Official Summaries

Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2025

This bill requires entities receiving federal funds to certify that they will not, subject to certain exceptions, perform abortions or provide funding to other entities that perform abortions.

The bill provides exceptions for abortions performed in cases of rape or incest or when necessary to resolve a physical condition that endangers a woman's life.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 272 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 272

    To prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the 
 entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity 
                      that performs, an abortion.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

 Mrs. Fischbach (for herself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Crenshaw, 
Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Jackson 
 of Texas, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. 
Aderholt, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Webster 
   of Florida, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Bost, Mr. 
 Sessions, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Collins, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Mann, Mr. Taylor, 
 Mrs. Bice, Mr. Moran, Mr. Guest, Mr. Onder, Mr. Babin, and Mr. Latta) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the 
 entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity 
                      that performs, an abortion.

    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 and Taxpayers Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ABORTION.

    (a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be provided (directly or 
indirectly, including through contract or subcontract) to an entity 
unless the entity certifies that, during the period for which such 
funds are provided, the entity will not perform, and will not provide 
any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to an 
abortion where--
            (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or
            (2) a physician certifies that the woman suffers from a 
        physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that 
        would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
        performed, including a life-threatening physical condition 
        caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``entity'' means the 
entire legal entity, including any entity that controls, is controlled 
by, or is under common control with such entity.
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