US Congress Senate Bill 1603 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)
Status: Engrossed on September 10 2015 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-09-21 - Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the federal criminal code to require any health care practitioner who is present when a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion to: (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital. The term "born alive" means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut. Also, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with these requirements must immediately report such failure to an appropriate law enforcement agency. An individual who violates the provisions of this Act is subject to a criminal fine, up to five years in prison, or both. An individual who commits an overt act that kills a child born alive is subject to criminal prosecution for murder. The legislation bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate the provisions of this Act, for being an accessory after the fact, or for concealment of felony. A woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this Act.

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]

House - On Agreeing to the Resolution (Y: 246 N: 179 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-21	House	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
2015-09-18	House	Passed House with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 421.
2015-09-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2015-09-10	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-09-10	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2015-09-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-09-10	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2015-09-10	House	Received in the House.
2015-09-09	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2015-09-09	Senate	S.Amdt.2648 Amendment SA 2648 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2015-09-09	Senate	S.Amdt.2648 Amendment SA 2648 proposed by Senator Fischer for Senator Johnson. (consideration: CR S6539-6540; text: CR S6539-6540)
2015-09-09	Senate	The committee reported substitute amendment was withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6539)
2015-09-09	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6539-6040; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S6539)
2015-08-05	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 196.
2015-08-05	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-116.
2015-06-24	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2015-06-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB2835 (Same As) 2015-10-16 - Became Public Law No: 114-68. (TXT | PDF)
HR421 (Related) 2015-09-17 - On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 246 - 179 (Roll no. 503). (text: CR H6096)
HB3504 (Related) 2015-09-22 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1603/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1603/BILLS-114s1603is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1603/BILLS-114s1603rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1603/BILLS-114s1603es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1603/BILLS-114s1603eah.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2015503