S197-118

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Values Act.

2. Permanent enactment of certain general provisions Section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)) is amended to read as follows: None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this Act may be made available— to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions; to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations; to pay for biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning; to lobby for or against abortion; or to any organization or program which, as determined by the President, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. Section 301(b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to section 614 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 227), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this Act may be used to pay for abortions. (f)Prohibition on use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizationsNone of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this Act may be made available—(1)to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions;(2)to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations;(3)to pay for biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning;(4)to lobby for or against abortion; or(5)to any organization or program which, as determined by the President, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.. (3)Subject to section 614 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 227), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this Act may be used to pay for abortions..