House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act
Official title: To restrict the availability of Federal funds to organizations associated with the abortion industry.
Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1465.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H729):Article I, Section IISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1465, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1465
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
157dfc5200f0845a007f46ec31a134560aed610b4f867601599ff918f5ce491c
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 January 9, 2026). 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Mike Bost (R-IL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Robert Latta (R-OH), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Mary Miller (R-IL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 4795 (119th) Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1014 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…
- H.Res. 1115 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from…
- H.Res. 1336 (119th) Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
- H.Res. 1423 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for…
- H.Res. 1438 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the…
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.