[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2272 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2272

To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate the prohibitions on 
 the transmission of abortion related matters, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 1997

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
Stark, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Torres, and Ms. Norton) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate the prohibitions on 
 the transmission of abortion related matters, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Comstock Cleanup Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. IMPORTATION OR TRANSPORTATION OF CERTAIN ABORTION-RELATED 
              MATTERS.

    Section 1462 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (b) of 
        the first undesignated paragraph; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (c) of the first undesignated 
        paragraph.

SEC. 3. MAILING OF ABORTION-RELATED MATTERS.

    Section 1461 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``; and'' the first place it appears, and all that follows 
through ``Is declared'' and inserting ``is declared''.
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