I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 217 
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning 
grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2015 
Mrs. BLACK (for herself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. DUNCAN
of South Carolina, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. 
DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WHIT-
FIELD, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COLE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
HARPER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. MICA, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. COLLINS of 
Georgia, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. YOHO, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mrs. 
ELLMERS, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, 
Mr. FINCHER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. 
GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. WALK-
ER, Mr. BARR, Mr. FLORES, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 
GIBBS, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mrs. WAG-
NER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. POE of Texas, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Ohio, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. YODER, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. 
DUFFY, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. BABIN, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 
MASSIE, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mrs. NOEM, Ms. FOXX, Mr. JOR-
DAN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. OLSON, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 
JOLLY, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, and Mr. BROOKS of 
Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit 
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family planning grants from being awarded to any entity 
that performs abortions, 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 ‘‘Title X Abortion Pro-
vider Prohibition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ABORTION. 
Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 1009. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITION REGARDING ABOR-
TION. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
any assistance under this title to an entity unless the enti-
ty certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the 
entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds 
to any other entity that performs, an abortion. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply 
with respect to an abortion where— 
‘‘(1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or in-
cest; or 
‘‘(2) a physician certifies that the woman suf-
fers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 
physical illness that would place the woman in dan-
ger of death unless an abortion is performed, includ-
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