H.R. 4876 · 119th Congress

Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act

Introduced on Aug 5, 2025 by Julia Brownley (D-CA-26). 153 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Mar 18, 2026): Committee Hearings Held

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Aug 5, 2025
Cosponsors
153
0 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion care, counseling, and related services and medication to certain individuals who receive health care furnished by the Secretary, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Abortion
  • Drug therapy
  • Sex and reproductive health
  • Veterans' medical care

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Julia BrownleyD-CA-26Sponsor

Democrats · 153

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Aug 5, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Aug 5, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Aug 5, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Dec 19, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. Mar 18, 2026 · HouseSubcommittee on Health Discharged
  6. Mar 18, 2026 · HouseCommittee Hearings Held

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  2. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Inc.3 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  3. REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL3 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  4. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.2 reports
    $253K reported (all issues)
  5. Susan B Anthony List2 reports
    $800K reported (all issues)
  6. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS1 report
    $149.2K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.