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H.R.3660
Sponsor: Rep Canady, Charles T.(introduced 2/15/2000)
Related Bills: H.RES.457, S.1692
Latest Major Action: 5/25/2000 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions.
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2/15/2000:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
4/4/2000 4:16pm:
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 457 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3660 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. After passage of H.R. 3660, it shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table the bill S. 1692 and to consider the bill in the House. It shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of S. 1692 and insert the provisions of H.R. 3660 as passed by the House. All points of order against the motion to strike and insert are waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill,
4/5/2000 12:03pm:
Rule H. Res. 457 passed House.
4/5/2000 12:03pm:
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 457. (consideration: CR H1779-1801)
4/5/2000 2:21pm:
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
4/5/2000 2:21pm:
Mr. Frank (MA) moved to recommit with instructions to Judiciary.
4/5/2000 2:32pm:
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
4/5/2000 2:56pm:
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 140 - 289 (Roll no. 103). (text: CR H1799)
4/5/2000 3:05pm:
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 287 - 141 (Roll no. 104). (text: CR H1779)
4/5/2000 3:05pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4/6/2000:
Received in the Senate.
5/25/2000:
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.
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COSPONSORS(124), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Aderholt, Robert B. - 2/15/2000 Rep Armey, Richard K. - 2/15/2000
Rep Bachus, Spencer - 2/15/2000 Rep Ballenger, Cass - 2/15/2000
Rep Barcia, James A. - 2/15/2000 Rep Barr, Bob - 3/1/2000
Rep Barrett, Bill - 2/15/2000 Rep Barton, Joe - 2/15/2000
Rep Bateman, Herbert H. - 3/9/2000 Rep Bereuter, Doug - 2/15/2000
Rep Bliley, Tom - 2/15/2000 Rep Blunt, Roy - 2/15/2000
Rep Boehner, John A. - 2/15/2000 Rep Brady, Kevin - 2/15/2000
Rep Burton, Dan - 2/15/2000 Rep Buyer, Steve E. - 2/15/2000
Rep Callahan, Sonny - 3/28/2000 Rep Calvert, Ken - 3/1/2000
Rep Camp, Dave - 2/15/2000 Rep Chabot, Steve - 2/15/2000
Rep Chenoweth-Hage, Helen - 3/1/2000 Rep Coble, Howard - 3/21/2000
Rep Coburn, Tom A. - 2/15/2000 Rep Collins, Mac - 2/15/2000
Rep Combest, Larry - 3/1/2000 Rep Crane, Philip M. - 2/15/2000
Rep Davis, Thomas M. - 4/3/2000 Rep Deal, Nathan - 3/21/2000
Rep DeLay, Tom - 2/15/2000 Rep DeMint, Jim - 2/15/2000
Rep Dickey, Jay - 4/3/2000 Rep Doolittle, John T. - 2/15/2000
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 2/15/2000 Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. - 2/15/2000
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 2/15/2000 Rep English, Phil - 2/15/2000
Rep Everett, Terry - 2/15/2000 Rep Fletcher, Ernest L. - 2/15/2000
Rep Fowler, Tillie - 2/15/2000 Rep Franks, Bob - 2/15/2000
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 2/15/2000 Rep Goodlatte, Bob - 3/28/2000
Rep Goss, Porter J. - 2/15/2000 Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 2/15/2000
Rep Green, Mark - 2/15/2000 Rep Hall, Tony P. - 3/1/2000
Rep Hansen, James V. - 2/15/2000 Rep Hastings, Doc - 2/15/2000
Rep Hayworth, J. D. - 3/9/2000 Rep Hill, Rick - 2/15/2000
Rep Hilleary, Van - 2/15/2000 Rep Hoekstra, Peter - 2/15/2000
Rep Hostettler, John N. - 2/15/2000 Rep Hulshof, Kenny C. - 3/28/2000
Rep Hunter, Duncan - 2/15/2000 Rep Hutchinson, Asa - 3/1/2000
Rep Hyde, Henry J. - 2/15/2000 Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. - 2/15/2000
Rep Jenkins, William L. - 2/15/2000 Rep John, Christopher - 2/15/2000
Rep Johnson, Sam - 3/28/2000 Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 3/1/2000
Rep King, Peter T. - 2/15/2000 Rep Knollenberg, Joe - 4/3/2000
Rep Largent, Steve - 2/15/2000 Rep Latham, Tom - 3/9/2000
Rep Lewis, Ron - 2/15/2000 Rep Linder, John - 3/1/2000
Rep Lucas, Frank D. - 2/15/2000 Rep Lucas, Ken - 3/9/2000
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - 2/15/2000 Rep Mascara, Frank - 2/15/2000
Rep McCrery, Jim - 2/15/2000 Rep McIntosh, David M. - 2/15/2000
Rep Metcalf, Jack - 3/1/2000 Rep Mica, John L. - 3/1/2000
Rep Miller, Gary - 3/1/2000 Rep Mollohan, Alan B. - 3/1/2000
Rep Myrick, Sue - 2/15/2000 Rep Ney, Robert W. - 2/15/2000
Rep Northup, Anne - 2/15/2000 Rep Oberstar, James L. - 3/1/2000
Rep Oxley, Michael G. - 3/1/2000 Rep Packard, Ron - 2/15/2000
Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 3/21/2000 Rep Peterson, John E. - 4/4/2000
Rep Petri, Thomas E. - 3/1/2000 Rep Phelps, David D. - 2/15/2000
Rep Pickering, Charles (Chip) - 2/15/2000 Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 2/15/2000
Rep Pombo, Richard W. - 2/15/2000 Rep Portman, Rob - 2/15/2000
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 2/15/2000 Rep Roemer, Tim - 2/15/2000
Rep Rogers, Harold - 3/28/2000 Rep Ryun, Jim - 4/3/2000
Rep Salmon, Matt - 4/3/2000 Rep Sanford, Marshall (Mark) - 4/3/2000
Rep Schaffer, Bob - 3/1/2000 Rep Shadegg, John B. - 2/15/2000
Rep Sherwood, Don - 2/15/2000 Rep Shows, Ronnie - 2/15/2000
Rep Skelton, Ike - 2/15/2000 Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 2/15/2000
Rep Smith, Lamar - 3/28/2000 Rep Smith, Nick - 3/9/2000
Rep Souder, Mark E. - 2/15/2000 Rep Spence, Floyd - 2/15/2000
Rep Stearns, Cliff - 3/1/2000 Rep Stenholm, Charles W. - 3/28/2000
Rep Stump, Bob - 2/15/2000 Rep Stupak, Bart - 2/15/2000
Rep Talent, James M. - 2/15/2000 Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 2/15/2000
Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) - 4/3/2000 Rep Taylor, Charles H. - 2/15/2000
Rep Terry, Lee - 4/4/2000 Rep Thune, John R. - 3/28/2000
Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 2/15/2000 Rep Toomey, Patrick J. - 3/21/2000
Rep Vitter, David - 2/15/2000 Rep Weldon, Dave - 2/15/2000
Rep Weller, Jerry - 2/15/2000 Rep Wicker, Roger F. - 2/15/2000
Rep Tanner, John S. - 2/15/2000(withdrawn - 3/30/2000)

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/15/2000--Introduced.

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any physician from knowingly performing a partial-birth abortion in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, unless it is necessary to save the mother's life that is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury. Prescribes penalties.

Defines a "partial birth abortion" as an abortion in which the person performing the abortion deliberately and intentionally: (1) vaginally delivers some portion of an intact living fetus until the fetus is partially outside the body of the mother, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the fetus while the fetus is partially outside the mother's body; and (2) performs the overt act that kills the fetus while the intact living fetus is partially outside the mother's body.

Authorizes the father, if married to the mother at the time of the abortion, and the maternal grandparents of the fetus, if the mother is under 18 years of age, to obtain specified relief in a civil action, unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion.

Authorizes a defendant accused of an offense under this Act to seek a hearing before the State Medical Board on whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the mother.

Prohibits the prosecution of a woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed for conspiracy to violate this Act or under provisions regarding punishment as a principal or an accessory or for concealment of a felony.