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Union Calendar No. 28 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3 
[Report No. 112–38, Part I] 
To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience 
protections, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ALEX-
ANDER, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARLETTA, 
Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BILIRAKIS, 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BOUSTANY, 
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BU-
CHANAN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CANSECO, Mr. 
CARTER, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COFFMAN of 
Colorado, Mr. COLE, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CRAVAACK, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. DUFFY, 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mrs. EMER-
SON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. 
GARRETT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 
GOWDY, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. GUTH-
RIE, Mr. HALL, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HURT, 
Ms. JENKINS, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. JONES, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. 
KELLY, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. 
KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANDRY, Mr. 
LANKFORD, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. LONG, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN 
of California, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 
MCCARTHY
of California, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. 
MCCOTTER, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. GARY G. MILLER 
of California, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. MURPHY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. 
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OLSON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POMPEO, 
Mr. POSEY, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. 
RIGELL, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROKITA, 
Mr. ROSKAM, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. ROYCE, 
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. SCHILLING, Mrs. SCHMIDT, 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. SEN-
SENBRENNER, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHULER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SIMPSON, 
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. TURNER, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 
WHITFIELD, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WOODALL, 
Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. 
BOREN, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. TIBERI, and Mr. SAM 
JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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MARCH 17, 2011 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 17, 2011 
Referral to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means 
extended for a period ending not later than April 7, 2011 
APRIL 7, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. AMASH, Mr. COBLE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GRIFFITH of 
Virginia, Mr. MACK, Mr. PETRI, Mr. RIVERA, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. ROSS of 
Florida, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WALDEN, Mrs. 
BLACK, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FINCHER, 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. HUIZENGA of 
Michigan, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LATHAM, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. QUAYLE, Mr. ROGERS of 
Alabama, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
SOUTHERLAND, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, 
Mr. WOMACK, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. BERG, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkan-
sas, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. NUNES, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Ohio, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. WEST, Mr. ISSA, Mr. YODER, Mrs. 
ADAMS, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. HECK, Mrs. 
LUMMIS, Mr. MICA, Mr. REED, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. 
GUINTA, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 
NUGENT, and Mr. GRAVES of Georgia 
APRIL 7, 2011 
The Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means discharged; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 20, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for 
conscience protections, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘No Taxpayer Funding 
for Abortion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS AND 
PROVIDING FOR CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS. 
Title 1, United States Code is amended by adding at 
the end the following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 
4—PROHIBITING 
TAXPAYER 
FUNDED ABORTIONS AND PROVIDING 
FOR CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘301. Prohibition on funding for abortions. 
‘‘302. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion. 
‘‘303. Prohibition on tax benefits relating to abortion. 
‘‘304. Limitation on Federal facilities and employees. 
‘‘305. Construction relating to separate coverage. 
‘‘306. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage. 
‘‘307. Non-preemption of other Federal laws. 
‘‘308. Construction relating to complications arising from abortion. 
‘‘309. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of the 
mother. 
‘‘310. Application to District of Columbia. 
‘‘311. No government discrimination against certain health care entities. 
‘‘§ 301. Prohibition on funding for abortions 
‘‘No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, 
and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be ex-
pended for any abortion. 
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‘‘§ 302. Prohibition on funding for health benefits 
plans that cover abortion 
‘‘None of the funds authorized or appropriated by Fed-
eral law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall 
be expended for health benefits coverage that includes cov-
erage of abortion. 
‘‘§ 303. Prohibition on tax benefits relating to abortion 
‘‘For taxable years beginning after the date of the en-
actment of this section— 
‘‘(1) no credit shall be allowed under the internal 
revenue laws with respect to amounts paid or in-
curred for an abortion or with respect to amounts 
paid or incurred for a health benefits plan (including 
premium assistance) that includes coverage of abor-
tion, 
‘‘(2) for purposes of determining any deduction 
for expenses paid for medical care of the taxpayer or 
the taxpayer’s spouse or dependents, amounts paid or 
incurred for an abortion shall not be taken into ac-
count, and 
‘‘(3) in the case of any tax-preferred trust or ac-
count the purpose of which is to pay medical expenses 
of the account beneficiary, any amount paid or dis-
tributed from such an account for an abortion shall 
be included in the gross income of such beneficiary. 
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‘‘§ 304. Limitation on Federal facilities and employees 
‘‘No health care service furnished— 
‘‘(1) by or in a health care facility owned or op-
erated by the Federal Government; or 
‘‘(2) by any physician or other individual em-
ployed by the Federal Government to provide health 
care services within the scope of the physician’s or in-
dividual’s employment, 
may include abortion. 
‘‘§ 305. Construction relating to separate coverage 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohib-
iting any individual, entity, or State or locality from pur-
chasing separate abortion coverage or health benefits cov-
erage that includes abortion so long as such coverage is paid 
for entirely using only funds not authorized or appro-
priated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be pur-
chased using matching funds required for a federally sub-
sidized program, including a State’s or locality’s contribu-
tion of Medicaid matching funds. 
‘‘§ 306. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal 
funds for health coverage 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as restrict-
ing the ability of any non-Federal health benefits coverage 
provider from offering abortion coverage, or the ability of 
a State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage, so long as only funds not authorized 
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or appropriated by Federal law are used and such coverage 
shall not be purchased using matching funds required for 
a federally subsidized program, including a State’s or local-
ity’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds. 
‘‘§ 307. Non-preemption of other Federal laws 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall repeal, amend, or have 
any effect on any other Federal law to the extent such law 
imposes any limitation on the use of funds for abortion or 
for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abor-
tion, beyond the limitations set forth in this chapter.
‘‘§ 308. Construction relating to complications arising 
from abortion 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply 
to the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or dis-
order that has been caused by or exacerbated by the perform-
ance of an abortion. This rule of construction shall be appli-
cable without regard to whether the abortion was performed 
in accord with Federal or State law, and without regard 
to whether funding for the abortion is permissible under 
section 309 of this Act. 
‘‘§ 309. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, 
or preserving the life of the mother 
‘‘The limitations established in sections 301, 302, 303, 
and 304 shall not apply to an abortion— 
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