[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 708 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 708

    To restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or 
                      actively promote abortions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    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.

    Section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) Restriction on Assistance to Foreign Organizations That 
Perform or Actively Promote Abortions.--
            ``(1) Performance of abortions.--(A) Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, no funds appropriated for population 
        planning activities or other population assistance may be made 
        available for any foreign private, nongovernmental, or 
        multilateral organization until the organization certifies 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) Subparagraph (A) may not 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) Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, no funds appropriated for population planning 
        activities or other population assistance may be made available 
        for any foreign private, nongovernmental, or multilateral 
        organization until the organization certifies 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.
            ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to activities in 
        opposition to coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
            ``(3) Applicability.--The prohibitions of this subsection 
        apply to funds made available to a foreign organization either 
        directly or as a subcontractor or subgrantee, and the required 
        certifications apply to activities in which the organization 
        engages either directly or through a subcontractor or 
        subgrantee.''.
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