Title: Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2019
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2019
This bill requires federally funded entities to certify that they will not perform an abortion, and will not provide funds to any other entity that performs an abortion, except in cases of rape or incest or where a physical condition endangers the woman's life unless an abortion is performed. The bill's requirements do not apply to hospitals, as long as the hospital does not provide funds to any non-hospital entity for abortions that are not otherwise excepted.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1966 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1966

    To prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the 
 entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity 
                      that performs, an abortion.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2019

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Ernst, 
and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the 
 entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity 
                      that performs, an abortion.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ABORTION.

    (a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be provided (directly or 
indirectly, including through contract or subcontract) to an entity 
unless the entity certifies that, during the period for which such 
funds are provided, 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 incest; or
            (2) a physician certifies that the woman suffers from a 
        physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that 
        would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
        performed, including a life-threatening physical condition 
        caused by, or arising from, the pregnancy itself.
    (c) Hospitals.--Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to a 
hospital, so long as such hospital does not, during the period for 
which funds described in subsection (a) are provided to such hospital, 
provide funds to any non-hospital entity that performs an abortion 
(other than an abortion described in subsection (b)).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``entity'' means the entire legal entity, 
        including any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is 
        under common control with, such entity.
            (2) The term ``hospital'' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395x(e)).
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