House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Prohibiting Federal Emergencies for Abortion Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1143.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 34, February 21, 2023, Page H868):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the declaration of a Federal emergency relating to abortion.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1143, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Robert Latta (R-OH), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), W. Steube (R-FL), William Timmons (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger.
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- H.Con.Res. 57 (118th) Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel.
- H.R. 7176 (118th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.