American Values Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 239 To permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 4, 2021 Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. CRUZ, and Mr. PAUL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary steri- lizations, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘American Values Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. PERMANENT ENACTMENT OF CERTAIN GENERAL 5 PROVISIONS. 6 (a) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—Section 7 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 8 2151b(f)) is amended to read as follows: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S239.IS S239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 239 IS ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ABOR- 1 TIONS AND INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATIONS.—None of the 2 funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 3 available to carry out this Act may be made available— 4 ‘‘(1) to pay for the performance of abortions as 5 a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 6 any person to practice abortions; 7 ‘‘(2) to pay for the performance of involuntary 8 sterilization as a method of family planning or to co- 9 erce or provide any financial incentive to any person 10 to undergo sterilizations; 11 ‘‘(3) to pay for biomedical research which re- 12 lates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the per- 13 formance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as 14 a means of family planning; 15 ‘‘(4) to lobby for or against abortion; or 16 ‘‘(5) to any organization or program which, as 17 determined by the President, supports or partici- 18 pates in the management of a program of coercive 19 abortion or involuntary sterilization.’’. 20 (b) PEACE CORPS ACT.—Section 301(b) of the Peace 21 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501a(b)) is amended by adding 22 at the end the following new paragraph: 23 ‘‘(3) Subject to section 614 of the Financial Services 24 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 (divi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S239.IS S239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 239 IS sion E of Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 227), none of 1 the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 2 available to carry out this Act may be used to pay for 3 abortions.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S239.IS S239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS