[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 558 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 558

   To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect first amendment 
                    rights, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 1997

Ms. Slaughter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect first amendment 
                    rights, 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 ``Women's Right To Know Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

    Title XI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``Sec. 1107. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
governmental authority shall in or through any program or activity, 
administered or assisted by such authority, that provides health care 
services or information, limit the right of any person to provide, or 
the right of any person to receive, nonfraudulent information about the 
availability of reproductive health care services, including family 
planning, prenatal care, adoption, and abortion services.
    ``(b) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `governmental authority' means any authority 
        of any State or of the United States; and
            ``(2) the term `State' includes the District of Columbia, 
        Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the 
        United States.''.
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