House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require a section on reproductive rights in the Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Julie Johnson D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4888.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 135, August 5, 2025, Page H3682):Necessary and Proper Clause Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4888, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
59 cosponsors — 59 Democrats
0 of 59 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Betty McCollum (D-MN) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julie Johnson.
- H.R. 7182 (119th) VOTE Act
- H.R. 8320 (119th) USA 6G Global Leadership Act
- H.R. 5062 (119th) Pipeline Security Act
- H.Con.Res. 26 (119th) Calling for the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen…
- H.R. 8817 (119th) FORTIFY Act
- H.Res. 265 (119th) Condemning the Trump administration for the use of an unauthorized method of communicating highly sensitive or potentially classified…
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.