I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 358 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify special 
rules relating to coverage of abortion services under such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. UPTON, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 
FLEMING, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 
AUSTRIA, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. 
BILIRAKIS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BROUN of Geor-
gia, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CANSECO, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COFFMAN of 
Colorado, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. CRITZ, 
Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. 
GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. 
GUTHRIE, Mr. HALL, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. JOHNSON of Il-
linois, Mr. JONES, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KINZINGER of Illi-
nois, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEE of 
New York, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
MCKINLEY, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROG-
ERS of Michigan, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. 
RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 
SHULER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 
TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. FLAKE, 
Mr. POMPEO, Mr. KELLY, Mr. LONG, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. MILLER of Flor-
ida, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, and Mr. SHU-
STER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
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to modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion 
services under such Act. 
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 ‘‘Protect Life Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFYING SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COV-
ERAGE OF ABORTION SERVICES UNDER THE 
PATIENT 
PROTECTION 
AND 
AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT TO CONFORM TO LONG-STANDING 
FEDERAL POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1303 of the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), 
as amended by section 10104(c) of such Act, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) of sub-
section (b) as subsection (d) and transferring such 
subsection (d) after the subsection (c) inserted by 
paragraph (4) of this subsection with appropriate in-
dentation; 
(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO TRAINING IN 
AND COVERAGE OF ABORTION SERVICES.—Nothing in 
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this Act (or any amendment made by this Act) shall be 
construed to require any health plan to provide coverage 
of or access to abortion services or to allow the Secretary 
or any other Federal or non-Federal person or entity in 
implementing this Act (or amendment) to require coverage 
of, access to, or training in abortion services.’’; 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ABORTION FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No funds authorized or ap-
propriated by this Act (or an amendment made by 
this Act), including credits applied toward qualified 
health plans under section 36B of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 or cost-sharing reductions under 
section 1402 of this Act, may be used to pay for any 
abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any 
health plan that includes coverage of abortion, ex-
cept— 
‘‘(A) if the pregnancy occurred because the 
pregnant female was the subject of an act of 
forcible rape or, if a minor, an act of incest; or 
‘‘(B) in the case where a pregnant female 
suffers from a physical disorder, physical in-
jury, or physical illness that would, as certified 
by a physician, place the female in danger of 
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