H.R. 1742
119th Congress
House
Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act
Official title: To establish leave policies of the Armed Forces for a member to seek an abortion.
Armed Forces and National Security
AbortionEmployee leaveMilitary personnel and dependentsRight of privacy
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Sex and reproductive healthTransportation costs
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 11, 2026
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Houlahan asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1742, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Feb 27, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in House
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ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Houlahan asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1742, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
15
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- White House Office
- Education, Dept of
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Cosponsors
80
D
Fletcher, Lizzie
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Pappas, Chris
D
Underwood, Lauren
D
Dexter, Maxine
D
Schrier, Kim
D
Bell, Wesley
D
McGarvey, Morgan
D
Stanton, Greg
D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
D
Pettersen, Brittany
D
Auchincloss, Jake
D
Johnson, Julie
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
D
Chu, Judy
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Friedman, Laura
D
Castor, Kathy
D
Kamlager-Dove, Sydney
D
McClain Delaney, April
D
Quigley, Mike
D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Whitesides, George
D
Ansari, Yassamin
D
Brownley, Julia
D
Budzinski, Nikki
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
D
Carson, André
D
Carter, Troy A.
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Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
D
Connolly, Gerald E.
D
Courtney, Joe
D
Crockett, Jasmine
D
Crow, Jason
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
DeGette, Diana
D
Deluzio, Christopher R.
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Dingell, Debbie
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Elfreth, Sarah
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Escobar, Veronica
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Frankel, Lois
D
Garcia, Robert
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Garcia, Sylvia R.
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Gottheimer, Josh
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Grijalva, Raúl M.
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Hayes, Jahana
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Horsford, Steven
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Houlahan, Chrissy
D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1742: Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1742/
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