93D CONGRESS 18T SESSION H. R. 3621 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 5, 1973 Mr. ERLENBORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce A BILL To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to extend 1 for three years the program of assistance for population research and voluntary family planning programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That sections 1001 (c), 1002 (d), 1003 (b), 1004 (b), and 4 1005 (b) of the Public Health Service Act are each 5 amended (1) by striking out "and" after "1972;", and 6 7 8 9 "and for each of the next three fiscal years". the end of each such section a comma and the following: [H.R. 3381, introduced by Mr. Dellums on January 31, 1973; H.R. 6021, introduced by Mr. Dellums (for himself, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Eckhardt, Ms. Abzug, Mr. Badillo, Mr. Bingham, Mr. Brown of California, Ms. Chisholm, Mr. Conyers, Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Fauntroy, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Hicks, Miss Jordan, Mr. Koch, Mr. Metcalfe, Ms. Mink, Mr. Nix, Mr. Rees, Mr. Rosenthal, Mr. Stark, Mr. Thompson of New Jersey, Mr. Udall, and Mr. Won Pat) on March 22, 1973; H.R. 6222, introduced by Mr. Dellums (for himself, Mr. Benitez, Mr. Rangel, Miss Holtzman, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Diggs, Mr. Young of Georgia, Mr. Meeds, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Kastenmeier, Mr. Reid, Mr. Lehman, Mrs. Burke of California, Mr. Harrington, Mr. Edwards of California, and Mr. Bell) on March 28, 1973; H.R. 6601, introduced by Mr. Dellums (for himself, Mr. Leggett, Mr. Mitchell of Maryland, and Mr. Waldie) on April 4, 1973; H.R. 7467, introduced by Mr. Fulton on May 3, 1973; H.R. 7735, introduced by Mr. Ashley on May 10, 1973; and H.R. 12155, introduced by Mr. Culver on January 21, 1974 are identical as follows:] A BILL To promote public health and welfare by expanding and im- Whereas unwanted births impair the stability and significantly Whereas over six and one half million American women are Whereas significant benefits for the family and the community 2 the number of premature births and of crippling and mental diseases in infants, and the alleviation of poverty; Whereas scientific knowledge concerning human reproduction and present birth planning technology are insufficient to provide all persons with adequate and acceptable means by which they may plan their families; Whereas research efforts to develop more effective, medically safe methods of family planning are not adequate to meet the needs of people of diverse beliefs and circumstances; Whereas family planning has been recognized nationally and internationally as a universal human right; Whereas it is the policy of Congress to assure the integrity of the family and full opportunities for each child; to guarantee the right of the family to freely determine the number and spacing of its children within the dictates of individual conscience; to extend family planning services, on a voluntary basis, to all who desire such services: Now, therefore, 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SECTION 1. It is the purpose of this Act (a) to make comprehensive voluntary family planning services readily available to all persons in the United States and the areas specified in subparagraph (c) of section 6 of this Act desiring such services · (b) to coordinate domestic population and family 3 planning research with the present and future needs of population and family planning programs; (c) to improve administrative and operational supervision of domestic family planning services and of population research programs related to such services; (d) to enable public and voluntary agencies to plan and develop comprehensive programs of family planning services; (e) to develop and make readily available information (including educational materials) on family planning and population growth to all persons desiring such information; (f) to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of family planning service programs and of population research; (g) to provide the trained manpower needed to effectively carry out programs of population research and family planning services; and (h) to establish a National Population Sciences and Family Planning Services Administration as a primary focus within the Federal Government on matters pertain ing to population research and family planning, through which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 24 31-151 O 74 Pt. 1 - 27 4 1 ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL POPULATION SCIENCES AND 2 3 FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby established, within the 4 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National 5 Population Sciences and Family Planning Services Admin6 istration (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Admin7 istration"). The Administration shall, for administrative pur8 poses within such Department, be placed under the direct 9 supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scien10 tific Affairs. 11 13 (b) The Administration shall have a Director and a 12 Deputy Director and such advisers of the Administration as the Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, 14 Education, and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the "Sec15 retary"), may determine. 16 (c) There is hereby established, within the Admin17 istration, a National Center for Family Planning Services 18 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Center"), which 19 shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, 20 the following functions: Public information, program plan21 ning and development, manpower development and training, 22 supervision of field services, and grants management. 23 (d) There is hereby established, within the Admin24 istration, a National Institute for Population Sciences (here25 inafter in this Act referred to as the "Institute"), which |