HR 7798 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act

Introduced May 17, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Scott Franklin R-FL

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Latest action · May 17, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 17, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prohibiting Abortion Industry's Lucrative Loopholes Act

This bill expands the prohibition on the sale or purchase of human fetal tissue in interstate commerce to include any payments associated with the transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of such tissue.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2022 to Oct 18, 2022; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-VABen ClineOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-TXBeth Van DuyneOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-MOBilly LongOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-VABob GoodOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-OHBrad R. WenstrupOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-FLBrian J. MastOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-TXJake EllzeyOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-INJim BanksOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-FLKat CammackOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-COLauren BoebertOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-PAMike KellyOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalMay 17, 2022
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-NMYvette HerrellOriginalMay 17, 2022
R-FLBill PoseyMay 24, 2022
R-NCTed BuddMay 24, 2022
R-SCWilliam R. Timmons IVMay 24, 2022
R-FLByron DonaldsJun 13, 2022
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordJun 21, 2022
R-AZDebbie LeskoOct 18, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred May 17, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 17, 2022Introduced in House
  2. May 17, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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: Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 84, May 17, 2022, page H5098.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 416Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes ActReintroduced BillJan 27, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit sale or transactions relating to human fetal tissue.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 17, 2022Introduced in House

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