119th Congress Health
H.R. 742: PROTECTS Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill prohibits providing or using federal funds to perform, refer for, or reimburse any entity for certain gender transition procedures for an individual under the age of 18.
The bill’s prohibition applies to certain gender transition procedures that are performed to intentionally change an individual’s body to no longer correspond to the individual's biological sex, including surgeries, medications, and implants specified in the bill. The bill provides exceptions for specified procedures, such as treating certain genetic abnormalities or preventing imminent death or impairment of a major bodily function, when performed by a health care provider with the consent of the individual’s parent or legal guardian.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jodey Arrington R-TXOriginal
- Brian Babin R-TXOriginal
- James Baird R-INOriginal
- Andrew Clyde R-GAOriginal
- Mike Collins R-GAOriginal
- Jake Ellzey R-TXOriginal
- Patrick Fallon R-TXOriginal
- C. Franklin R-FLOriginal
- Brad Finstad R-MNOriginal
- Paul Gosar R-AZOriginal
- Glenn Grothman R-WIOriginal
- Lance Gooden R-TXOriginal
- Michael Guest R-MSOriginal
- Andy Harris R-MDOriginal
- Abraham Hamadeh R-AZOriginal
- Dusty Johnson R-SDOriginal
- Ronny Jackson R-TXOriginal
- Anna Luna R-FLOriginal
- Riley Moore R-WVOriginal
- John McGuire R-VAOriginal
- Ralph Norman R-SCOriginal
- Clarence Owens R-UTOriginal
- Andrew Ogles R-TNOriginal
- John Rose R-TNOriginal
- Austin Scott R-GAOriginal
- Beth Van Duyne R-TXOriginal
- Daniel Webster R-FLOriginal
- Randy Weber R-TXOriginal
- Tony Wied R-WIOriginal
- Ryan Zinke R-MTOriginal
- Jeff Crank R-CO
- Thomas Tiffany R-WI
- Cory Mills R-FL
- David Rouzer R-NC
- Jefferson Van Drew R-NJ
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- W. Steube R-FL
- Russell Fry R-SC
- Sheri Biggs R-SC
Who scored on this bill
- 1Rich McCormick SponsorReached a cosponsor milestone, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Rich McCormick.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.