HR8985-118

Introduced

To provide for certain conditions on the enforcement of surrogacy contracts.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 10, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for certain conditions on the enforcement of surrogacy contracts., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Transportation, Trade.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE1E6DD04918E4303B283F4733F19DE6F: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2024.
  • Section H9580765B640F4E8693DE39455230E771: 2. In general A Federal court— may not enforce any provision in a surrogacy contract that requires the surrogate mother to have an abortion at the request of...
  • Section HE7722D9BAE784794B32A9E2391DC0DA5: 3. Jurisdiction of the courts Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1370.Surrogacy contractsThe district...
  • Section H6BA54DF8459A4DC2B5B507F41BD5B94B: 1370. Surrogacy contracts The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions where the matter in controversy is a surrogacy contract (as...
  • Section HA1E0FD97291E422C87AAF6E7554135C6: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term intended parent means any individual who is a party to a surrogacy contract and who is the party who will take permanent...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for certain conditions on the enforcement of surrogacy contracts., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Transportation, Trade

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for certain conditions on the enforcement of surrogacy contracts., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Transportation Trade

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 10, 2024

Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Pence, Mr. Self, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Transportation Trade
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"abortion" §HA1E0FD97291E422C87AAF6E7554135C6

the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device— to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant

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