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H.R. 3: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

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H.R. 3: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-20 · Health · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 291 (2011): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR3 (2011-05-04), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40. 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

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

Plain summary

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Prohibits the expenditure of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by federal law (federal funds) for any abortion. (Currently, federal funds cannot be used for abortion services, except in cases involving rape, incest, or life endangerment.) Prohibits federal funds from being used for any health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. (Thus making permanent existing federal policies.) Disallows any tax benefits for amounts paid or incurred for an abortion or for a health benefits plan that includes coverage of abortion, including any medical deduction for such amounts or any credit for such an employer-sponsored plan. Prohibits the inclusion of abortion in any health care service furnished by a federal or District of Columbia health care facility or by any physician or other individual employed by the federal government or the District. Provides that such prohibitions shall not apply to an abortion if: (1) the pregnancy is the result of forcible rape or, if the pregnant woman is a minor, incest; or (2) the woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, as certified by a physician. Makes such prohibitions applicable to District funds. Codifies the prohibition against a federal agency or program or any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance from subjecting any individual or health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. Creates a cause of action for any violations of such provisions. Gives federal courts jurisdiction to prevent and redress actual or threatened violations of such provisions by issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, including an injunction or order preventing the disbursement of all or a portion of federal financial assistance until the prohibited conduct has ceased. Gives standing to institute an action to affected health care entities and the Attorney General. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to receive, investigate, and refer to the appropriate federal agency complaints alleging a violation of such provisions.

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Official text

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · 227 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), John R. Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Sam Graves (R-MO), Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and 167 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] reported raising $797,217 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (3)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112