HR 1350 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Freedom of Choice for Women in the Uniformed Services Act

Introduced Apr 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Loretta Sanchez D-CA

Latest action · May 1, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 3, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Freedom of Choice for Women in the Uniformed Services Act - Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 which prohibits any medical treatment facility of the Department of Defense from being used to perform an abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to full term or in the case of rape or incest.

Cosponsors 87

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2001 to Jul 26, 2001; 70 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Apr 3, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Apr 3, 2001
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CT	James H. Maloney	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Jane Harman	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-FL	Jim Davis	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Joe Baca	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MA	John F. Tierney	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Apr 3, 2001
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Apr 3, 2001
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Original	Apr 3, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard		Apr 4, 2001
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Apr 4, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Apr 4, 2001
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Apr 4, 2001
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		Apr 4, 2001
D-WI	Ron Kind		Apr 4, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		May 2, 2001
D-NC	Eva M. Clayton		May 2, 2001
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		May 2, 2001
D-MN	Martin Olav Sabo		May 2, 2001
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		May 2, 2001
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Jun 19, 2001
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Jul 19, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Jul 19, 2001
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jul 20, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jul 23, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jul 26, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Apr 3, 2001
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred May 1, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 1, 2001Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
May 1, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Apr 3, 2001Introduced in House
Apr 3, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To restore freedom of choice to women in the uniformed services serving outside the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced: Freedom of Choice for Women in the Uniformed Services Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 3, 2001Introduced in House

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