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House Bill 6918
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
Active
Amendments
Active
Passed House on Jan 18, 2024
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 9, 2024
Latest Action
Jan 22, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
6918
Congress
118
Policy Area
Health
Health
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Michelle Fischbach
Minnesota
Republican
Robert Aderholt
Alabama
Republican
Debbie Lesko
Arizona
Republican
Daniel Webster
Florida
Republican
Mary Miller
Illinois
Republican
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Iowa
Republican
Ron Estes
Kansas
Republican
John Moolenaar
Michigan
Republican
Brad Finstad
Minnesota
Republican
Pete Stauber
Minnesota
Republican
Michael Guest
Mississippi
Republican
Chris Smith
New Jersey
Republican
Claudia Tenney
New York
Republican
Nicholas A. Langworthy
New York
Republican
Nicole Malliotakis
New York
Republican
Guy Reschenthaler
Pennsylvania
Republican
Mike Kelly
Pennsylvania
Republican
William Timmons
South Carolina
Republican
David Kustoff
Tennessee
Republican
Dan Crenshaw
Texas
Republican
Pete Sessions
Texas
Republican
Blake Moore
Utah
Republican
Dan Newhouse
Washington
Republican
Carol Miller
West Virginia
House Votes (4)
Senate Votes (0)
Question
On Passage
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
17
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act

This bill prohibits the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing (with respect to certain pregnancy centers) a provision of a proposed rule modifying the standard for a state's reasonable use of funds under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

The proposed rule provides that if ACF identifies a TANF expenditure that does not appear to reasonably accomplish a purpose of TANF then the state must show that it used the funds in a manner that a reasonable person would consider to be within one of the purposes.

The bill prohibits ACF from applying this standard to state expenditures for pregnancy centers that (1) support protecting the life of the mother and the unborn child; and (2) offer resources and services to mothers, fathers, and families, including but relationship counseling, prenatal and pregnancy education, pregnancy testing, diapers, baby clothes, or material supports.

Under current law, TANF funds may be used for any of four purposes, including to prevent and reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies. In the supplemental information to the proposed rule, ACF states that TANF expenditures for programs that exclusively or primarily provide pregnancy counseling to women only after they become pregnant have a tenuous or nonexistent connection to this purpose and, therefore, likely do not meet the proposed reasonableness standard.

Text (4)
Referred in Senate
January 22, 2024
Engrossed in House
January 18, 2024
Reported in House
January 16, 2024
Introduced in House
January 9, 2024
Amendments (1)
Displaying only amendments with a detailed public record (0)
Related Bills (2)
Feb 06, 2024
Introduced in Senate
7
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 3741
Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Jan 17, 2024
Passed House
1
Sponsorship
House Simple Resolution 969
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6914) to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6918) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 957) denouncing the Biden administration's open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration's open-borders policies.
Active
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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Identified By
House
Type
Procedurally-Related Measure
Procedurally-Related Measure
Legislation that affects consideration of other legislation (e.g., a rule for consideration, a bill ordered to be reported or passed in lieu of another measure). Identical bills, companion measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
House
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