I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4852 
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow funds 
provided under the program of block grants to States for temporary 
assistance for needy families to be used for alternative-to-abortion serv-
ices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2007 
Mrs. BACHMANN (for herself, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. 
HERGER, Mr. SHULER, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. BOREN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
BISHOP of Utah, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BARTLETT of 
Maryland, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. 
PITTS, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. 
CULBERSON, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 
JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. AKIN, Mr. MANZULLO, 
Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. PENCE, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 
to allow funds provided under the program of block 
grants to States for temporary assistance for needy fami-
lies to be used for alternative-to-abortion services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Positive Alternatives 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO USE TANF FUNDS FOR ALTER-
NATIVE-TO-ABORTION SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 408(a)(6) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(6)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION
FOR
ALTERNATIVE-TO- 
ABORTION SERVICES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—As used in sub-
paragraph (A), the term ‘medical services’ 
does not include alternative-to-abortion 
services. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) ALTERNATIVE-TO-ABORTION 
SERVICES.—The term ‘alternative-to- 
abortion services’ means— 
‘‘(aa) information or coun-
seling that promotes childbirth 
instead of abortion, and assists 
pregnant women in making an 
informed decision regarding the 
alternatives of adoption or par-
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enting with respect to her born 
or unborn child; and 
‘‘(bb) any other service de-
signed to assist a qualified indi-
vidual who is a woman to carry 
her unborn child to term, or to 
support a qualified individual in 
a parenting or adoption decision, 
including the provision of self-ad-
ministered 
pregnancy 
testing, 
baby food, maternity or baby 
clothing, baby furniture, or infor-
mation or education (including 
classes), regarding prenatal care, 
childbirth, adoption, parenting, 
chastity, or abstinence. 
‘‘(II) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.— 
The 
term 
‘qualified 
individual’ 
means— 
‘‘(aa) an individual who is, 
or has reasonable grounds to be-
lieve she may be, pregnant; 
‘‘(bb) an individual who is a 
parent or legal guardian of a 
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child who has not attained 12 
months of age; or 
‘‘(cc) an individual who is 
the spouse or a former spouse of, 
is a parent of a child of, or co-
habitates or has cohabitated with 
an individual described in item 
(aa) or (bb).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to grants made 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act for 
fiscal years ending after such 90-day period. 
Æ 
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