Protect Access to Birth Control Act
Latest action · Jul 9, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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.
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.
- IntroducedJul 9, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Access to Birth Control Act
This bill nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement that their health insurance plans cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing.
Cosponsors 142
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 9, 2020 to Oct 16, 2020; 137 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2020Introduced in House
- Jul 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 9, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 124, July 9, 2020, page H3077.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4246 | Protect Access to Birth Control Act | Identical bill | Jul 21, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that the rules entitled "Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act" and "Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act" shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect Access to Birth Control Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Treasury
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Family planning and birth control
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Religion
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
