HR 742 119th Congress House Health Child health Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Surgery and anesthesia

PROTECTS Act of 2025

Introduced: January 28, 2025 Introduced by: McCormick, Richard Republican · Georgia See on congress.gov

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Jan 28, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jan 28, 2025

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Resources Of Taxpayers to Eliminate Childhood Transgender Surgeries Act of 2025 or the PROTECTS Act of 2025

This bill prohibits providing or using federal funds to perform, refer for, or reimburse any entity for certain gender transition procedures for an individual under the age of 18.

The bill’s prohibition applies to certain gender transition procedures that are performed to intentionally change an individual’s body to no longer correspond to the individual's biological sex, including surgeries, medications, and implants specified in the bill. The bill provides exceptions for specified procedures, such as treating certain genetic abnormalities or preventing imminent death or impairment of a major bodily function, when performed by a health care provider with the consent of the individual’s parent or legal guardian.

What's happening now January 28, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
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Cosponsors 39

Biggs, Sheri

South Carolina · Dec 17, 2025

Fry, Russell

South Carolina · Oct 17, 2025

Steube, W. Gregory

Florida · Aug 12, 2025

Sessions, Pete

Texas · Mar 18, 2025

Mills, Cory

Florida · Feb 14, 2025

Rouzer, David

North Carolina · Feb 14, 2025

Van Drew, Jefferson

New Jersey · Feb 14, 2025

Crank, Jeff

Colorado · Jan 31, 2025

Tiffany, Thomas P.

Wisconsin · Jan 31, 2025

Indiana · Jan 28, 2025

Clyde, Andrew S.

Georgia · Jan 28, 2025

Collins, Mike

Georgia · Jan 28, 2025

Minnesota · Jan 28, 2025

Franklin, Scott

Florida · Jan 28, 2025

Gooden, Lance

Texas · Jan 28, 2025

Gosar, Paul A.

Arizona · Jan 28, 2025

Grothman, Glenn

Wisconsin · Jan 28, 2025

Guest, Michael

Mississippi · Jan 28, 2025

Hamadeh, Abraham J.

Arizona · Jan 28, 2025

Harris, Andy

Maryland · Jan 28, 2025

Jackson, Ronny

Texas · Jan 28, 2025

Johnson, Dusty

South Dakota · Jan 28, 2025

Luna, Anna Paulina

Florida · Jan 28, 2025

McGuire, John J.

Virginia · Jan 28, 2025

Moore, Riley M.

West Virginia · Jan 28, 2025

Norman, Ralph

South Carolina · Jan 28, 2025

Ogles, Andrew

Tennessee · Jan 28, 2025

Owens, Burgess

Utah · Jan 28, 2025

Rose, John W.

Tennessee · Jan 28, 2025

Scott, Austin

Georgia · Jan 28, 2025

Florida · Jan 28, 2025

Wied, Tony

Wisconsin · Jan 28, 2025

Zinke, Ryan K.

Montana · Jan 28, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 742: PROTECTS Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-742/

MLA

"H.R. 742: PROTECTS Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-742/.

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H.R. 742, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-742/.

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[H.R. 742: PROTECTS Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-742/)