Restore a longstanding pro-life amendment limiting taxpayer funding for abortion for federal employees.

an amendment to the consolidated spending bill that would restore his longstanding pro-life amendment that limits taxpayer funding for abortion for federal employees

The source says Smith offered an amendment to restore a funding restriction for federal employees.

Rep Smith gets A+ on pro-life scorecard - Friends of Chris Smith
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Division C, sections 613-614 bar FY2012 funds from paying for abortion or FEHBP administrative expenses tied to plans covering abortion, with exceptions for life endangerment, rape, or incest.

The enacted FY2012 appropriations law included the federal-employee health-benefit abortion funding limitation matching the promise's subject.

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Public Law 112-74, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division C, Sections 613-614
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Congress.gov records H.R.2055 as becoming Public Law 112-74 on December 23, 2011, after House and Senate passage and conference agreement.

This confirms that the appropriations vehicle containing the FEHBP abortion funding restriction became law during the 112th Congress.

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Congress.gov: H.R.2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
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The House Clerk lists Roll Call 941 as passed, 296-121, on agreeing to the H.R.2055 conference report; Smith (NJ), Republican, New Jersey, voted Yea.

Smith voted for final House agreement to the conference report on the bill that became Public Law 112-74 with the FEHBP abortion funding limitation.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 941, H.R.2055 Conference Report
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Congress.gov identifies Rep. Christopher H. Smith as H.R.3 sponsor; the bill passed the House and would prohibit federal funds for health benefits coverage including abortion, with exceptions.

Smith introduced and advanced broader legislation to make abortion funding limits permanent, but H.R.3 itself did not become law.

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Congress.gov: H.R.3 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
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The House Clerk records H.R.3 passage, 251-175, on May 4, 2011; Smith (NJ), Republican, New Jersey, voted Aye.

Smith voted for his broader no-taxpayer-funding abortion bill, demonstrating concrete effort beyond the enacted appropriations rider.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 292, H.R.3
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