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H.R. 2387 · 119th CongressHealth

No Harm Act has not moved since its introduction on Mar 26, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans

Sponsored by Onder, Robert R-MO · 8 cosponsors: 0 Democrats, 8 Republicans
IntroducedMar 26, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 248 words.

No Harm Act This bill prohibits federal funding for sex-trait altering treatment for minors, authorizes civil actions for harm caused by such procedures, and subjects certain procedures to potential criminal penalties. The bill defines sex-trait altering treatment as generally meaning medical treatment altering the physical or physiological characteristics of an individual’s biological sex (except for treating sexual development disorders, severe injuries, or injuries caused by sex-trait altering treatments). The bill prohibits federal funds for supporting sex-trait altering treatment for minors, government regulatory action promoting such treatment, medical institutions providing such treatment, and elementary or secondary schools allowing school personnel to provide or support such treatment without parental consent. The bill prohibits discrimination against, or penalization of, providers who decline to perform such treatment. Additionally, parents of a minor have a right to decline such treatment for the minor. States that require providers to furnish such treatment, or that do not require parental consent, may not receive certain federal funds. The bill establishes a private right of action against health care providers for harm caused by such treatment or for not obtaining parental consent. It also generally establishes a private right of action against individuals or entities that violate the bill's other provisions. Finally, the bill makes changes to the existing federal criminal prohibition on performing female genital mutilation on a minor. The bill specifies that the performance of sex-altering surgery on a minor is not considered medically necessary and thus may be subject to the applicable criminal penalties.

Context
Committees
House Education and Workforce Committee
House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Judiciary Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
Sponsor
0 of 19 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in house · 2,165 words
Latest action
Mar 26, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]