HR 4672 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

To amend title 40, United States Code, to prohibit the Administrator of General Services from constructing or acquiring public buildings or entering into leases based on the legality or availability of abortion, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jul 17, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Robert B. Aderholt R-AL

Latest action · Jul 18, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 17, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2023 to Aug 8, 2023; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-AL	Barry Moore	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-AL	Dale W. Strong	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-MO	Eric Burlison	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-TX	Michael Cloud	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Jul 17, 2023
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		Jul 18, 2023
R-GA	Richard McCormick		Jul 25, 2023
R-KS	Tracey Mann		Jul 25, 2023
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Aug 8, 2023

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Jul 17, 2023
	Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee	Referred Jul 18, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 18, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jul 17, 2023Introduced in House
Jul 17, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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 IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution. The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constituition shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or any particular State. The single subject of this legislation is: Acquisition of Buildings and Sites

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 122, July 17, 2023, page H3641.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2089	A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to prohibit the Administrator of General Services from constructing or acquiring public buildings or entering into leases based on the legality or availability of abortion, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jun 21, 2023

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 40, United States Code, to prohibit the Administrator of General Services from constructing or acquiring public buildings or entering into leases based on the legality or availability of abortion, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 17, 2023Introduced in House

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