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HR.599 - 119th Congress

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This bill would stop federal money from going to Planned Parenthood and its related groups, including affiliates, subsidiaries, successor organizations, and clinics. It says that money taken away from Planned Parenthood should still be available for other health care providers that serve women, so federal support for women’s health services would continue through other organizations.

  • It states that many other providers, such as health departments, community health centers, hospitals, and doctors’ offices, already offer women’s health services and can continue doing so.
  • Those services include things like checkups for children, prenatal and postpartum care, vaccinations, family planning, birth control, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, cancer screenings, and referrals.
  • The bill says it should not change existing abortion-related limits in federal spending laws.
  • It also says overall federal funding for women’s health should not go down, even if Planned Parenthood is no longer eligible for federal funds.

Official Summaries

Protect Funding for Women's Health Care Act

This bill prohibits federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America or its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, or clinics.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 599 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 599

    To prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of 
                                America.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2025

Mr. Aderholt (for himself, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Miller of 
 Illinois, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Rouzer, 
Mr. Strong, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Moore 
of North Carolina, Mr. Green of Tennessee, and Mrs. Hinson) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of 
                                America.

    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 ``Protect Funding for Women's Health 
Care Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

     Congress finds as follows:
            (1) State and county health departments, community health 
        centers, hospitals, physicians' offices, and other entities 
        currently provide, and will continue to provide, health 
        services to women. Such health services include relevant 
        diagnostic laboratory and radiology services, well-child care, 
        prenatal and postpartum care, immunization, family planning 
        services including contraception, sexually transmitted disease 
        testing, cervical and breast cancer screenings, and referrals.
            (2) Many such entities provide services to all persons, 
        regardless of the person's ability to pay, and provide services 
        in medically underserved areas and to medically underserved 
        populations.
            (3) All funds no longer available to Planned Parenthood 
        Federation of America will continue to be made available to 
        other eligible entities to provide women's health care 
        services.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be made available to Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America, or to any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, or 
clinics.
    (b) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to--
            (1) affect any limitation contained in an appropriations 
        Act relating to abortion; or
            (2) reduce overall Federal funding available in support of 
        women's health.
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