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Overview
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for gender transition medical procedures on minors. It directly restricts what types of medical interventions can be funded by federal dollars when performed on children.
Law Today
Federal law currently does not explicitly prohibit the use of federal funds for gender transition procedures on minors, leaving decisions about funding such procedures to individual states, insurance programs, and healthcare providers.
If Passed
This bill would ban the use of federal taxpayer dollars to pay for gender transition surgeries and related procedures on children under 18. For Christian families, this means federal Medicaid, Medicare, Veterans Affairs, military healthcare, and other federal healthcare programs would be prohibited from covering such procedures for minors.
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Likely Support
Christian families who prioritize parental authority, the sanctity of childhood development, and caution about irreversible medical procedures on minors will generally see this as protecting their ability to raise children according to their values and preventing their tax dollars from funding procedures they believe are harmful to young people. The bill reinforces parental rights and limits federal entanglement in family medical decisions.
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Likely supporters & opponents
Likely support
- Pro-life and religious-liberty advocacy organizations — Federal funds should not subsidize procedures that permanently alter children's bodies before they reach adulthood or can fully consent.
- Parental-rights advocacy organizations — Parents—not federal bureaucrats or gender ideology—should guide medical decisions for their own children.
- Medical-ethics groups concerned with pediatric irreversibility — These procedures carry lasting physical and psychological effects that warrant restriction in the developing minor population.
Likely opposition
- LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations — Denying federal funding for medically necessary, evidence-based transition care discriminates against transgender youth and worsens health disparities.
- Medical associations supporting gender-affirming care — Major pediatric and psychiatric groups endorse certain transition procedures for qualified minors, and funding restrictions override clinical judgment.
- Civil-liberties and healthcare-access groups — Blocking federal funding effectively denies care to low-income and underinsured families without addressing the underlying medical question.
AI-inferred typical positions based on the bill’s substance — general stakeholder categories, not confirmed endorsements.
Official summary
To prohibit Federal funds from being used to provide certain gender transition procedures to minors.
Sponsors
- Richard McCormick (R)
- Andrew Clyde (R)
- Anna Luna (R)
- Scott Franklin (R)
- Elizabeth Van Duyne (R)
- Patrick Fallon (R)
- Mike Collins (R)
- Randy Weber (R)
- Andy Harris (R)
- Glenn Grothman (R)
- Michael Guest (R)
- Ryan Zinke (R)
- Brian Babin (R)
- Riley Moore (R)
- Jake Ellzey (R)
- Ralph Norman (R)
- Daniel Webster (R)
- Jodey Arrington (R)
- Tony Wied (R)
- John Rose (R)
- Austin Scott (R)
- Abraham Hamadeh (R)
- James Baird (R)
- Burgess Owens (R)
- Lance Gooden (R)
- Ronny Jackson (R)
- Brad Finstad (R)
- John McGuire (R)
- Dusty Johnson (R)
- Andrew Ogles (R)
- Paul Gosar (R)
- Jeff Crank (R)
- Tom Tiffany (R)
- Jeff Van Drew (R)
- David Rouzer (R)
- Cory Mills (R)
- Pete Sessions (R)
- Greg Steube (R)
- Russell Fry (R)
- Sheri Biggs (R)
Status timeline
- 2025-01-28Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.H
- 2025-01-28Introduced in HouseH
H = House · S = Senate · A = Assembly