Amendment prohibits any Federal funding to any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization that directly or indirectly performs abortions in a foreign country except in special cases; and prohibits funding to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities unless that organization ceases all activity in China.

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Amendment Number
477
Description
Amendment prohibits any Federal funding to any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization that directly or indirectly performs abortions in a foreign country except in special cases; and prohibits funding to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities unless that organization ceases all activity in China.
Purpose
An amendment, printed as amendment No. 3 in part 2 of House Rept. 104-147, to prohibit any U.S. funding of family planning services for any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization that directly or indirectly performs abortions in a foreign country. The amendment would exempt organizations that only perform abortions in the case of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is endangered. The amendment would also prohibit funding to the UN Fund for Population Activities, unless the organizations suspends all activities in China.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 28, 1995
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A019) Agreed to by recorded vote: 243 - 187 (Roll no. 433).
Latest Action Time
18:08:45
Submitted Date
Jun 28, 1995
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 477 — Informed