S 196
118th Congress
Senate
Emergency Management
Abortion
Intergovernmental relations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Prohibiting Federal Emergencies for Abortion Act
Introduced: January 31, 2023
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 31, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Prohibiting Federal Emergencies for Abortion Act
This bill prohibits the President and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from declaring a federal emergency relating to abortion.
Specifically, neither the President nor HHS may declare a national emergency for purposes of (1) promoting, supporting, or expanding access to abortion; or (2) taking adverse action against or litigating against states that prohibit or otherwise restrict abortion.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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