HR 463 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

PRO-LIFE Act

Introduced Jan 22, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Randy Neugebauer R-TX

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Latest action · Apr 29, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Life in Funding Education Act or the PRO-LIFE Act

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the provision of federal education funding to state or local educational agencies that make health services available to students through school-based health centers, unless those centers certify that they will not provide students with abortions, abortion-related materials or referrals, or directions to abortion services.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2015 to Nov 16, 2015; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MSAlan NunneleeOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-MIBill HuizengaOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-MOBilly LongOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-LACharles W. Boustany, Jr.OriginalJan 22, 2015
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-MSGregg HarperOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-FLJeff MillerOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-PAKeith J. RothfusOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-INLuke MesserOriginalJan 22, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-KSMike PompeoOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-FLRichard B. NugentOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-KYThomas MassieOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalJan 22, 2015
R-TXBrian BabinFeb 27, 2015
R-TXPete OlsonFeb 27, 2015
R-TXJeb HensarlingMar 26, 2015
R-TXKevin BradyMar 26, 2015
R-TNStephen Lee FincherMar 26, 2015
R-AZTrent FranksMar 26, 2015
R-OHRobert E. LattaApr 16, 2015
R-MSSteven M. PalazzoApr 16, 2015
R-KSTim HuelskampApr 16, 2015
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerJun 2, 2015
R-OHBrad R. WenstrupJun 2, 2015
R-FLJohn L. MicaJun 2, 2015
R-NCMark MeadowsJun 2, 2015
R-VARobert J. WittmanJun 2, 2015
R-TXTed PoeJun 2, 2015
R-MSTrent KellyJul 21, 2015
R-LAJohn FlemingNov 16, 2015

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 22, 2015
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Apr 29, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Jan 22, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Jan 22, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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
HouseLists H532–H534H.R. 463–521—Jan 22, 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: the Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 11, January 22, 2015, page H532.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit Federal education funding for elementary schools and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers.
Short Titles as Introduced
PRO-LIFE Act
Protecting Life in Funding Education Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 22, 2015Introduced in House

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