House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit discrimination against entities that do not participate in abortion and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of Federal conscience laws.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2226.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 50, March 18, 2025, Page H1173):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2226, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2226
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 3, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), John McGuire (R-VA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Robert Onder (R-MO), Keith Self (R-TX), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 4348 (119th) To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5160 (119th) Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 1744 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1259 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri…
- H.R. 1503 (119th) Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
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.