HR 1670 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2021

Introduced Mar 9, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

Latest action · Mar 9, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.

IntroducedMar 9, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the use of certain foreign assistance funds to provide comprehensive reproductive health care services in developing countries, including abortion services, training, and equipment.

Cosponsors 182

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2021 to Sep 28, 2022; 140 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Charlie Crist	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MO	Cori Bush	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-HI	Kaiali'i Kahele	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-TX	Veronica Escobar	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Mar 9, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Mar 12, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Mar 12, 2021
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Mar 12, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Mar 26, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Mar 26, 2021
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Apr 15, 2021
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Apr 15, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Apr 15, 2021
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		May 17, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig		May 17, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 17, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		May 17, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		May 25, 2021
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		May 25, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath		May 28, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jun 4, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Jun 8, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Jun 11, 2021
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Jun 11, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jun 11, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jun 11, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jun 23, 2021
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Jun 24, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 30, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 16, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jul 19, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Sep 30, 2021
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Oct 19, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Oct 25, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Dec 7, 2021
D-CA	John Garamendi		Dec 16, 2021
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Jan 6, 2022
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Mar 7, 2022
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Mar 9, 2022
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 18, 2022
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		May 24, 2022
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Jul 12, 2022
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Jul 12, 2022
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jul 26, 2022
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Jul 29, 2022
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Sep 28, 2022

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Mar 9, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 9, 2021Introduced in House
Mar 9, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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. 167, no. 44, March 9, 2021, page H1189.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 4641	Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2022	Related bill	Jul 27, 2022
HR 7816	Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020	Reintroduction of	Jul 29, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the use of funds for comprehensive reproductive health care services, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 9, 2021Introduced in House

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