Preserve the policy allowing future pro-life presidents to enact the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy.

remove the proposed language barring future pro-life presidents from enacting the PLGHA

The source says Smith tried to block language that would prevent future pro-life presidents from restoring PLGHA.

Rep Smith gets A+ on pro-life scorecard - Friends of Chris Smith
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The 2017 memorandum reinstated the Mexico City Policy and directed State/HHS/USAID to extend it to global health assistance.

This establishes the policy at issue: the president could impose Mexico City Policy requirements across global health assistance, later known as Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance.

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Federal Register: The Mexico City Policy
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Congress.gov lists H.R.556 as introduced only; its summary says foreign NGOs shall not be disqualified based on non-U.S.-funded medical services.

The Global HER Act would have restricted the policy Smith sought to preserve, but in the 117th Congress it did not advance beyond introduction.

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Congress.gov: H.R.556 - Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act, 117th Congress
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Reported House text included Sec. 7072, titled assistance for foreign nongovernmental organizations, limiting ineligibility rules for foreign NGOs.

The House-reported FY2022 State-Foreign Operations bill included Global HER-style language that would have narrowed the executive ability to impose PLGHA conditions.

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Congress.gov: H.R.4373 Reported in House Text, Sec. 7072
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Roll Call 243 was on passage of H.R.4373; Smith (NJ), Republican, New Jersey, voted Nay.

Smith took a concrete vote against the House-passed State-Foreign Operations bill containing the Global HER-style provision. The bill passed the House 217-212 despite his opposition.

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Office of the Clerk: Roll Call 243, H.R.4373
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Congress.gov shows H.R.4373 became Public Law 117-264 after a Senate amendment and House concurrence in December 2022.

Although the House-passed 2021 version contained Global HER-style language, the enacted Public Law 117-264 was a short continuing appropriations extension, not the House State-Foreign Operations text with Sec. 7072. The restriction on future PLGHA reimposition was not enacted through this vehicle.

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Congress.gov: H.R.4373 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023
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The fact sheet says Trump signed a memorandum reinstating the Mexico City Policy and that the 2017 policy was reinstated.

By January 2025, a later pro-life president was able to reinstate the Mexico City Policy/PLGHA framework. This is strong evidence the policy option Smith promised to preserve remained available.

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White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Enforces Overwhelmingly Popular Demand to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
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