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House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law

To provide that restrictions may be applied to family planning programs that receive United States assistance only to the extent that the same restrictions apply to domestic family planning programs funded under title X of the Public Health Service Act.

H.R. 720Introduced Jan 31, 1989Policy area: International Affairs
Sponsor: Rep. Chester Atkins D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 31, 1989 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

117 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 95 Democrats

20 of 117 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Les AuCoin (D-OR), Jim Bates (D-CA), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), George Brown (D-CA), John Bryant (D-TX), Albert Bustamante (D-TX), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Rod Chandler (R-WA), William Clay (D-MO), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), John Conyers (D-MI), George Crockett (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Mervyn Dymally (D-CA), Don Edwards (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Mike Espy (D-MS), Lane Evans (D-IL) and 87 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chester Atkins.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-5 district

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.