HR 243 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

Introduced Jan 11, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Virginia Foxx R-NC

Latest action · Feb 2, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

IntroducedJan 11, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from awarding family planning grants to entities that perform abortions or provide funding to other entities that perform abortions. To receive a grant, an entity must certify it will refrain from those activities during the grant period.

The bill provides exceptions for abortions (1) in cases of rape or incest; or (2) when the life of the woman is in danger due to a physical disorder, injury, or illness. It also exempts hospitals unless they provide funds to non-hospital entities that provide abortions.

HHS must report annually on this prohibition.

Cosponsors 107

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2021 to Feb 15, 2022; 79 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-KY	Andy Barr	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-IA	Ashley Hinson	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TX	August Pfluger	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AL	Barry Moore	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MO	Billy Long	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-NC	Dan Bishop	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TN	David Kustoff	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-NC	David Rouzer	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MI	Jack Bergman	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-IN	Jackie Walorski	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MO	Jason Smith	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-OH	Jim Jordan	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-PA	John Joyce	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-FL	Kat Cammack	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TX	Michael Cloud	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MN	Michelle Fischbach	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-IA	Randy Feenstra	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TX	Roger Williams	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TX	Ron Wright	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-ID	Russ Fulcher	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-FL	Scott Franklin	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-LA	Steve Scalise	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-TN	Tim Burchett	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MS	Trent Kelly	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV	Original	Jan 11, 2021
R-GA	Andrew S. Clyde		Jan 12, 2021
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Jan 12, 2021
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jan 12, 2021
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jan 12, 2021
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jan 12, 2021
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Jan 13, 2021
R-VA	Bob Good		Jan 15, 2021
R-PA	Fred Keller		Jan 15, 2021
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jan 15, 2021
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jan 25, 2021
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Jan 25, 2021
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jan 25, 2021
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Jan 25, 2021
R-MT	Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.		Jan 25, 2021
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Jan 25, 2021
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Jan 28, 2021
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Feb 11, 2021
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Feb 24, 2021
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Mar 10, 2021
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Mar 26, 2021
R-IL	Mary E. Miller		Apr 15, 2021
R-LA	Julia Letlow		Apr 20, 2021
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Apr 21, 2021
R-KS	Ron Estes		Jun 22, 2021
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Sep 3, 2021
R-TX	Jake Ellzey		Oct 5, 2021
R-VA	Ben Cline		Oct 19, 2021
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Feb 15, 2022

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 11, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 3, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 11, 2021Introduced in House
Jan 11, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; whereby the Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Furthermore, this bill makes specific changes to existing law, in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5, which states that ``No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdicition the equal protection of the laws

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 6, January 11, 2021, page H123.

Related bills 3

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 88	Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act	Identical bill	Jan 28, 2021
HR 296	Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act	Reintroduction of	Jan 25, 2019
HR 330	Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 20, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 11, 2021Introduced in House

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