Sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), the Global Respect Act (H.R. 3485) would enable visa bans against foreign individuals accused of violating human rights. However, the existing Global Magnitsky Act (which this bill would weaken) already enables the U.S. government to issue such bans. The Global Magnitsky Act allows sanctions against foreign persons responsible for human rights violations against anyone, but H.R. 3485 only targets those accused of violating “LGBT rights.” H.R. 3485 could impair freedom of speech and religion by imposing sanctions on individuals who maintain sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage or sexuality. Furthermore, this bill could be used to sanction foreign actors that promote pro-life policies.

(Passed 2/9/2022, 227 yeas to 206 nays, Roll Call No. 43)

FRC Action Opposed this Bill.

The FY 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act contained all 12 regular appropriations bills to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. Although these appropriations bills maintained all existing pro-life and pro-family policy riders, the FY 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act also contained the full text of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, which dilutes sex discrimination allegations by unfairly and dangerously elevating “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to protected class status, erroneously equating these subjective categories with the immutable characteristic of biological sex.

(Passed 3/9/2022, 260 yeas to 171 nays, Roll Call No. 66)

FRC Action Opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Henry Johnson (D-GA), the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act, H.R. 963) defines the term “civil rights dispute” as a dispute arising from an alleged violation of any federal, state, or local law that prohibits discrimination. This bill picks winners and losers among discrimination allegations by unfairly and dangerously elevating “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to protected class status, erroneously equating these subjective categories with immutable characteristics such as sex, race, age, and national origin.

(Passed 3/17/2022, 222 yeas to 209 nays, Roll Call No. 81)

FRC Action Opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act, H.R. 3617) would de-schedule marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, making the drug fully legal at the federal level with no federal safeguards. It also includes language to dramatically increase investment in the marijuana industry.

(Passed 4/1/2022, 220 yeas to 204 nays, Roll Call No. 107)

FRC Action Opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA), the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (H.R. 7309) would redefine “individual[s] with a barrier to employment” to include those who identify as LGBT. This would pick winners and losers among jobseekers by unfairly and dangerously elevating “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to protected class status, erroneously equating these subjective categories with immutable characteristics such as sex, race, age, and national origin. It would also create additional barriers to participation for employers and mandate that youth employment programs include “coaching and mentoring services for employers” related to “sexual orientation” or “gender identity.”

(Passed on 5/17/2022, 220 yeas to 196 nays, Roll Call No. 193)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Bradley Schneider (D-IL), the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 (H.R. 350) would create domestic terrorism offices across the country to “analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the federal government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism.” While this intent appears laudable, the method is ripe for abuse, is unnecessary, and builds upon a flawed “hate crimes” framework. The federal government already has multiple offices and resources to target all forms of terrorism, and some of these existing offices have been recently abused. In one recent example, parents who were concerned about what their children were being taught and raised questions at school board meetings were investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as possible domestic terrorists.

(Passed on 5/18/2022, 222 yeas to 203 nays, Roll Call No. 221)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), the Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act (H.R. 2543) would expressly redefine “sex” to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” putting women entrepreneurs at a disadvantage by unfairly elevating these subjective categories to protected class status, erroneously equating them with the immutable characteristic of biological sex.

(Passed on 6/15/2022, 215 yeas to 207 nays, Roll Call No. 275)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Actem> (H.R. 4176) is an ideologically driven bill that would force agencies that publish reports relying on survey demographic data to erroneously equate the subjective categories of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” with immutable characteristics such as sex, race, age, and national origin. This bill would push the National Institutes of Health, for example, to ignore biology and normalize the measurement of people’s subjective and often variable experience of “gender identity.”

(Passed on 6/23/2022, 220 yeas to 201 nays, Roll Call No. 296)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Actem> (H.R. 4176) is an ideologically driven bill that would force agencies that publish reports relying on survey demographic data to erroneously equate the subjective categories of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” with immutable characteristics such as sex, race, age, and national origin. This bill would push the National Institutes of Health, for example, to ignore biology and normalize the measurement of people’s subjective and often variable experience of “gender identity.”

(Passed 6/24/2022, 234 yeas to 193 nays, Roll Call No. 299)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-CA), this amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7900) would mandate expedited consideration of harassment or prohibited discrimination complaints and unfairly elevates “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the status of protected classes, erroneously equating these subjective categories with immutable characteristics such as sex, race, age, and national origin. “Sexual orientation” and “gender identity” should never be elevated in this manner; doing so is unnecessary, has numerous tangential harmful consequences, and is coercive. Moreover, inserting “gender identity” ideology into any area of law undermines protections for women because anyone self-identifying as a woman would be able to gain access to programs, services, and facilities designated for women.

(Passed 7/13/2022, 219 yeas to 209 nays, Roll Call No. 314)

FRC Action opposed this Amendment.

Sponsored by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA), this amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7900) would request that the U.S. Department of Defense produce a report on the spread of malign disinformation within the ranks and the ways in which the Department is currently working to mitigate its spread. Malign disinformation is defined extremely broadly to include information deemed “harmful to good order and discipline.” Thus, this language could be used to attack the free speech of service members.

(Failed 7/13/2022, 207 yeas to 219 nays, Roll Call No. 324)

FRC Action opposed this Amendment.

Sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), the so-called Women’s Health Protection Act (H.R. 8296) would mandate abortion-on-demand nationwide while simultaneously striking down commonsense pro-life laws across the United States. This is the most radical abortion bill on which the U.S. Congress has ever voted.

(Passed 7/15/2022, 219 yeas to 210 nays, Roll Call No. 360)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act (H.R. 8297) is presented as a bill protecting a woman’s right to freely travel out of state to seek healthcare services. In reality, this bill is nothing more than an attempt to usurp states’ ability to protect unborn children and their mothers. It is unclear how far this language could be used to provide cover for rogue actors seeking to harm women and children by aiding them in getting unsafe abortions across state lines.

(Passed 7/15/2022, 223 yeas to 205 nays, Roll Call No. 362)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the so-called Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404) would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which was enacted in 1996 to uphold and protect natural marriage. The Respect for Marriage Act would also codify same-sex marriage into federal law, make faith-based entities (like adoption and foster care agencies) an even greater target for frivolous litigation, threaten the tax-exempt status of entities that still believe or operate on the basis of natural marriage, and legislatively cement policy harmful to children.

(Passed 7/19/2022, 267 yeas to 157 nays, Roll Call No. 373)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. David Price (D-NC), the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 8294) is a six-bill spending package that would repeal several longstanding policy riders, including the Dornan Amendment, which prohibits taxpayer funding for abortions in the District of Columbia.

(Passed 7/20/2022, 220 yeas to 207 nays, Roll Call No. 383)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC), the Right to Contraception Act (H.R. 8373) is presented as simply guaranteeing women’s access to contraception. In reality, the bill’s vague language could be used to overturn commonsense conscience laws and guarantee a right to chemical abortion pills.

(Passed 7/21/2022, 228 yeas to 195 nays, Roll Call No. 385)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (Schumer Amendment #5194 to H.R. 5376) is a nearly $800 billion partisan spending package that would increase taxes on middle-class Americans in order to increase taxpayer funding of healthcare plans that pay for abortion. This bill also includes $80 billion to increase IRS enforcement despite the IRS having a past record of weaponizing audits, the nonprofit review process, and other enforcement mechanisms in order to discriminate against conservative and faith-based groups.

(Passed 8/12/2022, 220 yeas to 207 nays, Roll Call No. 420)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Sponsored by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), the Mental Health Matters Act (H.R. 7780) provides grants to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers. Mental health is critically important, and FRC supports efforts to increase the availability of quality mental health services to struggling youth. However, this bill has significant flaws. Namely, it would use the mental health sector to further widen the pipeline of children who are being indoctrinated with radical “gender identity” ideology in schools. This will lead to more children being steered by school personnel toward “gender transition,” all too often without parental notification or involvement.

(Passed on 9/29/2022, 220 yeas to 205 nays, Roll Call No. 459)

FRC Action opposed this Bill.

Filed by Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), this discharge petition would force a floor vote on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021 (H.R. 426) if it gathered 218 signatures. The petition was filed due to House leadership failing to consider this measure, which would restore Title IX’s even playing field for female athletes by making it a violation of federal law for schools that receive federal funds to permit a biological male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women.

(Filed on 4/26/2022, this petition has garnered 187 of the required 218 signatures so far)

FRC Action supported this Petition.