Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2021
Latest action · Jan 21, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2021
This bill prohibits a tax deduction for medical expenses paid for an abortion.
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2021 to Sep 23, 2021; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Sep 23, 2021 |
Committees 1
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 Jan 21, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 21, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 21, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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. 167, no. 12, January 21, 2021, page H224.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 106 | Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 9, 2023 |
| S 124 | Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2021 | Related bill | Jan 28, 2021 |
| HR 2742 | Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | May 15, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the deduction for medical expenses.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced 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.
