Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2021
This bill restricts federal funding for Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. or any of its affiliates or clinics for one year.
Specifically, it prohibits funding those entities unless they certify that the affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide funds to entities that perform, abortions during that year. If the certification requirement is not met, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture must recoup any federal assistance received by those entities.
However, the bill's funding restriction does not apply to abortions performed in cases of rape or incest or when necessary to resolve a physical condition that endangers a woman's life.
The bill also provides additional funding for community health centers for the one-year period. These funds are subject to the same abortion-related restrictions and exceptions.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 541 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 541
To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood
Federation of America, Inc.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2021
Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Duncan, Mr.
Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Allen, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Pfluger, Mr.
Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Budd, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Gaetz,
Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Guthrie, Mr.
Williams of Texas, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Banks, Mr. Babin, Mrs. Walorski, Mr.
Luetkemeyer, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr.
Feenstra, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Guest,
Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Norman, Mr. Cloud, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Murphy of North
Carolina, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Weber of
Texas, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Cammack, Mrs. Lesko, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr.
Davidson, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs.
Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Latta, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr.
Chabot, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Steube, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Carl, Mr.
Mann, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Rose, Mr. Waltz, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. LaHood, Mr.
Good of Virginia, Mr. Harris, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Baird,
Mr. Walberg, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Hill, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Gooden
of Texas, Ms. Cheney, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Austin
Scott of Georgia, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Palmer, Mr.
Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Long, Mr. Rosendale, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Rice of
South Carolina, Mr. Keller, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Bishop of
North Carolina, Mr. Crawford, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Meuser, Mr.
Fleischmann, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mrs. Boebert, Mr.
Gohmert, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Higgins of
Louisiana, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Barr, Mr. Mast, Mr. Green of Tennessee,
Mr. Hern, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr.
Clyde, Mr. Womack, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Bost, and Mr.
Posey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood
Federation of America, Inc.
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 ``Defund Planned Parenthood Act of
2021''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) State and county health departments, community health
centers, hospitals, physicians offices, and other entities
currently provide, and will continue to provide, health
services to women. Such health services include relevant
diagnostic laboratory and radiology services, well-child care,
prenatal and postpartum care, immunization, family planning
services (including contraception), cervical and breast cancer
screenings and referrals, and sexually transmitted disease
testing.
(2) Many such entities provide services to all persons,
regardless of the person's ability to pay, and provide services
in medically underserved areas and to medically underserved
populations.
(3) All funds that are no longer available to Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. and its affiliates and
clinics pursuant to this Act will continue to be made available
to other eligible entities to provide women's health care
services.
(4) Funds authorized to be appropriated, and appropriated,
by section 4 are offset by the funding limitation under section
3(a).
SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION
OF AMERICA, INC.
(a) In General.--For the one-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act, subject to subsection (b), no funds
authorized or appropriated by Federal law may be made available for any
purpose to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any
affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.,
unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood Federation of
America affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide
any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion during such
period.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to an abortion--
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or
incest; or
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as
certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death
unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering
physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy
itself.
(c) Repayment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall seek repayment of any Federal assistance
received by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any
affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.,
if it violates the terms of the certification required by subsection
(a) during the period specified in subsection (a).
SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated, and
appropriated, $235,000,000 for the community health center program
under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), in
addition to any other funds made available to such program, for the
period for which the funding limitation under section 3(a) applies.
(b) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized or appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended for an abortion other than
as described in section 3(b).
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce overall Federal
funding available in support of women's health.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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