Protecting Life on Federal Lands Act

Bill: 117-hr-8263
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2022-07-01
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Life on Federal Lands Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a federal agency or department from leasing federal property to an abortion providing organization.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8263 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2022 Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Ms. Stefanik , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Davidson , Mr. Rosendale , Mr. Buck , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Mooney , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Clyde , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Norman , Mr. Gohmert , and Mr. Cawthorn ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit any head of a Federal agency or department from leasing certain Federal property to abortion providing organizations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Life on Federal Lands Act . 2. Restriction on lease of Federal property (a) In general The head of a Federal agency or department may not lease Federal property to an abortion providing organization. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Abortion providing organization The term abortion providing organization means— (A) any organization that provides abortion services; and (B) any organization that wholly or partially owns, is a parent company to, or is a subsidiary of an organization described in subparagraph (A). (2) Federal property The term Federal property means any building, land, or other real property owned, leased, or occupied by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (including the Department of Defense and the United States Postal Service), or any other instrumentality wholly owned by the United States, or by any department or agency of the District of Columbia or any territory or possession of the United States.