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Union Calendar No. 133 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 358 
[Report No. 112–40, Part I] 
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 
MARCH 17, 2011 
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Ways and 
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Means for a period ending not later than April 15, 2011, for consider-
ation of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the ju-
risdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(t), rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
APRIL 15, 2011 
Referral to the Committee on Ways and Means extended for a period ending 
not later than May 20, 2011 
MAY 20, 2011 
Referral to the Committee on Ways and Means extended for a period ending 
not later than September 9, 2011 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 
Referral to the Committee on Ways and Means extended for a period ending 
not later than September 12, 2011 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WALBERG, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. YOUNG of 
Florida, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. PETRI, 
Mr. FLORES, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. LATHAM, Mrs. 
MYRICK, Ms. FOXX, Mr. MARINO, Mr. TURNER, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mr. YODER, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. GARY G. MILLER 
of California, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. BERG, 
Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. 
PAULSEN, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FORBES, Mr. CAMP, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN 
of South Carolina, Mr. HERGER, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
ROONEY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. LANDRY, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. SAM 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. DUFFY, 
Mr. AMASH, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. ROYCE 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 
The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 20, 2011] 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion 
services under such Act. 
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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 Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), as 
amended by section 10104(c) of such Act, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) of subsection 
(b) as subsection (d) and transferring such subsection 
(d) after the subsection (c) inserted by paragraph (4) 
of this subsection with appropriate indentation (and 
conforming the style of the heading to a subsection 
heading); 
(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO TRAINING IN AND 
COVERAGE OF ABORTION SERVICES.—Nothing in this Act 
(or any amendment made by this Act) shall be construed 
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