,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #cj1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,risch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,marshall1 ,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 ,scott of   
,florida1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mrs4           
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,sheehy1 
,mr4 ,ricketts1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 and ,mr4 
,cruz7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to permanently enact certain   
appropriations ,act restrictions on the 
use of funds for abortions and          
involuntary sterilizations1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,american      
,values ,act4  #b4 ,permanent enactment 
of certain general provisions  7a7      
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa      
,section #ajd7;f7 of the ,foreign       
,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #baea;b7f77 is amended to read as      
follows3  7f7 ,prohibition on use of    
funds for abortions and involuntary     

sterilizations ,none of the funds       
authorized to be appropriated or        
otherwise made available to carry out   
this ,act may be made available-- 7#a7  
to pay for the performance of abortions 
as a method of family planning or to    
motivate or coerce any person to        
practice abortions2  7#b7 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 sterilizations2  7#c7 to pay for
 biomedical research which relates in   
whole or in part1 to methods of1 or the 
performance of1 abortions or involuntary
 sterilization as a means of family     
planning2  7#d7 to lobby for or against 
abortion2 or  7#e7 to any organization  
or program which1 as determined by the  
,president1 supports or participates in 
the management of a program of coercive 
abortion or involuntary sterilization4  
4  7b7 ,peace ,corps ,act ,section      
#cja7;b7 of the ,peace ,corps ,act 7#bb 

,u4,s4,c4 #beja;a7b77 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,subject to section #fad of the         
,financial ,services and ,general       
,government ,appropriations ,act1 #bjad 
7division ,e of ,public ,law #aac-gf2   
#abh ,stat4 #bbg71 none of the funds    
authorized to be appropriated or        
otherwise made available to carry out   
this ,act may be used to pay for        
abortions4  4