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On the recordAugust 23, 2018
we have no objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell], for Mr. Paul, proposes an amendment numbered 3967 to amendment No. 3695. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit Federal funds being made available to a prohibited entity) At the appropriate place in title V of division B, insert the following: Sec. __. (a) In General.--None of the funds made available by this Act may be available directly or through a State (including through managed care contracts with a State) to a prohibited entity. (b) Prohibited Entity.--The term ``prohibited entity'' means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and clinics-- (1) that, as of the date of enactment of this Act-- (A) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; (B) is an essential community provider described in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), that is primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care; and (C) performs, or provides any funds to any other entity that performs abortions, other than an abortion performed-- (i) in the case of a pregnancy that is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (ii) in the case where a woman suffers from a…
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Aug 23, 2018

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