[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4495-S4496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1174. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ABORTION.

       (a) Prohibition on Implementation of Rule.--None of the 
     funds made available by this division may be used to 
     implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the rule 
     submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to 
     ``Reproductive Health

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     Services'' (87 Fed. Reg. 55287; published September 9, 2022), 
     or any successor to such rule, or to propose, promulgate, or 
     implement any substantially similar rule or policy.
       (b) Limitation on Abortion.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), none 
     of the funds made available by this division may be expended 
     for any abortion, including through a medical benefits 
     package or health benefits program that includes coverage of 
     abortion.
       (2) Exceptions.--The limitations under paragraph (1) shall 
     not apply to an abortion--
       (A) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
     incest; or
       (B) in a case in which 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.
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