No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
Latest action · Jul 29, 2010 Referred to House Ways and Means
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 29, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Prohibits: (1) the expenditure of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by federal law for any abortion or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion; (2) any tax benefits for amounts paid or incurred for an abortion or for a health benefits plan (including premium assistance) that includes coverage of abortion; and (3) the inclusion of abortion in any health care service furnished by a federal health care facility or by any physician or other individual employed by the federal government. Exempts from such prohibitions an abortion if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest with a minor, or if the woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the women in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. Makes such prohibitions applicable to federal funding within the budget of the District of Columbia.
Prohibits federal agencies or programs and states and local governments that receive federal financial assistance from discriminating against any individual or institutional health care entity on the basis that such entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. Designates the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to receive, and coordinate the investigation of, discrimination complaints.
Cosponsors 186
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2010 to Dec 17, 2010, with 156 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-LA | Anh "Joseph" Cao | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| D-AL | Bobby Bright | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| D-IN | Brad Ellsworth | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2010Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2010Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Jul 29, 2010Referred to House Judiciary
- Jul 29, 2010Referred to House Ways and Means
- Jul 29, 2010Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Abortion
- Appropriations
- District of Columbia
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax exclusion
- State and local finance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2010Introduced in House
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