H.R. 6173: PRO-LIFE Act
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H.R. 6173: PRO-LIFE Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-07-24 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-07-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
PRO-LIFE Act
Plain summary
Protecting Life in Funding Education Act or the PRO-LIFE Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the provision of federal education funding to state or local educational agencies that make health services available to students through school-based health centers, unless those centers certify that they will not provide students with abortions, abortion-related materials, referrals, or suggestions, or directions to abortion services.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] · 41 cosponsors
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Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Andy Harris (R-MD), James Lankford (R-OK), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Steve Scalise (R-LA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6173.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr6173 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112