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Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] · R–NC
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-21 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would restrict federal support for specified organizations for purposes outside the United States and its territories. Eligibility would depend on abortion-related activities or financial support for other covered entities, with different rules for foreign and domestic organizations. Exceptions would cover abortions resulting from rape or incest, or when carrying the fetus to term would endanger the mother's life.
Federal funds may not be made available for purposes outside of the United States (including its territories and possessions)
(1) any foreign nonprofit organization, foreign nongovernmental organization, foreign multilateral organization, or foreign quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization that— (A) performs or promotes abortions, including providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training relating to abortions; (B) furnishes or develops any item intended to procure abortions; or (C) provides financial support to— (i) any entity that conducts any of the activities described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or (ii) any entity described in paragraph (2)
(2) any domestic nonprofit organization or domestic nongovernmental organization that— (A) performs abortions; (B) furnishes or develops any item intended to procure abortions; (C) within the scope of any program or activity that receives Federal funds— (i) performs or promotes abortions, including providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training relating to abortions
do not apply to abortions— (A) resulting from rape or incest; or (B) when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.
Section 1 would name the proposal the Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act.
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act.
The funding restriction would apply despite conflicting provisions of other laws. It concerns federal funds made available for purposes outside the United States and its territories and possessions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Federal funds may not be made available for purposes outside of the United States (including its territories and possessions)
Subject to the abortion exceptions below, covered foreign organizations would be ineligible if they perform or promote abortions, including through referrals, counseling, lobbying, or training, or furnish or develop items intended to bring about abortions. Covered organizations include foreign nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations, multilateral organizations involving multiple countries, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that operate with some independence. These conditions are not limited in the text to federally funded programs.
(1) any foreign nonprofit organization, foreign nongovernmental organization, foreign multilateral organization, or foreign quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization that— (A) performs or promotes abortions, including providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training relating to abortions; (B) furnishes or develops any item intended to procure abortions
The prohibitions described in subsection (a)— (1) include the transfer of Federal funds and goods financed with such funds; and (2) do not apply to abortions— (A) resulting from rape or incest; or (B) when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.
Covered foreign organizations would also be ineligible if they financially support an entity conducting the listed abortion-related activities or a domestic organization covered by the bill's restrictions.
(C) provides financial support to— (i) any entity that conducts any of the activities described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or (ii) any entity described in paragraph (2)
(2) any domestic nonprofit organization or domestic nongovernmental organization that—
Subject to the abortion exceptions, domestic nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations would be ineligible if they perform abortions or furnish or develop items intended to bring about abortions. These two conditions are not limited in the text to federally funded programs.
(2) any domestic nonprofit organization or domestic nongovernmental organization that— (A) performs abortions; (B) furnishes or develops any item intended to procure abortions;
do not apply to abortions— (A) resulting from rape or incest; or (B) when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.
A domestic organization would also be ineligible if, within a federally funded program or activity, it performs or promotes abortions through activities such as referrals, counseling, lobbying, or training. It would have to keep that program or activity completely separate physically and financially from those abortion-related activities. Sharing a site with those activities would count as a failure to maintain separation.
(C) within the scope of any program or activity that receives Federal funds— (i) performs or promotes abortions, including providing referrals, counseling, lobbying, and training relating to abortions; or (ii) fails to maintain a complete physical and financial separation from activities described in clause (i) and such failure includes co-locating such a program or activity at any site where activities described in clause (i) are conducted;
Domestic nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations would also be ineligible if they financially support entities conducting activities covered by the domestic restrictions or foreign organizations covered by the foreign restrictions.
(D) provides financial support to— (i) any entity that conducts activities described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); or (ii) any entity described in paragraph (1).
(1) any foreign nonprofit organization, foreign nongovernmental organization, foreign multilateral organization, or foreign quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization that—
The restrictions would cover transfers of federal money and goods bought with that money. All the prohibitions would exclude abortions resulting from rape or incest and abortions where carrying the fetus to term would endanger the mother's life.
(b) Inclusions; exceptions The prohibitions described in subsection (a)— (1) include the transfer of Federal funds and goods financed with such funds; and (2) do not apply to abortions— (A) resulting from rape or incest; or (B) when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.
The official-actions snapshot updated January 9, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 21, 2025. This snapshot does not establish subsequent passage or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2026-01-09T09:07:03Z. 2025-02-21: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2025-02-21: Introduced in House 2025-02-21: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-21. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; it does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow preferential benefit was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. The generally applicable exceptions tied to abortion circumstances do not alone establish such a benefit. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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