[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3619 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3619

 To amend chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, to prohibit the 
  use of Coast Guard funds and facilities to perform abortions and to 
   prohibit the provision of travel and transportation allowances to 
                           obtain abortions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 18, 2024

    Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, to prohibit the 
  use of Coast Guard funds and facilities to perform abortions and to 
   prohibit the provision of travel and transportation allowances to 
                           obtain abortions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guaranteeing the Unborn Access to 
Respect and Dignity Act'' or the ``GUARD Act''.

SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS: RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 25 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2517. Performance of abortions: restrictions
    ``(a) Restrictions on Use of Funds.--Funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard may not be used to 
perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be 
endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in a case in which the 
pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
    ``(b) Restrictions on Use of Facilities.--No medical treatment 
facility or other facility of the Coast Guard may be used to perform an 
abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term or in a case in which the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest.
    ``(c) Prohibition on Provision of Travel and Transportation 
Allowance To Obtain Abortions.--The Secretary may not provide 
transportation, lodging, meals-in-kind, or any actual or necessary 
expenses of travel or transportation, for, or in connection with, 
official travel for a member of the Coast Guard or a dependent of such 
a member seeking an abortion or any abortion-related service, except in 
a case in which the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape 
or incest.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 25 of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2516 the following:

``2517. Performance of abortions: restrictions.''.
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