{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-6918","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 6918","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-01-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-01-18","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h17","question":"On Passage","title":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act","result":"Passed","yea":214,"nay":208,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll017.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2024-01-22"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-01-18","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act","result":"Failed","yea":208,"nay":214,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll016.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-01-18","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing (with respect to certain pregnancy centers) a provision of a proposed rule modifying the standard for a state's reasonable use of funds under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program."},{"k":"p","t":"The proposed rule provides that if ACF identifies a TANF expenditure that does not appear to reasonably accomplish a purpose of TANF then the state must show that it used the funds in a manner that a reasonable person would consider to be within one of the purposes."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill prohibits ACF from applying this standard to state expenditures for pregnancy centers that (1) support protecting the life of the mother and the unborn child; and (2) offer resources and services to mothers, fathers, and families, including but relationship counseling, prenatal and pregnancy education, pregnancy testing, diapers, baby clothes, or material supports."},{"k":"p","t":"Under current law, TANF funds may be used for any of four purposes, including to prevent and reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies. In the supplemental information to the proposed rule, ACF states that TANF expenditures for programs that exclusively or primarily provide pregnancy counseling to women only after they become pregnant have a tenuous or nonexistent connection to this purpose and, therefore, likely do not meet the proposed reasonableness standard."}],"words":224},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing, with respect to expenditures for pregnancy centers, a proposed modification to 45 CFR section 263.11, or any substantially similar regulatory action.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text/eh#H20849E347CFC4CEFAC4F911F65E697CD"}]},"core_areas":["Limits on a proposed Department of Health and Human Services regulation (45 CFR 263.11) as applied to expenditures for pregnancy centers"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Bars the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing, with respect to expenditures for any pregnancy center, the modification to section 263.11 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, described in the proposed regulation beginning on page 67697 of volume 88 of the Federal Register.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text/eh#H20849E347CFC4CEFAC4F911F65E697CD"}},{"text":"Extends the same bar to any substantially similar regulatory action, with respect to expenditures for any pregnancy center.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text/eh#H20849E347CFC4CEFAC4F911F65E697CD"}},{"text":"Defines a pregnancy center as an organization, such as a pregnancy resource center, pregnancy help center or organization, or pregnancy medical center, that meets both conditions in the definition.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text/eh#H20849E347CFC4CEFAC4F911F65E697CD"}},{"text":"Requires that a pregnancy center support protecting the life of the mother and the unborn child.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text/eh#H20849E347CFC4CEFAC4F911F65E697CD"}},{"text":"Requires that a pregnancy center offer resources and services to mothers, fathers, and families, including but not limited to relationship counseling, prenatal and pregnancy education, pregnancy testing, diapers, baby clothes, or material supports.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text/eh#H20849E347CFC4CEFAC4F911F65E697CD"}},{"text":"Sets the short title as the \"Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text/eh#HC33FA7C576D24776ACE2CA5BCB3323A0"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-01-18","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6918/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-6918.png","v":"e31e27ffa566","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6918, 118th Congress: Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act. House: 214 Yea, 208 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 18 Jan 2024."}}