HR 3378 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act

Introduced Jul 29, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

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Latest action · Jul 31, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 29, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act

Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, a person from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that: (1) such person is a provider of abortion services if such person does not provide such services, or (2) such person is not a provider of abortion services if such person does provide such services.

Defines "abortion services" as providing surgical and non-surgical procedures to terminate a pregnancy, or providing referrals for such procedures.

Sets forth the enforcement authority of the FTC, including with respect to nonprofit organizations.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2015 to Sep 22, 2016; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-FLCorrine BrownSep 8, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernSep 8, 2015
D-WIMark PocanSep 8, 2015
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioSep 8, 2015
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroSep 8, 2015
D-AZRuben GallegoSep 8, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskySep 16, 2015
D-CAPete AguilarSep 29, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOct 21, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeNov 2, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoSep 9, 2016
D-NYGrace MengSep 22, 2016

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jul 29, 2015
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
Referred Jul 31, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 31, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
  2. Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Jul 29, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1165)
  4. Jul 29, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1165Carolyn B. Maloney D-NYJul 29, 2015

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 121, July 29, 2015, page H5773.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2566Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Healthcare Services ActReintroduced BillMay 26, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services.
Short Titles as Introduced
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House

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