[House Report 107-50]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     107-50

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 503, THE UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 
                              ACT OF 2001

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   April 24, 2001.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mrs. Myrick, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 119]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 119, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                Summary of Provisions of the Resolution

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 503, the 
Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001, under a modified closed 
rule. The rule provides two hours of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Judiciary.
    The rule provides that the amendment printed in this report 
shall be considered as adopted. The rule also makes in order 
the amendment printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 
1, if offered by Representative Lofgren of California or her 
designee, which shall be considered as read and shall be 
separately debatable for one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

           Summary of Amendments Made in Order Under the Rule

    Amendment to be Considered as Adopted--Makes a technical 
change to the title of the new section in the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice.
    Lofgren/Conyers--Amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in the Congressional Record. Establishes a new federal 
crime for any violent or assaultive conduct against a pregnant 
woman that interrupts or terminates her pregnancy and makes any 
interruption punishable by a fine and imprisonment up to twenty 
years but, if the pregnancy is terminated, punishable by a fine 
and imprisonment up to life.

             Text of Amendment to be Considered as Adopted

    Page 5, strike line 9 and insert the following:

``Sec. 919a. Art. 119a. Causing death of or bodily injury to unborn 
                    children

    Page 7, strike the matter after line 11 and insert the 
following:

``919a. Art. 119a. Causing death of or bodily injury to unborn 
          children.''.

                                
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