House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limitations on copayments for contraception furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 211.
- 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. 171, No. 2, January 6, 2025, Page H49):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 211, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/211
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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
88 cosponsors — 88 Democrats
0 of 88 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY) and 58 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
- H.R. 659 (119th) Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025
- H.R. 658 (119th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist…
- H.J.Res. 144 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.R. 4876 (119th) Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
- H.R. 210 (119th) Dental Care for Veterans Act
- H.R. 220 (119th) Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.