To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions.
Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions.
`(a) In General- None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be distributed to grantees who perform abortions or whose subgrantees perform abortions, except where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. The preceding sentence shall not apply to a grantee or subgrantee that is a hospital, so long as such hospital does not subgrant to a non-hospital entity that performs abortions.
`(b) List- Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Title X Family Planning Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a list of grantees, to which subsection (a) applies, under this title for the fiscal year involved that perform abortions regardless of how such abortions are funded.
`(c) Limitations on Eligibility-
`(1) GRANTEES ON LIST- A grantee who appears on the list submitted under subsection (b) for a fiscal year shall not be eligible to receive assistance under this title for subsequent fiscal years unless the grantee submits to the Secretary a certification that such grantee, and the subgrantees of such grantee, no longer perform abortions.
`(2) APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE- To be eligible to receive assistance under this title, a grantee to which subsection (a) applies shall submit to the Secretary a certification that such grantee, and the subgrantees of such grantee, do not perform abortions other than those abortions explicitly permitted under subsection (a).
`(d) Definitions- In this section:
`(1) GRANTEE- The term `grantee' means the organizational entity or individual to which a grant, under this title is awarded and which is responsible and accountable both for the use of the funds provided under the grant and for the performance of the grant-supported project or activities. A grantee is the entire legal entity even if only a particular component is designated in the award document.
`(2) HOSPITAL- The term `hospital' has the meaning given that term in section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act.
`(3) SUBGRANTEE- The term `subgrantee' means the government or other legal entity to which a subgrant is awarded under this title and which is accountable to the grantee for the use of the funds provided under the subgrant.'.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.351 as Referred in House Title X Family Planning Act
