[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1967 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1967

   To prohibit funding organizations that support or participate in 
            coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2009

Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit funding organizations that support or participate in 
            coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT OR 
              PARTICIPATE IN COERCIVE ABORTION OR INVOLUNTARY 
              STERILIZATION.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of State may not make a contribution, whether voluntary or 
assessed, to any organization or program that supports or participates 
in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary 
sterilization.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``supports or 
participates in'' includes providing material, financial, or technical 
support to any government, agency, or nongovernmental organization that 
enforces or implements a program that includes coercive abortion or 
involuntary sterilization (or any government agency or nongovernmental 
organization that controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control of such government or agency).
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