3.0.0 239 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-02-04 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-04T20:08:08Z 2021-02-04 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2021-02-04 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2021-02-04 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2021-02-04 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2021-02-04 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2021-02-08 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2021-02-25 False International Affairs Abortion Family planning and birth control Foreign aid and international relief Medical research Peace Corps Public participation and lobbying Research administration and funding International Affairs 00 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-27T15:10:56Z American Values Act

This bill expands and makes permanent certain restrictions that prohibit the use of U.S. foreign assistance to pay for the performance or promotion of abortion services overseas.

Current law generally prohibits the use of foreign assistance for abortions through language included in appropriations bills. This bill specifically prohibits the use of any funds under the Foreign Assistance Act for (1) abortions or involuntary sterilization as methods of family planning, or (2) biomedical research that relates to these practices as methods of family planning. In addition, the bill makes permanent prohibitions on the use of such funds to (1) lobby for or against abortion, or (2) fund any organization or program that supports or participates in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. The bill also makes permanent a prohibition on the use of funds made available to the Peace Corps to pay for abortions.

]]> American Values Act Display Title American Values Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced American Values Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s239is/xml/BILLS-117s239is.xml 2021-02-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.