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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 24, 2025

Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Banks, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Young, and Mr. Johnson) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations associated with the abortion industry.

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 “Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act”.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

(a) Findings.—Congress makes the following findings:

(1) In 1984, President Ronald Reagan issued the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits foreign nongovernmental associations from performing or promoting abortions as a condition of receiving United States family planning assistance.

(2) In 1993, President Bill Clinton rescinded the Mexico City Policy.

(3) In 2001, President George W. Bush reinstated the Mexico City Policy.

(4) In 2009, President Barack Obama rescinded the Mexico City Policy.

(5) In 2017, President Donald Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy upon taking office, renamed it Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, and expanded it to cover all United States global health assistance funds granted to foreign nongovernmental organizations.

(6) In 2021, President Joe Biden rescinded the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy.

(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that:—

(1) the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy should be expanded to cover funding to foreign and domestic nongovernmental organizations, multilateral organizations, and subcontractors; and

(2) Congress should codify this policy to prevent further inconsistency between presidential administrations.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Federal funds may not be made available for purposes outside of the United States (including its territories and possessions) to—

(1) any foreign nonprofit organization, foreign nongovernmental organization, foreign multilateral organization, or foreign quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization that—

(A) performs or promotes abortions, including providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training relating to abortions;

(B) furnishes or develops any item intended to procure abortions; or

(C) provides financial support to—

(i) any entity that conducts any of the activities described in subparagraph (A) or

(B); or

(ii) any entity described in paragraph (2); or

(2) any domestic nonprofit organization or domestic nongovernmental organization that—

(A) performs abortions;

(B) furnishes or develops any item intended to procure abortions;

(C) within the scope of any program or activity that receives Federal funds—

(i) performs or promotes abortions, including providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training relating to abortions; or

(ii) fails to maintain a complete physical and financial separation from activities described in clause (i) and such failure includes co-locating such a program or activity at any site where activities described in clause (i) are conducted; or

(D) provides financial support to—

(i) any entity that conducts activities described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); or

(ii) any entity described in paragraph (1).

(b) Inclusions.—The prohibitions described in subsection (a) include the transfer of Federal funds and goods financed with such funds. <all>