[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 519 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 519

To prohibit grants under the community development block grant program 
   to communities that fail to adopt a policy of enforcing laws that 
prevent the use or threat of force against individuals for exercise of 
                            abortion rights.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit grants under the community development block grant program 
   to communities that fail to adopt a policy of enforcing laws that 
prevent the use or threat of force against individuals for exercise of 
                            abortion rights.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reproductive Freedom Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CDBG ASSISTANCE.

    Section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5304) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(n) Protection of Individuals Exercising Abortion Rights.--
            ``(1) Prohibition of assistance.--The Secretary may not 
        obligate or provide any amounts appropriated to carry out this 
        title, directly or through any State, to any unit of general 
        local government that fails to adopt a policy of enforcing 
        applicable antiharassment laws in effect within such unit of 
        general local government against individuals who violate such 
        laws to prevent any other individual from, or to retaliate 
        against any other individual for, seeking or providing 
        information, advice, treatment, or assistance in connection 
        with an abortion.
            ``(2) Antiharassment laws.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `antiharassment laws' means laws that 
        prohibit or punish the use of force, the breach of peace, 
        disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, criminal menacing, 
        obstructing passage, stalking (including any willful or 
        malicious following or harassment together with a threat to use 
        force), knowingly or recklessly attempting to put another in 
        fear of bodily violence, and damaging, destroying, or defacing 
        the real or personal property of another.
            ``(3) Administration.--The Secretary shall determine 
        whether a unit of general local government has failed to adopt 
        a policy of enforcing applicable antiharassment laws for 
        purposes of this subsection.''.

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