Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2021
This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to an institution of higher education (IHE) that hosts or is affiliated with a school-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to its students or to employees of the IHE or the site. An IHE that hosts or is affiliated with a site must, in order to remain eligible for federal funds, annually certify that the site does not provide abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4607 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4607
To prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher
education that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site
that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the
institution or to employees of the institution or site, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2021
Mr. Roy (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Babin,
Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Latta, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr.
Biggs, Mr. Norman, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Hern, Mr. Aderholt, Mr.
Banks, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, Mr.
Steube, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Budd, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Fischbach,
Mr. Jordan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr.
Williams of Texas, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Good of
Virginia, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mrs. Cammack,
Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Perry, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Mann, Mr.
Mooney, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Johnson of
Ohio, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Rutherford,
Mr. Crawford, Mr. Rose, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hice
of Georgia, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Guest, and Mrs. McClain)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor
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A BILL
To prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher
education that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site
that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the
institution or to employees of the institution or site, and for other
purposes.
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 on College Campus
Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF FUNDS TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION.
(a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be awarded (directly or
indirectly, including through a contract or subcontract) to any
institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with any
school-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to
students of the institution or to employees of the institution or site.
(b) Annual Reporting.--To remain eligible for awards of Federal
funds, an institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated
with one or more school-based service sites shall submit an annual
report to the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services certifying that no such site provides abortion drugs or
abortions to students of the institution or to employees of the
institution or site.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``abortion drug'' means any drug, substance,
or combination of drugs or substances that is intended for use
or that is in fact used (irrespective of how the product is
labeled)--
(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a
woman known to be pregnant; or
(B) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a
woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other
than--
(i) to produce a live birth; or
(ii) to remove a dead unborn child.
(2) The term ``institution of higher education'' has the
meaning given to such term in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
(3) The term ``school-based service site'' means--
(A) a health clinic that--
(i) meets the definition of a school-based
health center under section 2110(c)(9)(A) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1397jj(c)(9)(A)) and is administered by a
sponsoring facility (as defined in section
2110(c)(9)(B) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(9)(B))); and
(ii) provides, at a minimum, comprehensive
primary health services during school hours by
health professionals in accordance with
established standards, community practice,
reporting laws, and other State laws, including
parental consent and notification laws that are
not inconsistent with Federal law; or
(B) a clinic providing health care services
(including primary health services, family planning
services, telehealth services, and pharmaceutical
services, without regard to whether the services are
provided by employees of the clinic or contracted
providers) to students that is located on the campus of
an institution of higher education that accepts Federal
funding.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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