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Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] · R–MN
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Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 13.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-14 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Empowering Moms Act would expand moms.gov into a searchable directory of services for pregnant women, women after childbirth, and women raising young children. It would require grants to help states gather resource listings and allow follow-up calls or emails with users’ consent. Resources from a defined category of nonprofit family-planning providers that provide abortions outside specified exceptions would be excluded. The bill would authorize future funding, but would not itself provide a specified amount of money.
This Act may be cited as the Empowering Moms Act.
(i) A clearinghouse of relevant resources available for pregnant and postpartum women, and women parenting young children.
(iii) Grant program (I) In general The Secretary shall provide grants to States to establish or support a system that— (aa) aggregates relevant resources referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii), in accordance with the criteria developed under clause (ii) of this subparagraph
(iv) A mechanism for users to take an assessment through the website and provide consent to use the user’s contact information, which the Secretary may use to conduct outreach via phone or email to follow up with users on additional resources that would be helpful for the users to review.
(C) Prohibition regarding certain entities Relevant resources listed on the website, and any additional resources promoted by the Secretary, may not include any resource offered by a prohibited entity.
(i) Prohibited entity The term prohibited entity means an entity, including any affiliate, subsidiary, successor, and clinic of the entity, that— (I) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; (II) is an essential community provider described in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act), that is primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care; and (III) provides for abortions, other than an abortion— (aa) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (bb) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by, or arising from, the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
(F) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this paragraph, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.
Section 2 would add a resource-directory subsection to section 511 of the Social Security Act. The Secretary would have to update moms.gov within one year after that subsection is enacted and could not delegate implementation or administration below the Office of the Secretary.
2. Moms.gov Section 511 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) Resource directory for moms (1) Updating of moms.gov website (A) Website Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall update the governmental website, entitled moms.gov. The Secretary may not delegate implementation or administration of the website below the level of the Office of the Secretary.
Users would answer questions to generate a resource list for their ZIP Code. The website would also let users identify resources available online or within 1, 5, 10, 50, or 100 miles.
(ii) A series of questions through which a user is able to generate a list of relevant resources of interest within the user’s ZIP Code. (iii) A means to direct the user to identify whether to list the relevant resources of interest that are available online or within 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 miles of the user.
The website would offer an assessment and a way for users to consent to use of their contact information. The Secretary could then call or email those users about additional resources; this outreach would be permitted, not required.
(iv) A mechanism for users to take an assessment through the website and provide consent to use the user’s contact information, which the Secretary may use to conduct outreach via phone or email to follow up with users on additional resources that would be helpful for the users to review.
The Secretary would invite every state to recommend resources and develop criteria for deciding which recommendations appear on the website. Those criteria would have to exclude prohibited entities.
(B) Resource list aggregation (i) In general The Secretary shall invite each State to provide recommendations of relevant resources referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) for such State. (ii) Criteria for making recommendations The Secretary shall develop criteria to provide to the States to determine whether resources recommended as described in clause (i) should appear on the website. Such criteria shall include the requirement that the relevant resource is not a prohibited entity.
The Secretary would provide grants to states to establish or support systems that gather eligible resource listings. A state could choose to have a statewide, regional, or community public or private organization coordinate its system.
(iii) Grant program (I) In general The Secretary shall provide grants to States to establish or support a system that— (aa) aggregates relevant resources referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii), in accordance with the criteria developed under clause (ii) of this subparagraph; and (bb) may be coordinated, to the extent determined appropriate by the State, by a statewide, regionally-based, or community-based public or private entity.
To qualify for a grant, a state would have to apply under requirements set by the Secretary. Its application would need an outreach and awareness plan and a list of resources proposed for its system.
(II) Applications To be eligible to receive a grant under subclause (I), a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a plan for outreach and awareness activities, and a list of relevant resources that would be included in the State system supported by the grant.
The proposed exclusion would apply to an entity meeting all three conditions: it has the specified nonprofit tax-exempt status; it qualifies as an “essential community provider” under the cited federal regulation and primarily provides family-planning, reproductive-health, and related medical care; and it provides abortions outside the listed exceptions. The definition expressly includes affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and clinics.
(i) Prohibited entity The term prohibited entity means an entity, including any affiliate, subsidiary, successor, and clinic of the entity, that— (I) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; (II) is an essential community provider described in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act), that is primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care; and (III) provides for abortions, other than an abortion—
Abortions would not trigger that definition when a pregnancy results from rape or incest, or when a physician certifies that a physical disorder, injury, or illness would put the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. The latter exception includes life-endangering physical conditions caused by the pregnancy.
(III) provides for abortions, other than an abortion— (aa) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (bb) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by, or arising from, the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
No resource offered by a prohibited entity could appear on the website or among additional resources promoted by the Secretary. Prohibited entities also could not receive grants under the resource-listing grant program.
(C) Prohibition regarding certain entities Relevant resources listed on the website, and any additional resources promoted by the Secretary, may not include any resource offered by a prohibited entity. No prohibited entity may receive a grant provided under subparagraph (B)(iii).
The Secretary would have to ensure the widest possible access to services through the website for families who speak languages other than English.
(D) Services in different languages The Secretary shall ensure that the website provides the widest possible access to services for families who speak languages other than English.
Within 180 days after updating the website, the Secretary would report to Congress on website traffic, user feedback, gaps in resources, and suggested improvements. The report would also have to certify that prohibited entities were neither listed nor receiving a grant under the program.
(E) Reporting requirements (i) In general Not later than 180 days after the date on which the website is updated under this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on— (I) the traffic of the website; (II) user feedback on the accessibility and helpfulness of the website in tailoring to the user’s needs; (III) insights on gaps in relevant resources with respect to services for pregnant and postpartum women, or women parenting young children; (IV) suggestions on how to improve user experience and accessibility based on user feedback and missing resources that would be helpful to include in future updates; and (V) certification that no prohibited entities are listed as a relevant resource or are in receipt of a grant under subparagraph (B)(iii).
The report to Congress could not include information that personally identifies website users.
(ii) Confidentiality The report under clause (i) shall not include any personal identifying information regarding individuals who have used the website.
The bill would authorize Congress to provide whatever amounts are necessary for paragraph (1) for fiscal years 2027 through 2032. This is permission for future appropriations, rather than a specified appropriation. The funding authorization’s end date is not stated as a termination date for the directory.
(F) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this paragraph, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.
Eligible resource topics would include government and private mentoring, parenting help, and help coordinating services. Health topics would include pregnancy and reproductive-health care, breastfeeding, primary and dental care, and services the bill calls “abortion pill reversal.” Listing that term does not establish the treatment’s safety or effectiveness.
(ii) Relevant resources The term relevant resources means the Federal, State, local governmental, and private resources that serve pregnant and postpartum women, or women parenting young children in the categories of the following topics: (I) Mentorship opportunities, including pregnancy and parenting help and case management resources. (II) Health and well-being services, including women’s medical services such as obstetrical and gynecological support services for women, abortion pill reversal, breastfeeding, general health services, primary care, and dental care.
Resource topics would also include financial help, work, nutrition, childcare, and parents’ education. Practical and legal support could include transportation, food, clothing, baby supplies, housing, shelters, maternity homes, tax preparation, child support, family leave, breastfeeding protections, and custody issues.
(III) Financial assistance, work opportunities, nutrition assistance, childcare, and education opportunities for parents. (IV) Material or legal support, including transportation, food, nutrition, clothing, household goods, baby supplies, housing, shelters, maternity homes, tax preparation, legal support for child support, family leave, breastfeeding protections, and custody issues.
The directory’s topics would include recovery and mental-health services addressing addiction, suicide, partner violence, sexual assault, rape, sex trafficking, and unexpected loss of a child. They would also include diagnosis during pregnancy, disability support, medical interventions for a baby, hospice resources around birth, pregnancy and infant loss support, and pregnancy-wellness literature.
(V) Recovery and mental health services, including services with respect to addiction or suicide intervention, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, rape, sex trafficking, and counseling for women and families surrounding unexpected loss of a child. (VI) Prenatal diagnostic services, including disability support organizations, medical interventions for a baby, perinatal hospice resources, pregnancy and infant loss support, and literature on pregnancy wellness.
Other listed topics would include support for abortion survivors and their families; childcare, adoption, foster care, and short-term childcare; alternatives to abortion; abortion risks, complications, and failures; and information on child development from conception.
(VII) Healing and support services for abortion survivors and their families. (VIII) Services providing childcare, adoption, foster care, and short term childcare services and resources. (IX) Comprehensive information on alternatives to abortion. (X) Information about abortion risks, including complications and failures. (XI) Links to information on child development from moment of conception.
The Secretary would have to compile and maintain a public website list of federal funding opportunities available to nonprofit and health care organizations for pregnancy support services offering the defined resources. This provision requires a funding-information list; it does not itself award those organizations funding.
(2) List of funding opportunities available to pregnancy support centers The Secretary shall compile and maintain on the website a publicly available list of Federal funding opportunities available to nonprofit and health care entities for pregnancy support services that offer or provide the relevant resources (as defined in paragraph (1)(G)).
The supplied September 22, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House and referral to the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees on September 14, 2026. It records committee consideration and markup on September 16, followed by an order to report the bill with a substitute amendment by a 25–13 vote. That committee action is not evidence of enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-22T18:45:35Z. 2026-09-16: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 13. 2026-09-16: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2026-09-14: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2026-09-14: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-14. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
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No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion applies only to that version, not to other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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The text contains a narrow exception within its provider-exclusion rules. This is part of the main directory policy; identifying it does not establish improper purpose or guarantee a financial benefit.
Entities otherwise within the specified nonprofit family-planning provider category would avoid the abortion-based exclusion if their abortions were limited to pregnancies resulting from rape or incest or to the physician-certified danger-of-death circumstances. This exception preserves access to consideration for website listings and promotion and avoids the grant prohibition; it does not itself guarantee a listing or grant.
(i) Prohibited entity The term prohibited entity means an entity, including any affiliate, subsidiary, successor, and clinic of the entity, that— (I) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; (II) is an essential community provider described in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act), that is primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care; and (III) provides for abortions, other than an abortion— (aa) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (bb) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by, or arising from, the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
(C) Prohibition regarding certain entities Relevant resources listed on the website, and any additional resources promoted by the Secretary, may not include any resource offered by a prohibited entity. No prohibited entity may receive a grant provided under subparagraph (B)(iii).
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