[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5860-S5861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3990. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3699 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Shelby) to the 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       Sec. __. (a) In General.--None of the funds made available 
     by this Act may be available directly or through a State 
     (including through managed care contracts with a State) to a 
     prohibited entity.
       (b) Prohibited Entity.--The term ``prohibited entity'' 
     means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, 
     successors, and clinics--
       (1) that, as of the date of enactment of this Act--
       (A) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
     under section 501(a) of such Code;
       (B) is an essential community provider described in section 
     156.235 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
     effect on the date of enactment of this Act), that is 
     primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive 
     health, and related medical care; and
       (C) performs, or provides any funds to any other entity 
     that performs abortions, other than an abortion performed--
       (i) in the case of a pregnancy that is the result of an act 
     of rape or incest; or
       (ii) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
     disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as 
     certified by a physician, 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; and
       (2) for which the total amount of Federal grants to such 
     entity, including grants to any affiliates, subsidiaries, or 
     clinics of such entity, under title X of the Public Health 
     Service Act in fiscal year 2016 exceeded $23,000,000.
       (c) End of Prohibition.--The definition in subsection (b) 
     shall cease to apply to an entity if such entity certifies 
     that it, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, 
     and

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     clinics, will not perform, and will not provide any funds to 
     any other entity that performs, an abortion as described in 
     subsection (b)(1)(C).
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