HR 7517 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Protect Access to Birth Control Act

Introduced Jul 9, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Diana DeGette D-CO

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
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NH	Chris Pappas	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Lauren Underwood	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-TX	Veronica Escobar	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Jul 9, 2020
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jul 21, 2020
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jul 21, 2020
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jul 21, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 31, 2020
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Oct 16, 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3

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.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 9, 2020Introduced in House

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