I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 7 
To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. PITTS, Ms. FOXX, 
Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mrs. 
ROBY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mrs. MIMI 
WALTERS of California, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. 
MCCARTHY, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. JENKINS 
of Kansas, and Mr. BOEHNER) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committees on Ways and Means and the Judiciary, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insur-
ance Full Disclosure Act of 2015’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PROHIBITING FEDERALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS 
Sec. 101. Prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions. 
Sec. 102. Amendment to table of chapters. 
TITLE II—APPLICATION UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 
Sec. 201. Clarifying application of prohibition to premium credits and cost- 
sharing reductions under ACA. 
Sec. 202. Revision of notice requirements regarding disclosure of extent of 
health plan coverage of abortion and abortion premium sur-
charges. 
TITLE I—PROHIBITING FEDER-
ALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS 
SEC. 101. PROHIBITING TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS. 
Title 1, United States Code is amended by adding 
at the end the following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 4—PROHIBITING TAXPAYER 
FUNDED ABORTIONS 
‘‘301. Prohibition on funding for abortions. 
‘‘302. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion. 
‘‘303. Limitation on Federal facilities and employees. 
‘‘304. Construction relating to separate coverage. 
‘‘305. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage. 
‘‘306. Non-preemption of other Federal laws. 
‘‘307. Construction relating to complications arising from abortion. 
‘‘308. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of 
the mother. 
‘‘309. Application to District of Columbia. 
‘‘§ 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 expended 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 
Federal 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 coverage of abortion. 
‘‘§ 303. 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 
individual’s employment, 
may include abortion. 
‘‘§ 304. Construction relating to separate coverage 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as pro-
hibiting any individual, entity, or State or locality from 
purchasing separate abortion coverage or health benefits 
coverage that includes abortion so long as such coverage 
is paid for entirely using only funds not authorized or ap-
propriated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be 
purchased using matching funds required for a federally 
subsidized program, including a State’s or locality’s con-
tribution of Medicaid matching funds. 
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‘‘§ 305. Construction relating to the use of non-Fed-
eral funds for health coverage 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as re-
stricting the ability of any non-Federal health benefits cov-
erage provider from offering abortion coverage, or the abil-
ity of a State or locality to contract separately with such 
a provider for such coverage, so long as only funds not 
authorized or appropriated by Federal law are used and 
such coverage shall not be purchased using matching 
funds required for a federally subsidized program, includ-
ing a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-
ing funds. 
‘‘§ 306. 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 
abortion, beyond the limitations set forth in this chapter.
‘‘§ 307. 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 per-
formance of an abortion. This rule of construction shall 
be applicable without regard to whether the abortion was 
performed in accord with Federal or State law, and with-
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