House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Access to Birth Control Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 20, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4082.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeGETTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 169, October 19, 2017, Page H8042):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4082, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4082
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
123 cosponsors — 123 Democrats
0 of 123 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and 93 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette.
- H.R. 518 (115th) EPS Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 3271 (115th) Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017
- H.R. 2012 (115th) Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017
- H.R. 3124 (115th) Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2017
- H.Res. 915 (115th) Expressing the sense of the Congress in support of protecting patients' access to medically appropriate, evidence-based healthcare and…
- H.Res. 825 (115th) Recognizing the impacts of climate change on outdoor recreation and supporting policies that address the causes and effects of climate…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.