,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ca1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,self 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,biggs of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,aderholt1     
,mrs4 ,miller of ,illinois1 ,mr4        
,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1   
,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,harris of  
,maryland1 ,mr4 ,moore of ,west         
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,burlison1 ,mr4 ,guest1 
,mr4 ,ogles1 ,mr4 ,babin1 and ,mr4      
,harris of ,north ,carolina7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require the ,attorney 
,general to investigate alleged         
violations of the partial birth abortion
 ban4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  
be cited as the ,ensuring ,justice for  
,victims of ,partial-,birth ,abortion   
,act4  #b4 ,investigation into remains  
of #e babies discovered in ,washington1 
,,dc  7a7 ,in general ,the ,attorney    
,general shall conduct an investigation 

to determine whether there was a        
violation of section #aeca of title #ah1
 ,united ,states ,code1 7commonly known 
as the ,partial-,birth ,abortion ,ban   
,act of #bjjc7 in connection with the   
remains of the #e babies that were      
discovered by the ,d4,c4 ,metropolitan  
,police ,department on ,march #cj1      
#bjbb4  7b7 ,report ,not later than #f  
months after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the ,attorney ,general shall 
submit to the ,congress a report        
containing a detailed description of the
 ,attorney ,general's investigation     
conducted under subsection 7a7 into the 
circumstances surrounding the deaths of 
each baby that was recovered1 including 
any enforcement action taken4  #c4      
,requirement to investigate violations  
of the partial-birth abortion ban       
,section #aeca of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7f7 ,the        
,attorney ,general shall investigate and
 take appropriate enforcement action for

 alleged violations of this section4  4 
#d4 ,mandatory reporting of violations  
,a health care practitioner or any      
employee of a hospital1 a physician's   
office1 or an abortion clinic who has   
knowledge of a violation of section     
#aeca of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 shall immediately report such    
violation to an appropriate ,state or   
,federal law enforcement agency1 or to  
both4  #e4 ,report on violations of the 
partial-birth abortion ban ,not later   
than ,october #a of each year1 the      
,attorney ,general shall submit to the  
,committees on the ,judiciary of the    
,house of ,representatives and of the   
,senate1 and publish on the website of  
the ,department of ,justice1 a report   
that includes the following3 7#a7 ,a    
list of steps taken by the ,department  
of ,justice to inform abortion providers
 of their responsibility to comply with 
section #aeca of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the number of     
alleged violations of such section      

during the previous #aj-year period1 a  
description of all efforts taken by the 
,department of ,justice to investigate  
such alleged violations1 and the number 
of enforcement actions related to such  
alleged violations1 including any       
preliminary investigation of1           
prosecution of1 and charges filed in    
connection with such alleged violations4
  #f4 ,,gao report ,not later than #ah  
months after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of 
the ,united ,states shall conduct a     
review of the enforcement actions taken 
in connection with alleged violations of
 section #aeca of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 during fiscal years #bjjd
 through #bjbd1 and submit to the       
,committees on the ,judiciary of the    
,house of ,representatives and of the   
,senate a report on such review1        
including any recommendations1          
particularly with respect strengthening 
the enforcement of such section1 that   
the ,comptroller ,general determines    

appropriate4  #g4 ,severability ,if any 
provision of this ,act1 an amendment    
made by this ,act1 or the application of
 such provision or amendment to any     
person or circumstance is held to be    
unconstitutional1 the remainder of this 
,act1 the amendments made by this ,act1 
and the application of such to any other
 person or circumstance shall not be    
affected thereby4