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- Sen. Lankford, James [R-Oklahoma]
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-Idaho]
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-North Dakota]
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-North Carolina]
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-Indiana]
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-Arkansas]
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-Mississippi]
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-Alabama]
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-Mississippi]
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-Nebraska]
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-Missouri]
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-Montana]
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This bill would block federal money from going to colleges and universities that host or work with a campus health site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees. It would also require schools with these kinds of campus health sites to file yearly paperwork saying those services are not being provided if they want to keep getting federal funds. In addition, the bill says schools should not be punished under state law just for following this federal rule.
- Applies to institutions of higher education that host or are affiliated with a campus-based health clinic or service site.
- Stops federal funds from going to a school if that campus site provides abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees of the school or the site.
- Requires an annual report to the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services confirming that no such services are being offered.
- Defines key terms, including what counts as an “abortion drug” and what kinds of campus health sites are covered; hospitals are not included in the definition of a covered site.
Official Summaries
Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to an institution of higher education (IHE) that hosts or is affiliated with a school-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to its students or to employees of the IHE or the site. An IHE that hosts or is affiliated with a site must, in order to remain eligible for federal funds, annually certify that the site does not provide abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 207 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 207
To prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher
education that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site
that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the
institution or to employees of the institution or site, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 23, 2025
Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Risch, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Budd,
Mr. Banks, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Wicker, Mrs.
Fischer, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher
education that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site
that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the
institution or to employees of the institution or site, and for other
purposes.
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 on College Campus
Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF FUNDS TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION.
(a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be awarded (directly or
indirectly, including through a contract or subcontract) to any
institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with any
school-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to
students of such institution or to employees of such institution or
site.
(b) Annual Reporting.--To remain eligible for awards of Federal
funds, an institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated
with one or more school-based service sites shall submit an annual
report to the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services certifying that no such site provides abortion drugs or
abortions to students of the institution or to employees of such
institution or site.
(c) Preemption.--An institution of higher education that receives
Federal funds may not be subject to any penalty under State law solely
by reason of compliance with this section.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Abortion drug.--The term ``abortion drug'' means any
drug, substance, or combination of drugs or substances that is
intended for use or that is in fact used (irrespective of how
the product is labeled)--
(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a
woman known to be pregnant; or
(B) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a
woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other
than--
(i) to produce a live birth;
(ii) to remove a dead unborn child; or
(iii) to treat an ectopic pregnancy.
(2) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given such
term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1002).
(3) School-based service site.--The term ``school-based
service site''--
(A) means a clinic providing health care services
(including primary health services, family planning
services, telehealth services, and pharmaceutical
services, without regard to whether the services are
provided by employees of the clinic or contracted
providers) to students that is located on the campus of
an institution of higher education that accepts Federal
funding; and
(B) does not include a hospital (as defined in
section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395x(e))).
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