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HRES 399 114th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should consider legislation to protect traditional marriage and prevent taxpayer funding of abortion.

Introduced: July 29, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Sep 8, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jul 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 29, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.
Jul 29, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 8, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls upon the Speaker of the House of Representatives to encourage committee chairs to schedule the following legislation for immediate consideration and, if reported favorably by their respective committees, for votes on the House floor:

  • H.R. 2802, the First Amendment Defense Act;
  • H. Res. 359, providing that the House of Representatives disagrees with the Supreme Court's majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges;
  • H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015; and
  • H.R. 3197, the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 399: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should consider legislation to protect traditional marriage and prevent taxpayer funding of abortion.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-399/
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"H. Res. 399: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should consider legislation to protect traditional marriage and prevent taxpayer funding of abortion.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-399/.
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H. Res. 399, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-399/.
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