Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for purposes outside the United States related to abortion.

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.

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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5831 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5831

    To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations 
                 associated with the abortion industry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2020

  Ms. Foxx of North Carolina (for herself, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Banks, Mr. 
Fortenberry, Mr. Guest, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Gianforte, 
 Mr. Flores, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
 Hice of Georgia, Mr. Williams, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Allen, 
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Cline, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
  Olson, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Watkins) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations 
                 associated with the abortion industry.

    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 Foreign 
Assistance Act''.

SEC. 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); 
                        and
            (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; Exceptions.--The prohibitions described in 
subsection (a)--
            (1) include the transfer of Federal funds and goods 
        financed with such funds; and
            (2) do not apply to abortions--
                    (A) resulting from rape or incest; or
                    (B) when the life of the mother would be endangered 
                if the fetus were carried to term.
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