Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 541 To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 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. AUS- TIN 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. BILI- RAKIS, 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 Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Feb 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H541.IH H541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 541 IH 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defund Planned Par- 4 enthood Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress finds the following: 7 (1) State and county health departments, com- 8 munity health centers, hospitals, physicians offices, 9 and other entities currently provide, and will con- 10 tinue to provide, health services to women. Such 11 health services include relevant diagnostic laboratory 12 and radiology services, well-child care, prenatal and 13 postpartum care, immunization, family planning 14 services (including contraception), cervical and 15 breast cancer screenings and referrals, and sexually 16 transmitted disease testing. 17 (2) Many such entities provide services to all 18 persons, regardless of the person’s ability to pay, 19 and provide services in medically underserved areas 20 and to medically underserved populations. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Feb 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H541.IH H541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 541 IH (3) All funds that are no longer available to 1 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 2 and its affiliates and clinics pursuant to this Act will 3 continue to be made available to other eligible enti- 4 ties to provide women’s health care services. 5 (4) Funds authorized to be appropriated, and 6 appropriated, by section 4 are offset by the funding 7 limitation under section 3(a). 8 SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO PLANNED 9 PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, 10 INC. 11 (a) IN GENERAL.—For the one-year period beginning 12 on the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to sub- 13 section (b), no funds authorized or appropriated by Fed- 14 eral law may be made available for any purpose to Planned 15 Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate 16 or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 17 Inc., unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood 18 Federation of America affiliates and clinics will not per- 19 form, and will not provide any funds to any other entity 20 that performs, an abortion during such period. 21 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 22 an abortion— 23 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 24 rape or incest; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Feb 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H541.IH H541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 541 IH (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 1 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 2 that would, as certified by a physician, place the 3 woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per- 4 formed, including a life-endangering physical condi- 5 tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 6 (c) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 7 Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 8 seek repayment of any Federal assistance received by 9 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any 10 affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of 11 America, Inc., if it violates the terms of the certification 12 required by subsection (a) during the period specified in 13 subsection (a). 14 SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PRO- 15 GRAM. 16 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro- 17 priated, and appropriated, $235,000,000 for the commu- 18 nity health center program under section 330 of the Public 19 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), in addition to any 20 other funds made available to such program, for the period 21 for which the funding limitation under section 3(a) ap- 22 plies. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Feb 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H541.IH H541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 541 IH (b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized or 1 appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended 2 for an abortion other than as described in section 3(b). 3 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 4 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce over- 5 all Federal funding available in support of women’s health. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Feb 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H541.IH H541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS