What This Bill Does
This bill prohibits using federal money to pay for or help people travel to another state or country to get an abortion. The bill defines abortion and creates rules about what federal funds can be used for regarding abortion-related travel.
Who It Affects
The bill directly affects federal agencies and programs that distribute federal funds. It potentially impacts anyone who receives federal funds or benefits that could be used for abortion travel expenses.
Key Provisions
- No federal funds may be used to provide financial or logistical support (money, transportation, or planning help) for people traveling to another state to get an abortion (Sec. 2(a))
- The bill does not change existing limits on federal abortion funding that are already in place under the Hyde Amendment (a previous law controlling federal abortion funding) or any other current federal law (Sec. 2(b))
- The bill defines abortion as using any instrument, medicine, drug, substance or device to intentionally kill an unborn child or to intentionally end a pregnancy, with specific exceptions for treating ectopic pregnancies (pregnancies outside the uterus), removing a dead unborn child, or producing a live birth after viability (Sec. 2(c))
What Changes
If this becomes law, federal agencies would be required to prohibit using their funds for financial or logistical support related to abortion travel to other states.
Important Definitions
Abortion: Using any instrument, medicine, drug, or device to intentionally kill an unborn child or end a pregnancy, with exceptions for ectopic pregnancies, dead unborn child removal, and live births after viability (Sec. 2(c)).
Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1470
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for abortion through financial or
logistical support to individuals traveling to another State or country
to receive an abortion.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 8, 2023
Mr. NORMAN (for himself, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. DA-
VIDSON, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. GOSAR,
Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. HERN, Mr. KELLY of Mis-
sissippi, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. OGLES, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. WESTERMAN, and Mr. LAMBORN)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce
A BILL
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for abortion through
financial or logistical support to individuals traveling to
another State or country to receive an abortion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Federal Funds for
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Abortion Travel Expenses Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ABORTION TRAVEL.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be used
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for abortion through financial or logistical support for
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travel to another State for an abortion.
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(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
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tion shall be construed to affect the limits on funding for
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abortion through financial or logistical support for travel
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to another State or country to receive an abortion in effect
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under the Hyde Amendment or any other provision of
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Federal law.
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘abortion’’ means the use or pro-
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vision of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any
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other substance or device—
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(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of
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a woman known to be pregnant; or
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(B) to intentionally terminate the preg-
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nancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with
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an intention other than—
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(i) after viability to produce a live
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birth that, if premature, is medically indi-
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cated, and to preserve the life and health
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of the child born alive;
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(ii) to treat an ectopic pregnancy; or
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(iii) to remove a dead unborn child.
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(2) The term ‘‘Hyde Amendment’’ means sec-
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tions 506 and 507 of division H of the Consolidated
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Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103)
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and any successor provisions in any appropriations
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Act for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2022.
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