Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2492 To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations associated with the abortion industry. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 6, 2023 Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. BANKS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. CARL, Mr. GUEST, Mr. MAST, and Mr. WENSTRUP) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations associated with the abortion industry. 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 ‘‘Protecting Life in For- 4 eign Assistance Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL 6 FUNDS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 8 sion of law, Federal funds may not be made available for 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:46 Apr 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2492.IH H2492 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 2492 IH purposes outside of the United States (including its terri- 1 tories and possessions) to— 2 (1) any foreign nonprofit organization, foreign 3 nongovernmental organization, foreign multilateral 4 organization, or foreign quasi-autonomous non- 5 governmental organization that— 6 (A) performs or promotes abortions, in- 7 cluding providing referrals, counseling, lob- 8 bying, and training relating to abortions; 9 (B) furnishes or develops any item in- 10 tended to procure abortions; or 11 (C) provides financial support to— 12 (i) any entity that conducts any of the 13 activities described in subparagraph (A) or 14 (B); or 15 (ii) any entity described in paragraph 16 (2); and 17 (2) any domestic nonprofit organization or do- 18 mestic nongovernmental organization that— 19 (A) performs abortions; 20 (B) furnishes or develops any item in- 21 tended to procure abortions; 22 (C) within the scope of any program or ac- 23 tivity that receives Federal funds— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:46 Apr 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2492.IH H2492 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 2492 IH (i) performs or promotes abortions, 1 including providing referrals, counseling, 2 lobbying, and training relating to abor- 3 tions; or 4 (ii) fails to maintain a complete phys- 5 ical and financial separation from activities 6 described in clause (i) and such failure in- 7 cludes co-locating such a program or activ- 8 ity at any site where activities described in 9 clause (i) are conducted; or 10 (D) provides financial support to— 11 (i) any entity that conducts activities 12 described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); 13 or 14 (ii) any entity described in paragraph 15 (1). 16 (b) INCLUSIONS; EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibitions de- 17 scribed in subsection (a)— 18 (1) include the transfer of Federal funds and 19 goods financed with such funds; and 20 (2) do not apply to abortions— 21 (A) resulting from rape or incest; or 22 (B) when the life of the mother would be 23 endangered if the fetus were carried to term. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:46 Apr 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2492.IH H2492 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB