House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Women’s Public Health and Safety Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 188.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 3, January 5, 2021, Page H73):This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the people, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 188, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
74 cosponsors — 74 Republicans
0 of 74 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Garret Graves (R-LA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD) and 44 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.