HR 372 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2023

Introduced Jan 17, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Michelle Fischbach R-MN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 27, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2023

This bill requires federally funded entities to certify that they will not, subject to certain exceptions, perform abortions or provide funding to other entities that perform abortions.

The bill provides exceptions for abortions (1) in cases of rape or incest; or (2) when the life of the woman is in danger due to a physical disorder, injury, or illness.

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2023 to Aug 16, 2024; 37 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-VABob GoodOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-OHBrad R. WenstrupOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-UTBurgess OwensOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-TNDavid KustoffOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-INErin HouchinOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-TXJake EllzeyOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-INJames R. BairdOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-TNJohn W. RoseOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-FLKat CammackOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-MTMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr.OriginalJan 17, 2023
R-MSMichael GuestOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-FLMichael WaltzOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-LAMike JohnsonOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-PAMike KellyOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-MNPete StauberOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-IARandy FeenstraOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-GARick W. AllenOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-OHRobert E. LattaOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-TXRoger WilliamsOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-TXRonny JacksonOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-KSTracey MannOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-MSTrent KellyOriginalJan 17, 2023
R-KYBrett GuthrieJan 24, 2023
R-AZDebbie LeskoJan 24, 2023
R-TXNathaniel MoranJan 24, 2023
R-ILMike BostJan 25, 2023
R-ILMary E. MillerMar 8, 2023
R-NCRichard HudsonApr 18, 2023
R-INJim BanksAug 16, 2024

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 Jan 17, 2023
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jan 27, 2023

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 27, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 24, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H269-270)
  3. Jan 17, 2023Introduced in House
  4. Jan 17, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H269Michelle Fischbach R-MNJan 24, 2023

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 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 12, January 17, 2023, page H244.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2619Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2021Reintroduction ofApr 19, 2021

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, an abortion.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2023

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 17, 2023Introduced in House

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