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From the Congressional Record, Volume 164 (2018)









H.R. 6805 — A bill to prohibit the use of restraints and restrictive housing on inmates during the period of pregnancy, labor and postpartum recovery, to collect data on incarcerated pregnant women in the United States and the results of such pregnancies, to address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. BASS (for herself, Mrs. Love, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. McSally, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Granger, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Comstock, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Noem, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Handel, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Cheney, Ms. Fudge, Mrs. Roby, Ms. McCollum, Mrs. Walorski, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Speier, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee, Ms. Moore, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Titus, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Meng, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Adams, and Ms. Schakowsky), H8724 [13SE]
Cosponsors added, H8733 [17SE], H9092 [26SE], H9449 [26OC]