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American Values Act

USA118th CongressS-197| Senate 
| Updated: 1/31/2023
James E. Risch

James E. Risch

Republican Senator

Idaho

Cosponsors (7)
Ron Johnson (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
American Values Act This bill expands restrictions on using U.S. foreign assistance to pay for or promote abortions, involuntary sterilizations, or other related activities. Specifically, the bill expands existing prohibitions, including prohibitions against using foreign assistance to pay for abortions or involuntary sterilization for family planning, to apply to all assistance provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). (Currently, these prohibitions apply to only certain parts of the FAA.) Furthermore, assistance provided under the FAA may not be made available to (1) pay for lobbying for or against abortion, or (2) any organization involved in managing a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (These prohibitions have typically been in appropriations acts, but the bill would make the prohibitions a permanent part of the FAA.) The bill also makes permanent a prohibition against using funds made available to the Peace Corps to pay for abortions.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-239
American Values Act
Jan 31, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jan 31, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-239
    American Values Act


  • January 31, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 31, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

American Values Act

USA118th CongressS-197| Senate 
| Updated: 1/31/2023
American Values Act This bill expands restrictions on using U.S. foreign assistance to pay for or promote abortions, involuntary sterilizations, or other related activities. Specifically, the bill expands existing prohibitions, including prohibitions against using foreign assistance to pay for abortions or involuntary sterilization for family planning, to apply to all assistance provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). (Currently, these prohibitions apply to only certain parts of the FAA.) Furthermore, assistance provided under the FAA may not be made available to (1) pay for lobbying for or against abortion, or (2) any organization involved in managing a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (These prohibitions have typically been in appropriations acts, but the bill would make the prohibitions a permanent part of the FAA.) The bill also makes permanent a prohibition against using funds made available to the Peace Corps to pay for abortions.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-239
American Values Act
Jan 31, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jan 31, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-239
    American Values Act


  • January 31, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 31, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
James E. Risch

James E. Risch

Republican Senator

Idaho

Cosponsors (7)
Ron Johnson (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted