IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 399 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should 
consider legislation to protect traditional marriage and prevent taxpayer 
funding of abortion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. JONES submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, 
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 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the House should consider legislation to protect tradi-
tional marriage and prevent taxpayer funding of abor-
tion. 
Whereas the United States of America was founded upon 
Judeo-Christian principles, and even today many Ameri-
cans believe that our strength comes from these prin-
ciples; 
Whereas the creator is explicitly mentioned in the Declaration 
of Independence as endowing us with all of our rights; 
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Whereas the Supreme Court recently legalized nationwide 
same-sex marriage in the case of Obergefell et al. v. 
Hodges; 
Whereas the Court’s decision invalidated the wishes of States 
that prohibited same-sex marriage; 
Whereas over 50,000,000 unborn children have been aborted 
in the years after abortion was legalized as a result of the 
Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade; 
Whereas Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Amer-
ica’s 
largest 
abortion 
provider, 
receives 
over 
$500,000,000 of Federal funding annually; 
Whereas senior officials of Planned Parenthood were recently 
recorded facilitating the sale of fetal body parts from 
aborted babies in violation of Federal law; 
Whereas in Jeremiah 1:5 the Bible reads ‘‘Before I formed 
thee in the belly I knew thee.’’; and 
Whereas in 1 Timothy 4:1–5 the Bible reads ‘‘Now the Spirit 
speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall de-
part from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and 
doctrines of devils’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives calls 
upon the Speaker to encourage committee chairs to sched-
ule the following legislation for immediate committee con-
sideration, then follow through with scheduling votes on 
the House floor if they are reported favorably by their re-
spective committees: 
(1) H.R. 2802, the First Amendment Defense 
Act, introduced by Mr. Labrador of Idaho. 
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(2) H. Res. 359, Providing that the House of 
Representatives disagrees with the majority opinion 
in Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, and for other pur-
poses, introduced by Mr. King of Iowa. 
(3) H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood 
Act of 2015, introduced by Ms. Black of Tennessee. 
(4) H.R. 3197, the Protecting Life and Tax-
payers Act of 2015, introduced by Ms. Black of Ten-
nessee. 
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