Federal · 119th Congress

HJRES144 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".

Direction

Abortion otherAI label

Restricts abortion access model confidence 70%

Disapproves and nullifies a VA rule on reproductive health services, which would prevent the rule from expanding access to abortion-related care for veterans.

Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to ``Reproductive Health Services'' (90 Fed. Reg. 61310 (December 31, 2025)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6

Last action: 2026-01-27: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Filed: 2026-01-27
Committee: Veterans' Affairs Committee
Sponsor: Julia Brownley D + 155 cosponsors (155 D)

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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill uses the Congressional Review Act to repeal a specific VA rule on reproductive health services; given the topic of the rule and the effect of nullifying it, this restricts abortion access by blocking the rule's implementation.

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Text versions

Introduced in House 2026-01-27

History (3 actions)

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-27	Libra	Introduced in House
2026-01-27	Libra	Introduced in House
2026-01-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.