House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7228.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 194, December 10, 2018, Page H9820):Article I, Section 8, U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7228, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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
55 cosponsors — 55 Democrats
0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katherine Clark.
- H.R. 5102 (115th) Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2018
- H.R. 3528 (115th) Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act
- H.R. 909 (115th) Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017
- H.R. 371 (115th) Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017
- H.R. 3574 (115th) Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act
- H.R. 1466 (115th) 21st Century Child Care Investment Act
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.