GOP Attempting to De-fund Planned Parenthood (& NPR) ... and Title X.

Late last week, Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), the chairman of the House Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, released draft legislation (.pdf) that eliminates funding Planned Parenthood by name, threatening that unless the organization eliminates all abortion care services there won't be any federal money. While at it, the legislation also eliminates any funding for NPR (among other things).

It is a very long read but here is the relevant section on Planned Parenthood:

SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this Act may be made available for any purpose to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. or any affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood Federation of America affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion.

(1) This limitation shall not apply to an abortion:

(A) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or
(B) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.

(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek repayment of any Federal assistance received by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., if it violates the terms of the certification required by this section.

And here is NPR:

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Of the funds provided to the ‘‘Corporation for Public Broadcasting’’ in title IV of division D of Public Law 111– 8 117 for fiscal year 2012, $6,000,000 shall support the digitization program: Provided, That none of the funds made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 11 in title IV of division D of Public Law 111–117 for fiscal year 2012 may be used to pay dues to, acquire programs from, or otherwise support National Public Radio.

But what I also want to call your attention to is are these bits (emphasis mine):

SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.

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SEC. 222. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to carry-out title X of the PHS Act.

So if none of the funds appropriated in this enormous fiscal Act can pay for Title X...just what funds are going to pay for Title X? You can check out just what Title X does for where you live here.

Here are some random bits I found as I was scanning:

(D) No funds shall be available for the Green Jobs Innovation Fund;

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SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to administer, implement, or promote the Department of Labor program known as ‘‘Bridge to Justice’’ or any similar attorney referral program that refers individuals with complaints relating to employment violations to private attorneys.
SEC. 113. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to continue the development of or to promulgate the Right to Know Under the Fair Labor Standards Act regulation (Regulatory Identification Number 11 1235-AA04) being developed by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor.

[...]

SEC. 122. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to continue the development of or to promulgate, administer, enforce, or otherwise implement the Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors regulation (Regulatory Identification Number 1219-AB64) being developed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor.

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SEC. 219. None of the funds made available in this title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.

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SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State or local legislature itself or designed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the Executive Branch of any State or local government;

(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative action, or executive order proposed or pending before the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local legislature or legislative body;

(c) The prohibitions in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall include any activity to advocate or promote any pending or future Federal, state or local tax increase or any pending or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the study, advocacy and promotion of gun control;

I don't even know what to say to this crap. Ugh.

This is, apparently, the product of the GOP, not the whole committee:

"[The] draft injects a whole host of new, contentious legislative issues into the process," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat. "If these documents represent the position that Chairman Rehberg intends to take into negotiations with the Senate, it looks like we're in for a long, difficult process."

Democrats on the Appropriations Committee criticized Republicans for relegating them to the "role of bystanders."

Rep. Norm Dicks, the ranking Democrat, said in a statement Thursday that the draft bill was Rehberg's product, not the committee as a whole. The draft had yet to be marked up during the committee process and that "regular order has been short-circuited."

Seems to me this is regular order...for the GOP.