[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 337 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 337

 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to restrict assistance to 
   foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 1997

 Mr. Hutchinson (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Nickles, and 
  Mr. Helms) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to restrict assistance to 
   foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.

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

SECTION 1. RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS THAT 
              PERFORM OR ACTIVELY PROMOTE ABORTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2151b) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(h) Restriction on Assistance to Foreign Organizations That 
Perform or Actively Promote Abortions.--
            ``(1) Performance of abortions.--
                    ``(A) Restriction.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, no funds appropriated for population 
                planning activities under subsection (b) or other 
                population assistance may be made available for any 
                foreign private, nongovernmental, or multilateral 
                organization until the organization certifies to the 
                President that it will not, during the period for which 
                the funds are made available, perform abortions in any 
                foreign country, except where the life of the mother 
                would be endangered if the pregnancy were carried to 
                term or in cases of forcible rape or incest.
                    ``(B) Statutory construction.--Nothing in 
                subparagraph (A) may be construed to apply to the 
                treatment of injuries or illnesses caused by legal or 
                illegal abortions or to assistance provided directly to 
                the government of a country.
            ``(2) Lobbying activities.--
                    ``(A) Restriction.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, no funds appropriated for population 
                planning activities under subsection (b) or other 
                population assistance may be made available for any 
                foreign private, nongovernmental, or multilateral 
                organization until the organization certifies to the 
                President that it will not, during the period for which 
                the funds are made available, violate the laws of any 
                foreign country concerning the circumstances under 
                which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited, 
                or engage in any activity or effort to alter the laws 
                or governmental policies of any foreign country 
                concerning the circumstances under which abortion is 
                permitted, regulated, or prohibited, except as provided 
                in subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                to activities in opposition to coercive abortion or 
                involuntary sterilization.
            ``(3) Application to subcontractors and subgrantees.--The 
        prohibitions of this subsection shall apply to funds made 
        available to a foreign organization either directly or as a 
        subcontractor or subgrantee, and the certifications required by 
        this subsection shall apply to activities in which the 
        organization engages either directly or through a subcontractor 
        or subgrantee.''.
    (b) Appropriations Covered.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to appropriations made before, on, or after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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