Taxpayers Support Life Act

Taxpayers Support Life Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing a proposed rule (published on August 4, 2022) that implements the statutory ban on discrimination in federally funded health programs and activities. Further, HHS may not use federal funds to contravene the administration or enforcement of the existing nondiscrimination rule, which became effective on June 19, 2020.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8702 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8702

     To prohibit the implementation of the proposed rule entitled 
        ``Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 12, 2022

Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Fulcher, 
Mr. Buck, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, 
Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
  Banks, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Allen, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. 
 Clyde, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Keller, Mr. Steube, Mr. Palazzo, 
  Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Biggs, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. McKinley, Mr. 
Fitzgerald, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Good 
   of Virginia, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Mast, Mr. 
   Guest, and Mr. Grothman) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit the implementation of the proposed rule entitled 
        ``Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities''.

    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 ``Taxpayers Support Life Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED RULE ENTITLED 
              ``NONDISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES''.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not 
finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule entitled 
``Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities'' (RIN: 0945-
AA17).
    (b) Limitations on Funding.--No Federal funds may be used--
            (1) to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the 
        proposed rule described in subsection (a); or
            (2) in contravention of administering or enforcing the 
        final rule entitled ``Nondiscrimination in Health and Health 
        Education Programs or Activities, Delegation of Authority'' (85 
        Fed. Reg. 37160) and dated June 19, 2020.
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