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H.R. 1085: Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011

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H.R. 1085: Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-15 · Families · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011

Plain summary

Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the abstinence-only education program, (2) rescind unobligated FY2010-FY2011 program appropriations, and (3) reprogram such rescinded appropriations for the personal responsibility education program (PREP) for FY2012-FY2014.

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Official text

Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · 55 cosponsors

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Diana DeGette (D-CO), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1085 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112