IIA
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 670
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 26 (legislative day, MARCH 3), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to ensure that pregnant women receiving assistance
under title X of the Public Health Service Act are pro-
vided with information and counseling regarding their
pregnancies, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Family Planning
Amendments Act of 1993’’.
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SEC. 2. PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY
PLANNING SERVICES.
(a) REQUIRING CERTAIN NONDIRECTIVE COUNSEL-
ING
AND REFERRAL SERVICES.—Section 1001 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d)
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow-
ing subsection:
‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary may not make an award of a
grant or contract under this section unless the applicant
for the award agrees that the family planning project in-
volved will provide to individuals information regarding
pregnancy management options upon request of the indi-
viduals, and that such information will be provided only
through individuals holding professional degrees in medi-
cine or osteopathic medicine, nursing, clinical psychology,
the allied health professions, or social work, through indi-
viduals meeting such other criteria as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate for providing such information,
or through individuals allowed under State law to provide
such information.
‘‘(2) With respect to compliance with the agreement
made under paragraph (1), the family planning project in-
volved, and any provider of services in the project, may
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not be required to provide information regarding a preg-
nancy management option if—
‘‘(A) the project or provider (as the case may
be) objects to doing so on grounds of religious be-
liefs or moral convictions; and
‘‘(B) the project refers the individual seeking
services to another provider in the project, or to an-
other project in the geographic area involved, as the
case may be, that will provide such information.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘infor-
mation regarding pregnancy management options’ means
nondirective counseling and referrals regarding—
‘‘(A) prenatal care and delivery;
‘‘(B) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and
‘‘(C) termination of pregnancy.’’.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS ON PARENTAL
NOTIFICATION AND CONSENT.—Section 1008 of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a–6) is amended by
inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘None’’ and by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(b)(1) No public or nonprofit entity that performs
abortions may receive an award of a grant or contract
under section 1001 unless the entity has certified to the
Secretary that the entity is in compliance with State law
regarding parental notification of or consent for the per-
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formance of an abortion on a minor which is enforced in
the State in which the entity is located.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to require
or prohibit a State’s adoption of parental notification or
parental consent laws regarding the performance of an
abortion on a minor, or to require or prohibit the enforce-
ment by a State of such laws.’’.
(c) INFORMATION ON CONDOMS.—Section 1001 of
the Public Health Service Act, as amended by subsection
(a) of this section, is amended by inserting after sub-
section (b) the following subsection:
‘‘(c) The Secretary may not make an award of a
grant or contract under this section unless the applicant
for the award agrees that the family planning project in-
volved will—
‘‘(1) distribute only those condoms meeting cur-
rent requirements for quality control and labeling,
and any subsequently developed standards, estab-
lished by the Food and Drug Administration for the
prevention of pregnancy and the prevention of the
transmission of sexually transmitted diseases; and
‘‘(2) advise individuals of the benefits of the
proper use of condoms, of the extent of risk that still
exists with condom usage, and of the fact that
condoms currently available do not completely elimi-
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nate the risk of pregnancy or the transmission of
sexually transmitted diseases.’’.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1001(f) of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated
by subsection (a) of this section, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(f) For the purpose of grants and contracts under
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated
$220,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $250,000,000 for
fiscal year 1995.’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRAIN-
ING GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.
Section 1003(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300a–1(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under
subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated
$6,250,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $7,000,000 for fiscal
year 1995.’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INFOR-
MATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.
Section 1005(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300a–3(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under
subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated
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$12,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $13,500,000 for fis-
cal year 1995.’’.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING
NOTICE.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PURCHASE OF
AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the
case of any equipment or products that may be authorized
in title X of the Public Health Service Act to be purchased
with an award of a grant or contract under such title, it
is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving such
an award should in expending the award purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS.—In making
awards of grants and contracts under title X of the Public
Health Service Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall provide to each recipient of such an award
a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a)
by the Congress.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act take
effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives March 25,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.