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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 581
To amend Public Law 104–208 to provide that the President may make
funds appropriated for population planning and other population assist-
ance available on March 1, 1997, subject to restrictions on assistance
to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, and Mr. HYDE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations,
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
A BILL
To amend Public Law 104–208 to provide that the President
may make funds appropriated for population planning
and other population assistance available on March 1,
1997, subject to restrictions on assistance to foreign
organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Family Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding Re-
striction Act of 1997’’.
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(b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 104–208.—Sec-
tion 518A of subsection 101(c) of Public Law 104–208
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by deleting, ‘‘July 1,
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 1997’’;
(2) in subsection (c), by deleting ‘‘Such funds
may be apportioned only on a monthly basis, and
such monthly apportionments may not exceed 8 per-
cent of the total available for such activities.’’ and
inserting ‘‘Subjects to the provision of subsection
(b), such funds may be made available in such
amounts as the President shall determine to be most
conducive to the proper functioning of the popu-
lation planning program.’’; and
(3) by adding the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN OR-
GANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR ACTIVELY PROMOTE
ABORTIONS.—
‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS.—
‘‘(A) Notwithstanding any provision of law,
no funds appropriated for population planning
activities or other population assistance may be
made available for any foreign private, non-
governmental, or multilateral organization until
the organization certifies that it will not, during
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the period for which the funds are made avail-
able, perform abortions in any foreign country,
except where the life of the mother would be en-
dangered if the pregnancy were carried to term
or in cases of forcible rape or incest.
‘‘(B) Paragraph (a) may not be construed
to apply to the treatment of injuries or illnesses
caused by legal or illegal abortions or to assist-
ance provided directly to the government of a
country.
‘‘(2) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(A) Notwithstanding any provisions of
law, no funds appropriated for population plan-
ning activities or other population assistance
may be made available for any foreign private,
nongovernmental, or multilateral organization
until the organization certifies that it will not,
during the period for which the funds are made
available, violate the laws of any foreign coun-
try concerning the circumstances under which
abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited,
or engage in any activity or effort to alter the
laws or governmental policies of any foreign
country concerning the circumstances under
which is permitted, regulated, or prohibited.
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‘‘(B) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to ac-
tivities in opposition to coercive abortion or in-
voluntary sterilization.
‘‘(3) The prohibitions of this subsection apply
to funds made available to a foreign organization ei-
ther directly or as a subcontractor or subgrantee,
and the required certifications apply to activities in
which the organization engages either directly or
through a subcontractor or subgrantee.’’.
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