PRO-LIFE Act

Bill: 114-hr-463
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2015-01-22
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Abortion

Child health

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Health facilities and institutions

Public contracts and procurement

School administration
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Life in Funding Education Act or the PRO-LIFE Act</strong></p> <p>Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the provision of federal education funding to state or local educational agencies that make health services available to students through school-based health centers, unless those centers certify that they will not provide students with abortions, abortion-related materials or referrals, or directions to abortion services.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 463 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2015 Mr. Neugebauer (for himself, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , Mr. Nunnelee , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Massie , Mr. Jones , Mr. Boustany , Mr. Rothfus , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Pompeo , Mr. Messer , Mr. Harper , Mr. Nugent , Mr. Miller of Florida , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Long , and Mr. Lipinski ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit Federal education funding for elementary schools and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Life in Funding Education Act or the PRO-LIFE Act . 2. Schoolchildren’s protection from abortion providers The General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new part: E Schoolchildren’s protection from abortion providers 470. Schoolchildren’s protection from abortion providers (a) Limitation on funding Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any State educational agency or local educational agency that enters into a contract or other agreement with a school-based health center relating to the provision of health services to students served by the agency unless such center certifies that— (1) the center will not perform an abortion; and (2) the center will not provide abortion-related materials, referrals, or directions for abortion services to any such student. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a school-based health center from providing non-abortion health services to pregnant students. (c) Definitions For purposes of this part: (1) ESEA terms The terms local educational agency and State educational agency have the meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (2) School-based health center The term school-based health center has the meaning given such term in section 2110(c)(9) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(9) ). .