Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should consider legislation to protect traditional marriage and prevent taxpayer funding of abortion.
Latest action · Sep 8, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 29, 2015
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Calls upon the Speaker of the House of Representatives to encourage committee chairs to schedule the following legislation for immediate consideration and, if reported favorably by their respective committees, for votes on the House floor:
- H.R. 2802, the First Amendment Defense Act;
- H. Res. 359, providing that the House of Representatives disagrees with the Supreme Court's majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges;
- H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015; and
- H.R. 3197, the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Jul 31, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2015Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Abortion
- Administrative remedies
- Charitable contributions
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Due process and equal protection
- Family planning and birth control
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- House of Representatives
- Income tax deductions
- Intergovernmental relations
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Licensing and registrations
- Marriage and family status
- Public contracts and procurement
- Religion
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- State and local government operations
- Supreme Court
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House
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