[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S1208]
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       UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--AMENDMENT NO. 3896, AS MODIFIED

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding the passage of S. 1200, the Vitter amendment 3896 be 
modified with the change at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment, as modified, is as follows:

       On page 309, strike lines 1-7 and insert the following:

     ``SEC. 805. LIMITATION RELATING TO ABORTION.

       ``(a) Definition of Health Benefits Coverage.--In this 
     section, the term `health benefits coverage' means a health-
     related service or group of services provided pursuant to a 
     contract, compact, grant, or other agreement.
       ``(b) Limitation.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
     funds or facilities of the Service may be used--
       ``(A) to provide any abortion; or
       ``(B) to provide, or pay any administrative cost of, any 
     health benefits coverage that includes coverage of an 
     abortion.
       ``(2) Exceptions.--The limitation described in paragraph 
     (1) shall not apply in any case in which--
       ``(A) a pregnancy is the result of an act of rape, or an 
     act of incest against a minor; or
       ``(B) the woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical 
     injury, or physical illness that, as certified by a 
     physician, would place the woman in danger of death unless an 
     abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical 
     condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.''.

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