[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6613 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6613

To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to condition receipt 
 of grants and contracts under such title on compliance with abortion 
                              prohibition.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2018

  Mr. Norman (for himself, Mr. Biggs, and Mrs. Wagner) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to condition receipt 
 of grants and contracts under such title on compliance with abortion 
                              prohibition.

    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 ``Funds In Legal Evaluation Act of 
2018'' or the ``FILE Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONING RECEIPT OF TITLE X GRANTS AND CONTRACTS ON 
              COMPLIANCE WITH ABORTION PROHIBITION.

    Section 1006 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-4) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e)(1) With respect to grants awarded and contracts entered into 
under this title for a fiscal year beginning on or after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection, such grant may be awarded or contract 
entered into only if the Secretary determines under paragraph (2) that 
the entity receiving such grant or contract did not use funds received 
under a grant or contract under this title during the previous two 
fiscal years in violation of section 1008.
    ``(2) For each entity seeking a grant or contract under this title 
for a fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection, the Secretary shall review the uses of funds, if any, 
awarded though grant or contract to such entity under this title for 
the previous two fiscal years and determine if such uses were in 
violation of section 1008.''.
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