Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2022
Latest action · Jul 27, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 27, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2022
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake activities to promote access to sexual and reproductive health and well-being.
The bill renames HHS's Office of Population Affairs as the Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and modifies its responsibilities. Among other activities, the office must develop and implement a strategy to promote sexual and reproductive health and well-being. This strategy must include recommendations to integrate sexual and reproductive health equity and reproductive justice into federal programs.
HHS must also award grants for improving access to sexual and reproductive health care to nonprofit or community-based organizations that assist individuals seeking abortion services through programs that are unbiased and medically and factually accurate. Grant funds may not be used to pay for abortion services.
Additionally, HHS and the Director of the White House Gender Policy Council must jointly establish an interagency task force to coordinate and promote federal programs and activities related to sexual and reproductive health and well-being.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2022 to Nov 29, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jul 27, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 27, 2022 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Jul 27, 2022 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Oct 31, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Nov 29, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 27, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2022Introduced in House
- Jul 27, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 125, July 27, 2022, page H7255.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4281 | Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 23, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Well-Being within the Department of Health and Human Services, to generate a whole-of-government approach to protecting and affirming sexual and reproductive rights, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Abortion
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Sex and reproductive health
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2022Introduced 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.
