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HR 735 109th Congress House

Family Building Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and title 10, United St… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code, to require coverage for the treatment of infertility.

Introduced: September 27, 2005 See on congress.gov
Health Armed Forces and National SecurityArtificial inseminationCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerce
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Communication in medicineDiscrimination in insuranceDiscrimination in medical careEmployee health benefitsFederal employeesFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment employees' health insuranceHealth insuranceHuman embryologyIn vitro fertilizationLabor and EmploymentMedical technologyMilitary medicineObstetricsReproductionScience, Technology, CommunicationsStandardsWomen
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This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 9, 2005
Introduced in House
Feb 9, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Latest action March 24, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Building Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, and defense health care plan law to require health plans to provide benefits for treatment of infertility in accord with specified standards.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 27, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 735: Family Building Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-735/
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"H.R. 735: Family Building Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-735/.
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H.R. 735, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-735/.
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