House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ronny Jackson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1297.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JACKSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1051):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibiting the Department of Defense from paying for expenses relating to abortion services.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 190 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1297, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31b89c7b87528dd37245fdfab58e36132dd347563c2f366839ba73beeedb990b
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 September 9, 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
80 cosponsors — 80 Republicans
0 of 80 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Bob Good (R-VA) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ronny Jackson.
- H.R. 6614 (118th) Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
- H.R. 513 (118th) FARM Act
- H.R. 4713 (118th) Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program Act
- H.R. 385 (118th) No User Fees for Gun Owners Act
- H.R. 6383 (118th) To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing or enforcing a remain in Texas policy.
- H.J.Res. 115 (118th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to "Importation of Fresh Beef From Paraguay".
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.