S 3259 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

Introduced Feb 10, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Mike Lee R-UT

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 10, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 10, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for purposes outside the United States related to abortion.

Specifically, the bill prohibits funding to certain foreign or domestic organizations that perform or promote abortions, furnish or develop items intended to procure abortions, or provide financial support for an entity that conducts such activities.

Current U.S. policy prohibits the provision of federal funds to a foreign nongovernmental organization unless it agrees to not perform or actively promote abortions.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2020 to Feb 27, 2020; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEBen SasseOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-GAKelly LoefflerOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-INMike BraunOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-SDMike RoundsOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-FLRick ScottOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-MORoy BluntOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-TXTed CruzOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-NCThom TillisOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-SCTim ScottOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-ARTom CottonOriginalFeb 10, 2020
R-LAJohn KennedyFeb 27, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateForeign Relations Committee
Referred Feb 10, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 10, 2020Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 10, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S1464Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Mike Lee R-UTMar 4, 2020

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5831Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance ActIdentical billFeb 10, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations associated with the abortion industry.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 10, 2020Introduced in Senate

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