S 137 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

Introduced Jan 28, 2021 Originated Senate Sponsor Mike Lee R-UT

Latest action · Jan 28, 2021 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.

IntroducedJan 28, 2021
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to Jun 8, 2021; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NE	Ben Sasse	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-TN	Bill Hagerty	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-MS	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-NE	Deb Fischer	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-OK	James Lankford	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-OK	James M. Inhofe	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-TX	John Cornyn	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-LA	John Kennedy	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-FL	Marco Rubio	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-IN	Mike Braun	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-SD	Mike Rounds	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-KY	Rand Paul	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-NC	Richard Burr	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-FL	Rick Scott	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-MT	Steve Daines	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-NC	Thom Tillis	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-SC	Tim Scott	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-IN	Todd Young	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-AR	Tom Cotton	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-SD	John Thune		Feb 3, 2021
R-ND	John Hoeven		Jun 8, 2021

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Foreign Relations Committee	Referred Jan 28, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 28, 2021Introduced in Senate
Jan 28, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S368, S369	Mike Lee R-UT, Richard Blumenthal D-CT	Jan 20, 2022
Senate	Debate and remarks S305, S306	Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Mike Lee R-UT, Steve Daines R-MT	Feb 3, 2021

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 534	Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act	Related bill	Jan 28, 2021
S 3624	Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 18, 2024

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.

Jan 28, 2021Introduced in Senate

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