[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PROVIDING FOR ORDER OF CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2264, DEPARTMENTS OF 
 LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I again ask unanimous consent that the 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2264) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for 
other purposes, may proceed according to the order that I have placed 
at the desk and that the explanation be considered as read, but that 
the Clerk be directed to read the amendment.

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  (For text of the unanimous-consent request, see prior proceedings of 
the House of today.)
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The Clerk will report the 
amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       The amendment to be offered by Representative Hyde of 
     Illinois or a designee:
       Page 94, strike lines 16 through 21 and insert the 
     following (and redesignate the succeeding sections 
     accordingly):
       Sec. 508(a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act 
     shall be expended for any abortion.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
     expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage 
     of abortion.
       (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package 
     of services covered by a managed care provider or 
     organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
       Sec. 509(a) The limitations established in the preceding 
     section shall not apply to an abortion--
       (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
     incest; or
       (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
     disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 
     life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
     the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a 
     physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an 
     abortion is performed.
       (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
     prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or 
     private person of State, local, or private funds (other than 
     a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
     funds) for abortion services or coverage of abortion by 
     contract or other arrangement.
       (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
     restricting the ability of any managed care provider or 
     organization from offering abortion coverage or the ability 
     of a state or locality to contract separately with such a 
     provider for such coverage with state funds (other that a 
     State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
     funds).

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.

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