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         <shortTitle level="title" type="level">Access to Fertility Treatment and Care Act</shortTitle>
         <shortTitle level="title" type="level">Family Building FEHB Fairness Act</shortTitle>
         <officialTitle>To protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization.</officialTitle>
         <action date="2026-07-23">Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Booker, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Alsobrooks, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Luján, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</action>
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