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HR 6945 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act

In plain language: This bill ensures that states may spend federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant funds on pregnancy resource centers. These organizations promote alternatives to abortion and provide services to families, including pregnancy testing, prenatal education, relationship counseling, and supplies like diapers and baby clothes. The measure clarifies that federal welfare rules cannot be used to block state funding for these centers.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text; reach depends on discretionary state-level funding decisions and individual service uptake.
Fiscal magnitude—CBO cost estimate published (H.R. 6945, Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, 2026-02-06); dollar figure pending review extraction — see receipt
Reach25provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Federal vs. state/local−15Welfare & anti-poverty+20Abortion policy−18

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Pregnancy resource centersClarifies that states are permitted to use federal TANF grant funds to support pregnancy centers that offer material aid, pregnancy education, testing, and family resources.provisional
  • State TANF administering agenciesExplicitly permits states to allocate their federal TANF grant funds to pregnancy help centers and medical centers without federal statutory prohibition under TANF rules.provisional
  • Pregnant women and families seeking assistanceMay receive services and material items—such as diapers, baby clothes, relationship counseling, prenatal education, and pregnancy testing—supported through state TANF grant funds.provisional

Who backs it

  • Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programFederal TANF grant funding under section 403 of the Social Security Act is authorized to be used by states to support qualifying pregnancy centers.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Allows states to use federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant funds to support pregnancy resource centers that provide material aid, counseling, prenatal education, and other family services.

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jan 26, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. Jan 21, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jan 21, 2026On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 37). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1139)
  4. Jan 21, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 37). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1139)
  5. Jan 21, 2026On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 213 (Roll no. 36).
  6. Jan 20, 2026Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1009 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6945, H.R. 6359 and H.J. Res. 140. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6945, H.R. 6359, and H.J. Res. 140 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each measure.
  7. Jan 14, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
  8. Jan 6, 2026Introduced in House
  9. Jan 6, 2026Introduced in House

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