H.R. 6914 - Pregnant Students Rights Act
H.R. 6914 - Pregnant Students' Rights Act
Hearing Information
Meeting Information
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Rules Committee Hearing H.R. 6914, H.R. 6918 and H. Res. 957
Bill Text
(as reported)
H. Rept. 118-344 PDF
Report from the Committee on Education and the Workforce to accompany H.R. 6914
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 118-350 PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 5-4 on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 969:
Agreed to by a record vote of 198-194 on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.
MANAGERS: Fischbach/Scanlon
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Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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| 1 | Version 1 | Crockett (TX) | Democrat | Strikes Section 2. FINDINGS. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Crockett (TX) | Democrat | Withdrawn Includes information on access to nutrition in the list of informational content required to be provided under the bill. | Withdrawn |
| 3 | Version 1 | Crockett (TX) | Democrat | Includes information on the institution's policies on parental leave and long-term disability for work-study in the list of informational content institutions are required to provide under the bill. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 2 | Crockett (TX) | Democrat | Revised Includes information on the reproductive healthcare polices and laws of the state in which the institution is located, and bordering states, in the list of informational content institutions are required to provide under this bill. | Revised |
| 5 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN), Good (VA) | Republican | Ensures that the list of resources on campus and in the community that exist to help a pregnant student includes pregnancy centers that don't provide abortion services or referrals for such services. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Mace (SC) | Republican | This amendment adds post-partum mental health information to the list of resources on campus and in the community that is provided to pregnant students. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Stevens (MI), Leger Fernández (NM) | Democrat | Adding a rule of construction that nothing prevents IHEs from disseminating information on resources (including available rights, protections and accommodations afforded to students under Title IX) regarding pregnancy and related conditions, including miscarriage. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 1 | Mace (SC) | Republican | This amendment adds a list of resources on campus and in the community for pregnant students whose pregnancy resulted from rape. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Connolly (VA) | Democrat | Amends the findings section to highlight recent polling finding that a vast majority of students, Democrats and Republicans, prefer to enroll in college in States with less restrictive abortion laws. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 2 | Manning (NC) | Democrat | Revised Adds an additional rule of construction clarifying that the bill will not prevent a college or university from providing information about sexual and reproductive health services and contraception. | Revised |
| 11 | Version 1 | Mace (SC) | Republican | This amendment adds a list of resources on campus and in the community that exist to provide counseling services to a formerly pregnant student in a case in which the pregnancy is terminated or otherwise terminates prior to being carried to term. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 187
Motion by Mrs. Fischbach to report the rule. Adopted: 5-4