1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguard Healthcare Industry Employees from Litigation and Distress Act or the SHIELD Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) The term reproductive health care service includes, with respect to a current, potential, or anticipated pregnancy— (A) a diagnosis; (B) an evaluation; (C) an assessment; (D) a consultation or the provision of advice, including with respect to decision making; (E) a treatment; and (F) an abortion-related health care service. (2) The term health care provider means any entity or individual (including any physician, certified nurse-midwife, nurse practitioner, nurse, physician’s assistant, pharmacist, or other medical professional) that is— (A) engaged or seeks to engage in decision making related to, or the delivery of, health care services, including reproductive health care services; and (B) licensed or certified to perform such service under applicable State law. (3) The term State includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, each Indian tribe, and each territory or possession of the United States. 3. Restriction on certain Department of Justice law enforcement funding (a) In general The funds that a State would otherwise receive under a covered grant program shall be reduced by 50 percent if the State has in effect a law that authorizes officers or employees of the State or of a unit of local government to prevent (including through criminal enforcement), restrict, impede, or retaliate against— (1) a health care provider who seeks to initiate, provide, or otherwise facilitate the provision of reproductive health care services to a patient or prospective patient; (2) any person or entity that seeks to assist a health care provider who seeks to initiate, provide, or otherwise facilitate the provision of reproductive health care services to a patient or prospective patient