House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination by abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome.
Sponsor: Rep. Ron Estes R-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2251.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESTES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 52, March 21, 2025, Page H1189):Section 8 of Article I to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution Section 5 of the 14th AmendmentSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 158 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2251, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mary Miller (R-IL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Barry Moore (R-AL), Blake Moore (R-UT), Keith Self (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), William Timmons (R-SC), Randy Weber (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1990 (119th) American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2025
- H.R. 1378 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the temporary increase in limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to…
- H.R. 2423 (119th) Unfair Tax Prevention Act
- H.R. 8101 (119th) Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility Act (EBITDA)
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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.