Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 237, I call up the bill (H.R. 3) to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience protections, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Myrick). Pursuant to House Resolution 237, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary, printed in the bill, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in House Report 112-71 is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 3 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--the table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--PROHIBITING FEDERALLY-FUNDED ABORTIONS AND PROVIDING FOR CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS Sec. 101. Prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions and providing for conscience protections. Sec. 102. Amendment to table of chapters. TITLE II--ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS RELATING TO ABORTION Sec. 201. Deduction for medical expenses not allowed for abortions. Sec. 202. Disallowance of refundable credit for coverage under qualified health plan which provides coverage for abortion. Sec. 203.…
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