[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2635 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2635

      To amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency 
  contraception to be available at all military health care treatment 
                              facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2005

Mr. Michaud (for himself and Mr. Allen) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency 
  contraception to be available at all military health care treatment 
                              facilities.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AT ALL 
              MILITARY HEALTH CARE TREATMENT FACILITIES.

    Section 1074g(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(9)(A) Emergency contraception shall be included on the basic 
core formulary of the uniform formulary.
    ``(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), no prior authorization may be 
required for emergency contraception. Nothing in the preceding sentence 
may be construed as waiving any provision of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) or any other provision of law 
administered by the Food and Drug Administration, including rules and 
orders of such Administration under such Act or other provisions of 
law.
    ``(C) In this paragraph, the term `emergency contraception' means a 
drug, drug regimen, or device that is--
            ``(i) approved by the Food and Drug Administration to 
        prevent pregnancy; and
            ``(ii) used postcoitally.''.
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