H.R. 9941 (IH) - Right to IVF Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr9941ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
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Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

July 23, 2026

Action

Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Gillen, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Walkinshaw, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mrs. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Mejia, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pou, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Randall, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Tran, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Vindman, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Horsford, and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Bill Number

H.R. 9941

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Right to IVF Act of 2026

Full Title

To protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization.

Sponsors

Lori Trahan(MA)

Cosponsors

Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Laura Gillen (NY); Rick Larsen (WA); James R. Walkinshaw (VA); Gabe Amo (RI); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Jake Auchincloss (MA); Joyce Beatty (OH); Wesley Bell (MO); Julia Brownley (CA); Nikki Budzinski (IL); Janelle S. Bynum (OR); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Troy A. Carter (LA); Kathy Castor (FL); Judy Chu (CA); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Steve Cohen (TN); Joe Courtney (CT); Angie Craig (MN); Jasmine Crockett (TX); Danny K. Davis (IL); Diana DeGette (CO); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Debbie Dingell (MI); Sarah Elfreth (MD); Veronica Escobar (TX); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Dwight Evans (PA); Lizzie Fletcher (TX); Bill Foster (IL); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Lois Frankel (FL); Laura Friedman (CA); Maxwell Frost (FL); John Garamendi (CA); Sylvia R. Garcia (TX); Josh Gottheimer (NJ); Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ); Jahana Hayes (CT); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Steny H. Hoyer (MD); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Glenn Ivey (MD); Jonathan L. Jackson (IL); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Julie Johnson (TX); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Ro Khanna (CA); John B. Larson (CT); George Latimer (NY); Susie Lee (NV); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Mike Levin (CA); Ted Lieu (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); John W. Mannion (NY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Lucy McBath (GA); Sarah McBride (DE); Mrs. McClain Delaney; Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Morgan McGarvey (KY); James P. McGovern (MA); Analilia Mejia (NJ); Robert Menendez (NJ); Gwen Moore (WI); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Kelly Morrison (MN); Seth Moulton (MA); Kevin Mullin (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Nancy Pelosi (CA); Scott H. Peters (CA); Brittany Pettersen (CO); Chellie Pingree (ME); Mark Pocan (WI); Nellie Pou (NJ); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Emily Randall (WA); Josh Riley (NY); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Patrick Ryan (NY); Linda T. Sanchez (CA); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); Kim Schrier (WA); Adam Smith (WA); Darren Soto (FL); Melanie A. Stansbury (NM); Greg Stanton (AZ); Haley M. Stevens (MI); Mark Takano (CA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Dina Titus (NV); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Paul Tonko (NY); Norma J. Torres (CA); Ritchie Torres (NY); Derek Tran (CA); Marc A. Veasey (TX); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); Eugene Simon Vindman (VA); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Nikema Williams (GA); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Steven Horsford (NV); Grace Meng (NY)

Committees

Committee on Armed Services (Standing), Committee on Education and Workforce (Standing), Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Standing), Committee on Energy and Commerce (Standing), Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

Public and Private Law References

Public Law 118-42

United States Code References

5 U.S.C. 553 and 8904
10 U.S.C. 101, 1044c and 1074
20 U.S.C. 1681et seq.
21 U.S.C. 301, 355, 360, 360c and 360e
26 U.S.C. Chapter 100
29 U.S.C. 1001, 1185, 1191 and 794
37 U.S.C. 101(18)
38 U.S.C. 1701, 1720M and Chapters 17 and 73
42 U.S.C. 1395l, 1395l, 1395w-4, 1395x, 1395y, 1396b, 1396d, 18116, 2000d, 201, 262, 300gg-111, 300gg-23, 300gg-91 and 6101