IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 254 
Correcting the enrollment of H.R. 3590. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2010 
Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CAO, Mrs. 
DAHLKEMPER, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MOL-
LOHAN, Mr. RAHALL, and Mr. ELLSWORTH) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Correcting the enrollment of H.R. 3590. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3590, 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the 
following corrections: 
(1) In the section 1303 amended by section 
10104(c) of the bill— 
(A) in the section heading, insert ‘‘RELAT-
ING
TO
COVERAGE
OF
ABORTION
SERV-
ICES’’ after ‘‘SPECIAL RULES’’; and 
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(B) strike subsection (a) and all of sub-
section (b) that precedes paragraph (4) and in-
sert the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act (or any 
amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to re-
quire any health plan to provide coverage of abortion serv-
ices or to allow the Secretary or any other person or entity 
implementing this Act (or amendment) to require coverage 
of such services. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ABORTION FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds author-
ized or appropriated by this Act (or an amendment 
made by this Act), including credits under section 
36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall be 
expended for any abortion or to cover any part of 
the costs of any health plan that includes coverage 
of abortion, except in the case where a woman suf-
fers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 
physical illness that would, as certified by a physi-
cian, place the woman in danger of death unless an 
abortion is performed, including a life-endangering 
physical condition caused by or arising from the 
pregnancy itself, or unless the pregnancy is the re-
sult of an act of rape or incest. 
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‘‘(2) OPTION
TO
PURCHASE
SEPARATE
COV-
ERAGE OR PLAN.—Subject to paragraph (1), nothing 
in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting 
any non-Federal entity (including an individual or a 
State or local government) from purchasing separate 
coverage for abortions for which funding is prohib-
ited under this subsection, or a plan that includes 
such abortions, so long as such coverage or plan is 
not purchased using the non-Federal funds required 
to receive a Federal payment, including a premium 
payment required for a qualified health plan towards 
which the credit described in paragraph (1) is ap-
plied or a State’s or locality’s contribution of Med-
icaid matching funds. 
‘‘(3) OPTION TO OFFER COVERAGE OR PLAN.— 
Subject to paragraph (1), nothing in this subsection 
shall restrict any non-Federal health insurance 
issuer offering a qualified health plan from offering 
separate coverage for abortions for which funding is 
prohibited under this subsection, or a plan that in-
cludes such abortions, so long as any such issuer 
that offers a qualified health plan through an Ex-
change that includes coverage for abortions for 
which funding is prohibited under this subsection 
also offers a qualified health plan through the Ex-
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change that is identical in every respect except that 
it does not cover such abortions.’’. 
(2) In subsection (a) of the section 1334 added 
by section 10104(q) of the bill, strike paragraph (6) 
and redesignate paragraph (7) as paragraph (6). 
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