[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 670 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 129
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 670
[Report No. 103-84]
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AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health
Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding
their pregnancies, and for other purposes.
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July 1 (legislative day, June 30), 1993
Reported without amendment
Calendar No. 129
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 670
[Report No. 103-84]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 26 (legislative day, March 3), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources
July 1 (legislative day, June 30), 1993
Reported by Mr. Kennedy, without amendment
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AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health
Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding
their pregnancies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Planning Amendments Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.
(a) Requiring Certain Nondirective Counseling and Referral
Services.--Section 1001 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as
subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following
subsection:
``(b)(1) The Secretary may not make an award of a grant or contract
under this section unless the applicant for the award agrees that the
family planning project involved will provide to individuals
information regarding pregnancy management options upon request of the
individuals, and that such information will be provided only through
individuals holding professional degrees in medicine or osteopathic
medicine, nursing, clinical psychology, the allied health professions,
or social work, through individuals meeting such other criteria as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate for providing such information,
or through individuals allowed under State law to provide such
information.
``(2) With respect to compliance with the agreement made under
paragraph (1), the family planning project involved, and any provider
of services in the project, may not be required to provide information
regarding a pregnancy management option if--
``(A) the project or provider (as the case may be) objects
to doing so on grounds of religious beliefs or moral
convictions; and
``(B) the project refers the individual seeking services to
another provider in the project, or to another project in the
geographic area involved, as the case may be, that will provide
such information.
``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `information
regarding pregnancy management options' means nondirective counseling
and referrals regarding--
``(A) prenatal care and delivery;
``(B) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and
``(C) termination of pregnancy.''.
(b) Compliance With State Laws on Parental Notification and
Consent.--Section 1008 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300a-6) is amended by inserting ``(a)'' before ``None'' and by adding
at the end the following:
``(b)(1) No public or nonprofit entity that performs abortions may
receive an award of a grant or contract under section 1001 unless the
entity has certified to the Secretary that the entity is in compliance
with State law regarding parental notification of or consent for the
performance of an abortion on a minor which is enforced in the State in
which the entity is located.
``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to require or prohibit a
State's adoption of parental notification or parental consent laws
regarding the performance of an abortion on a minor, or to require or
prohibit the enforcement by a State of such laws.''.
(c) Information on Condoms.--Section 1001 of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended
by inserting after subsection (b) the following subsection:
``(c) The Secretary may not make an award of a grant or contract
under this section unless the applicant for the award agrees that the
family planning project involved will--
``(1) distribute only those condoms meeting current
requirements for quality control and labeling, and any
subsequently developed standards, established by the Food and
Drug Administration for the prevention of pregnancy and the
prevention of the transmission of sexually transmitted
diseases; and
``(2) advise individuals of the benefits of the proper use
of condoms, of the extent of risk that still exists with condom
usage, and of the fact that condoms currently available do not
completely eliminate the risk of pregnancy or the transmission
of sexually transmitted diseases.''.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(f) of the Public
Health Service Act, as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section,
is amended to read as follows:
``(f) For the purpose of grants and contracts under this section,
there are authorized to be appropriated $220,000,000 for fiscal year
1994, and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.''.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRAINING GRANTS AND
CONTRACTS.
Section 1003(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-
1(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under subsection (a),
there are authorized to be appropriated $6,250,000 for fiscal year
1994, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.''.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INFORMATIONAL AND
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.
Section 1005(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-
3(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under subsection (a),
there are authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for fiscal year
1994, and $13,500,000 for fiscal year 1995.''.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.
(a) Sense of Congress Regarding Purchase of American-Made Equipment
and Products.--In the case of any equipment or products that may be
authorized in title X of the Public Health Service Act to be purchased
with an award of a grant or contract under such title, it is the sense
of the Congress that entities receiving such an award should in
expending the award purchase only American-made equipment and products.
(b) Notice to Recipients of Awards.--In making awards of grants and
contracts under title X of the Public Health Service Act, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall provide to each recipient of such an
award a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the
Congress.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect upon the
date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives March 25, 1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.