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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3916
To provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations
Population Fund.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 7, 2002
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. CROWLEY,
Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. OSE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To provide a United States voluntary contribution to the
United Nations Population Fund.
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 ‘‘Saving Women’s Lives
Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The renewed commitment of the world com-
munity to the formulation of government policies
that contribute to global population stabilization and
the developing world with effective modern contra-
ception, thereby preventing 500,000 unintended
pregnancies, 200,000 abortions, and thousands of
maternal and child deaths.
(6) Many global environmental problems, in-
cluding water shortages, pollution, tropical deforest-
ation, and the loss of wildlife habitat are linked to
rapid population growth. UNFPA has assisted coun-
tries around the world plan for and slow population
growth, therefore reducing its effects on the environ-
ment.
(7) Assistance provided by UNFPA conforms to
the principle, affirmed at the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development by 180
nations, including the United States, that ‘‘all cou-
ples and individuals have the basic right to decide
freely and responsibly the number and spacing of
their children and to have the information, edu-
cation, and means to do so.’’.
(8) UNFPA opposes coercion in any form. All
of UNFPA’s programs are designed in conformity
with universally recognized human rights principles.
(9) An appropriate way to express the legiti-
mate concerns of the United States Government
about the population policies of the People’s Repub-
lic of China is by placing those concerns on the bi-
lateral agenda along with other important human
rights issues, not by singling out a United Nations
agency by withholding all funding thereby punishing
the women and families around the world who de-
pend on its humanitarian aid.
(10) UNFPA plays a constructive role in help-
ing to reduce the incidence of coercive practices in
China through its country program which has been
successful in eliminating targets and quotas and pro-
moting voluntary family planning and informed con-
sent in the 32 program counties. By improving con-
traceptive method choice, expanding the range of re-
productive health services, and enhancing the status
of women, the UNFPA country program will help to
enable the Chinese to operationalize the human
rights approach of the International Conference on
Population and Development.
(11) The United States Government provided a
voluntary contribution of $21,500,000 to UNFPA
for fiscal year 2001 and President Bush’s budget re-
quest for fiscal year 2002 allocated $25,000,000 for
UNFPA.
(12) In the spring of 2001, the Secretary of
State submitted written testimony to the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate expressing sup-
port for the invaluable work of UNFPA and for se-
curing funding for the organization.
(13) The United States Government, as part of
its efforts to improve the dire health conditions of
Afghan women, pledged in October 2001 an addi-
tional $600,000 to UNFPA to address the reproduc-
tive health care needs of Afghan refugees in sur-
rounding nations and of the internally displaced
within Afghanistan.
(14) Congress demonstrated its strong bipar-
tisan support for a voluntary United States con-
tribution to UNFPA of up to $34,000,000 in adopt-
ing the fiscal year 2002 foreign operations appro-
priations bill, which was passed by the House of
Representatives on a vote of 357 to 66 and by the
Senate by unanimous consent and signed into law
(Public Law 107–115) by the President on January
10, 2002.
(15) The Bush Administration ‘‘recognizes our
country’s long history of providing international
health care services, including voluntary family plan-
ning to couples around the world who want to make
free and responsible decisions about the number and
spacing of their children,’’ and the President is com-
mitted to maintaining funding for these programs
‘‘because he knows that one of the best ways to pre-
vent abortion is by providing voluntary family plan-
ning services.’’.
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO
THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND.
(a) REAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts
appropriated for ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
grams’’ under the Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, Fiscal Year 2002, and which remain avail-
able, $34,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be made avail-
able only for United States voluntary contributions to the
United Nations Population Fund.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available to carry out the pur-
poses of chapter 3 of part 1 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appropriated
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 to be available only for
United States voluntary contributions to the United Na-
tions Population Fund.
SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS POPU-
LATION FUND.
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—
None of the funds made available or authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act may be made available for the
United Nations Population Fund (hereinafter in this Act
referrred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’) for a country program in
the People’s Republic of China.
(b) CONDITIONS
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—
Amounts made available or authorized to be appropriated
by this Act may not be made available to UNFPA
unless—
(1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made avail-
able to the UNFPA under this Act in an account
separate from other accounts of the UNFPA;
(2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts
made available to the UNFPA under this Act with
other sums; and
(3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions as a
method of family planning.
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