[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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               THE PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT OF 1995

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                        BROWN AMENDMENT NO. 3084

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (H.R. 1833) to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban 
partial-birth abortions:

       On page 2, strike lines 6 through 9, and insert the 
     following:
       ``(a) Any attending physician who, in or affecting 
     interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-
     birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined 
     under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or 
     both.
       On page 2, line 10 strike ``As'' and insert ``(1) As''.
       On page 2, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       ``(2) As used in this section, the term `attending 
     physician' means, with respect to an individual, the 
     physician whom the individual identifies as having the most 
     significant role in the performance of a partial birth 
     abortion on the individual.
       ``(3) As used in this section, the term `physician' means a 
     doctor of medicine or osteopathy legally authorized to 
     practice medicine and surgery by the State in which the 
     doctor performs such activity.''.
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                        BROWN AMENDMENT NO. 3085

  Mr. BROWN proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 1833, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 2, line 14, strike ``(c)(1) The father,'' and 
     insert the following: ``(c)(1) The father, if married to the 
     mother at the time she receives a partial-birth abortion 
     procedure,''.

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