in coordination with 
the Attorney General; and 
‘‘(3) in the case of a complaint related to a Fed-
eral agency (other than with respect to the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services) or program ad-
ministered through such other agency or any State or 
local government receiving Federal financial assist-
ance through such other agency, to refer the complaint 
to the appropriate office of such other agency.’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CHAPTERS. 
The table of chapters for title 1, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘4. Prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions and providing 
for conscience protections .....................................
301’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 28 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3 
[Report No. 112–38, Part I] 
A BILL 
To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to pro-
vide for conscience protections, and for other 
purposes. 
APRIL 7, 2011 
The Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways 
and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
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