Family Planning And Birth Control

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US Congress 117th Congress

To prohibit the rescission, suspension, or revision of certain regulations that govern the Title X family planning program. [HB-500]
To prohibit the rescission, suspension, or revision of certain regulations that govern the Title X family planning program.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Banks Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/02/2021

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Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act [S.88]
A bill to amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/28/2021

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Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2021 [HB-608]
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to require grant recipients to comply with all applicable State and local laws requiring notification or reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lloyd Smucker Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/02/2021

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Defund Planned Parenthood Act [S.139]
A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/28/2021

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Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2021 [HB-581]
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and Public Health Service Act to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/02/2021

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Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act [HB-239]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limitations on copayments for contraception furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 07/12/2021

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Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act [HB-243]
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/02/2021

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Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2020 [HB-8971]
Authorizes the President to (1) provide assistance, including through international organizations, national governments, and international and local nongovernmental organizations, to address the social, structural, health, and human rights issues that lead to obstetric fistula; and (2) support treatment of obstetric fistula. Such assistance shall promote the global Campaign to End Fistula and the International Obstetric Fistula Working Group.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Maloney Introduced In House on 12/15/2020

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A resolution commemorating 100 years of health care services provided by Planned Parenthood. [SR-590]
A resolution commemorating 100 years of health care services provided by Planned Parenthood. Expresses support for the preventive services that Planned Parenthood Federation of America doctors, nurses, and staff provide to patients. Recognizes that Planned Parenthood is a safety net provider that reaches medically underserved people. Declares that Planned Parenthood should not be defunded, attacked, or discriminated against for being a women's health care provider.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6273-6274; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S6273) on 09/29/2016

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A resolution supporting women's reproductive health care decisions. [SR-37]
A resolution supporting women's reproductive health care decisions. Expresses support for efforts to: ensure that women have access to the best available health care and information, including comprehensive, affordable insurance coverage and health care that fosters safe childbearing; ensure that women can make their own health care decisions; prohibit employers or government entities from interfering with reproductive health care services guaranteed by law; and guarantee the constitutionally protected right to safe, legal abortions.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S426-427) on 01/22/2015

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A resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Griswold v. Connecticut decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and expressing the sense of the Senate that the case was an important step forward in helping ensure that all people of the United States are able to use contraceptives to plan pregnancies and have healthier babies. [SR-193]
A resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Griswold v. Connecticut decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and expressing the sense of the Senate that the case was an important step forward in helping ensure that all people of the United States are able to use contraceptives to plan pregnancies and have healthier babies. Celebrates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. Recognizes the value of the publicly funded family planning safety net in helping to realize the promise (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3780-3781) on 06/04/2015

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Healthy Relationships Act of 2015 [S.923]
Healthy Relationships Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants for qualified sexual risk avoidance education for youth and their parents. The unambiguous message that postponing sexual activity is the optimal sexual health behavior for youth must be the primary emphasis and context for each topic covered by the education. The education must be age appropriate, medically accurate, and evidence based. The education must address specified topics, including: (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/14/2015

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Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 [S.764]
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 This bill amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard. (Bioengineered food is commonly referred to as a genetically modified organism or GMO food.) (Sec. 1) Bioengineered food is food that that has been genetically modified in a way that could not be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature. The standard applies to any claim in a disclosure a food bears indicating that the food is bioengineered and to any food subject (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Became Public Law No: 114-216. (txt | Pdf) on 07/29/2016

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21st Century Women's Health Act of 2015 [S.674]
21st Century Women's Health Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for family planning service projects, expansion of family planning preventive health services, and training of nurse practitioners specializing in women's health care. This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid programs to offer free preventive care, including contraceptives. A hospital cannot receive federal funds unless it promptly (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/04/2015

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Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act [S.51]
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) from providing federal family planning assistance to an entity unless the entity certifies that, during the period of assistance, the entity will not perform, and will not provide funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion. Excludes an abortion where: (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or (2) a physician certifies that the woman suffered from a physical disorder, injury, or illness (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/07/2015

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Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 [S.358]
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 Expands the TRICARE health care program managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) to entitle additional female beneficiaries and dependents to care related to the prevention of pregnancy. (Currently, such care is limited to certain female members of the uniformed service or a reserve component performing active duty or certain servicewomen performing inactive-duty training.) Prohibits cost-sharing from being imposed or collected for such pregnancy prevention care, including (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 02/04/2015

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Access to Birth Control Act [S.2960]
Access to Birth Control Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to contraceptives, including: (1) providing a customer a contraceptive without delay if it is in stock; (2) immediately informing a customer if the contraceptive is not in stock and either transferring the prescription to a pharmacy that has the contraceptive in stock or ordering the contraceptive and notifying the customer when it arrives, based on customer preference, except for pharmacies that do not ordinarily (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/19/2016

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 [S.2943]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for Procurement at the levels identified in section 4101 of this bill. Subtitle B--Army Programs (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Army to enter into one or more multiyear contracts for AH-64E Apache (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain Signed By President. on 12/23/2016

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Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2016 [S.2765]
Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants for: (1) comprehensive sex education for adolescents, (2) comprehensive sex education provided by institutions of higher education, and (3) training faculty and staff to teach comprehensive sex education to elementary and secondary school students. Grants cannot be used for health education programs that: deliberately withhold health-promoting or lifesaving information about sexuality-related topics, including HIV; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/07/2016

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An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 [S.2132]
An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government; the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and several related agencies. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service. Executive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 251. on 10/06/2015

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