Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

Bill: 117-s-137
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-01-28
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion

Foreign aid and international relief

International organizations and cooperation

Multilateral development programs

Public participation and lobbying

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Women's health

World health
Latest action: action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for purposes outside the United States related to abortion.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill prohibits funding to certain foreign or domestic organizations that perform or promote abortions, furnish or develop items intended to procure abortions, or provide financial support for an entity that conducts such activities.</p> <p>Current U.S. policy prohibits the provision of federal funds to a foreign nongovernmental organization unless it agrees to not perform or actively promote abortions.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 137 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 28, 2021 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Sasse , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Daines , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Tillis , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Young , Mr. Braun , Mr. Paul , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Burr , Mr. Hagerty , Mr. Scott of South Carolina , Mr. Rounds , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and Mr. Cramer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations associated with the abortion industry.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act . 2. Restriction on availability of Federal funds (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Federal funds may not be made available for purposes outside of the United States (including its territories and possessions) to— (1) any foreign nonprofit organization, foreign nongovernmental organization, foreign multilateral organization, or foreign quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization that— (A) performs or promotes abortions, including providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training relating to abortions; (B) furnishes or develops any item intended to procure abortions; or (C) provides financial support to— (i) any entity that conducts any of the activities described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or (ii) any entity described in paragraph (2); or (2) any domestic nonprofit organization or domestic nongovernmental organization that— (A) performs abortions; (B) furnishes or develops any item intended to procure abortions; (C) within the scope of any program or activity that receives Federal funds— (i) performs or promotes abortions, including providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training relating to abortions; or (ii) fails to maintain a complete physical and financial separation from activities described in clause (i) and such failure includes co-locating such a program or activity at any site where activities described in clause (i) are conducted; or (D) provides financial support to— (i) any entity that conducts activities described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); or (ii) any entity described in paragraph (1). (b) Inclusions The prohibitions described in subsection (a) include the transfer of Federal funds and goods financed with such funds.