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H.R.2149
Sponsor: Rep Hoyer, Steny H.(introduced 6/10/1999)
Latest Major Action: 9/24/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To prohibit certain abortions.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
6/10/1999:
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
6/10/1999:
Referred to House Commerce
7/7/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
6/10/1999:
Referred to House Judiciary
9/24/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(33), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 6/10/1999 Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 6/10/1999
Rep Bentsen, Ken - 6/10/1999 Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 6/10/1999
Rep Boucher, Rick - 6/10/1999 Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 4/3/2000
Rep Dooley, Calvin M. - 4/3/2000 Rep Edwards, Chet - 10/28/1999
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 3/21/2000 Rep Greenwood, James C. - 6/10/1999
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 6/10/1999 Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 6/10/1999
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 6/10/1999 Rep Kind, Ron - 6/10/1999
Rep Kolbe, Jim - 6/10/1999 Rep Levin, Sander M. - 3/23/2000
Rep Luther, Bill - 6/10/1999 Rep Maloney, James H. - 6/10/1999
Rep McCarthy, Karen - 6/10/1999 Rep Menendez, Robert - 6/10/1999
Rep Moore, Dennis - 3/28/2000 Rep Morella, Constance A. - 6/10/1999
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 6/10/1999 Rep Sawyer, Tom - 4/5/2000
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 3/21/2000 Rep Smith, Adam - 6/10/1999
Rep Stabenow, Debbie - 6/10/1999 Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 6/10/1999
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 6/10/1999 Rep Udall, Tom - 4/5/2000
Rep Vento, Bruce F. - 6/10/1999 Rep Wise, Robert E., Jr. - 9/13/1999
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 6/10/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/10/1999--Introduced.

Late Term Abortion Restriction Act - Makes it unlawful, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to knowingly perform an abortion after the fetus has become viable, unless, in the medical judgment of the attending physician, it is necessary to preserve the life of the woman or to avert serious adverse health consequences to her. Subjects a physician who violates this Act to a civil penalty of up to $10,000.