Protecting Life in Funding Education Act or the PRO-LIFE Act - 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.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 1122 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1122
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 13, 2013
Mr. Neugebauer (for himself, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Bentivolio, Mrs. Black,
Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia,
Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Duncan of
Tennessee, Mr. Flores, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas,
Mr. Hall, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr.
Hultgren, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kingston, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr.
Lankford, Mr. Latta, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Long, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Massie,
Mr. Mica, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Nunnelee,
Mr. Olson, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Pompeo, Mrs.
Roby, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. Weber of Texas)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
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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.
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 in Funding Education
Act'' or the ``PRO-LIFE Act''.
SEC. 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:
``PART E--SCHOOLCHILDREN'S PROTECTION FROM ABORTION PROVIDERS
``SEC. 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)).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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