Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 4082 (115th)

Protect Access to Birth Control Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

19 October 2017

Last action

20 October 2017 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6], Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11], Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19], Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6], Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5], Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39], Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13], Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1], Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

4 December 2025

Healthcare

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Protect Access to Birth Control Act This bill nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 19 October 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 19 October 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 19 October 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 20 October 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 19 October 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 19 October 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 19 October 2017

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 127 sponsors and actors.

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.