Skip to main content
S 1877 114th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Abortion Appropriations Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

A bill to require the Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Planned Parenthood, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 28, 2015 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6077)
Jul 28, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Attorney General to request that a division of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia appoint a special prosecutor to: (1) determine whether any action taken by Planned Parenthood Federation of America or any other entity that receives federal funds and conducts abortions or that provides funds to any other entity that conducts abortions violated any federal law relating to abortion, including the inappropriate change of abortion procedure, the use of fetus tissue following an abortion, or the use of federal funds for abortion; and (2) prosecute, if warranted, any such violation.

The bill rescinds the unobligated balance of any federal funds provided to the Planned Parenthood and any affiliate state or local office and makes such amounts available to the special prosecutor to carry out activities under this Act.

What's happening now July 28, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6077)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1