House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act

H.R. 239Introduced Jan 11, 2021Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedJan 11, 2021
Committee actionMay 5, 2021
Passed HouseJun 24, 2021 · 245–181
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 12, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 239.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 239, Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act” on May 25, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57249
CBO publication date
May 25, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 239, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/239
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-60 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 14, 2021.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 239, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/239
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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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 6, January 11, 2021, Page H123):
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2021 ↗
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40 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 239, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/239
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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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

76 cosponsors — 76 Democrats

0 of 76 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT) and 46 more.

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

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