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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 27, 1993
Family Planning Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require family planning grant and contract recipients to provide information on: (1) prenatal care and delivery; (2) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and (3) termination of pregnancy. Allows a provider who objects, on religious or moral grounds, to providing such information to refer the woman to another provider. Requires recipients to comply with State parental notification or consent laws. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts concerning: (1) training to provide family planning services; and (2) informational and educational materials regarding family planning and population growth. Declares the sense of the Congress regarding buying American with financial assistance under title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act.
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Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-29] · D–CA
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Kennedy without amendment. With written report No. 103-84.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Kennedy without amendment. With written report No. 103-84.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 670.
On motion to table the motion to reconsider. Agreed to by recorded vote: 274 - 142 (Roll no. 108).
House roll call 108 · Individual votesMrs. Unsoeld moved to table the motion to reconsider.
Mr. Waxman moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 273 - 149 (Roll no. 107).
House roll call 107 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 273 - 149 (Roll no. 107).
House roll call 107 · Individual votesOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 179 - 243 (Roll no. 106).
House roll call 106 · Individual votesThe previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Bliley motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion require the Committee on Energy and Commerce to report the bill back with an amendment which would require Title X clinics that also provide abortion services with non-federal funds to notify a parent or guardian before performing an abortion on a minor. The parental notification requirement could be waived in three instances: if the minor's physician certifies that the abortion is necessary to prevent her death, and that there is insufficient time to provide the required notice; the minor declares that her pregnancy resulted from incest by her parent or legal guardian; or, that the Title X grant recipient complies with a state or local parental notification law which is at least as stringent as the federal standard established in the Bliley amendment.
Mr. Bliley moved to recommit with instructions to Energy and Commerce.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 670.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 138, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 138, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the DeLay amendment.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1602-1615)
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 670 as unfinished business.
On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by recorded vote: 287 - 119 (Roll no. 98).
House roll call 98 · Individual votesMr. Waxman moved that the Committee rise.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 138, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 15 minutes of debate on the Waxman amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 138, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the DeLay amendment and the Waxman perfecting amendment.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Louise McIntosh Slaughter to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 138 and Rule XXIII.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 670 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in the report accomanying this resolution. Each amendment shall be offered in the order, manner, and debatable as specified in the report. Amendments shall not be subject to further amendment, except as specified. The amendment in the form of a motion to strike specified in the report, to be offered by Rep. Bartlett, shall not be in order if the text proposed to be stricken has been rewritten by a previous amendment. Upon adoption of this resolution, H. Res. 81 shall be laid upon the table.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 138. (consideration: CR H1570-1587)
Rule H. Res. 138 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 138 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 670 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in the report accomanying this resolution. Each amendment shall be offered in the order, manner, and debatable as specified in the report. Amendments shall not be subject to further amendment, except as specified. The amendment in the form of a motion to strike specified in the report, to be offered by Rep. Bartlett, shall not be in order if the text proposed to be stricken has been rewritten by a previous amendment. Upon adoption of this resolution, H. Res. 81 shall be laid upon the table.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 81 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 670 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 3.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 103-14.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 103-14.
RULES COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT - Mr. Moakley notified the House that the Rules Committee intended to meet for the purpose of fashioning a rule providing for the consideration of H.R. 670. Members wishing to have amendments made in order to that legislation should submit 55 copies of said amendments to the Committee on Rules no later than 12 noon on February 16, 1993.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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