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S 578 112th Congress Senate Families Appropriations Child health Family planning and birth control HIV/AIDS Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Sexually transmitted diseases Teenage pregnancy

Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011

Introduced: March 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 15, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the abstinence-only education program, (2) rescind unobligated FY2010 and 2011 program appropriations, and (3) reprogram such rescinded appropriations for the personal responsibility education program (PREP) for FY2012-FY2014.


What's happening now March 15, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1085 Identical bill Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 15, 2011
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 15, 2011
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 15, 2011
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 15, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 578: Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-578/
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"S. 578: Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-578/.
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S. 578, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-578/.
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