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HR 4800 116th Congress House Health Abortion Health care costs and insurance Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Pro-LIFE Act

Introduced: February 10, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 23, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 22, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 22, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibiting the Life-Ending Industry of Fetal Organ Exchange Act or the Pro-LIFE Act

This bill expands the prohibition on the sale or purchase of human fetal tissue in interstate commerce to include any payments associated with the transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of such tissue.

What's happening now October 23, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 6
R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Mar 10, 2020
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Mar 9, 2020
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Feb 28, 2020
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Feb 10, 2020
SHIMKUS, JOHN
· Feb 10, 2020
Flores, Bill
· Feb 4, 2020
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Feb 4, 2020
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Jan 29, 2020
Roe, David
· Jan 28, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4800: Pro-LIFE Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4800/
MLA
"H.R. 4800: Pro-LIFE Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4800/.
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H.R. 4800, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4800/.
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[H.R. 4800: Pro-LIFE Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4800/)
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