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Sep 24, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, 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.
Sep 24, 2026
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, 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.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
3
Lobbying activity
7
- POWER TO DECIDE
- NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUND
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC.
- GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE
- POWER TO DECIDE
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
- Education, Dept of
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Cosponsors
41
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McGovern, James P.
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Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
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Takano, Mark
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
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Frankel, Lois
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Lofgren, Zoe
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Randall, Emily
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
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Bera, Ami
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Brown, Shontel M.
D
Brownley, Julia
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
D
Carter, Troy A.
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Casten, Sean
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Chu, Judy
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Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Conaway, Herbert C.
D
Crockett, Jasmine
D
Friedman, Laura
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Goldman, Daniel S.
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Gomez, Jimmy
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
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Lee, Summer L.
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McClellan, Jennifer L.
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McIver, LaMonica
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Meng, Grace
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Mullin, Kevin
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
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Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
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Pingree, Chellie
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Quigley, Mike
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
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Stansbury, Melanie A.
D
Tlaib, Rashida
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Tokuda, Jill N.
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Torres, Ritchie
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Underwood, Lauren
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
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Williams, Nikema
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Wilson, Frederica S.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 10597: Affordability is Access Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-10597/
"H.R. 10597: Affordability is Access Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-10597/.
H.R. 10597, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-10597/.
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