US Congress House Bill 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 83-6)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-01-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the availability of appropriated funds for population activities to any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization until it certifies that it will not during the period for which funds are made available: (1) directly or through a subcontractor or subgrantee perform abortions in any foreign country except if the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in cases of forcible rape or incest; or (2) violate the laws of a foreign country regarding the circumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited, or engage in lobbying activities in an effort to alter its laws with respect to abortion (except lobbying in opposition to coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization).

To restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Rep. John Boehner [R-OH]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]	Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]	Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN]	Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]
Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]	Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]
Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]
Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]
Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]
Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-27		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/708/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr708/BILLS-111hr708ih.pdf