H.R. 1670

Summary

H.R. 1670, the Family Building FEHB Fairness Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 27, 2025 by Rep. Gerald Connolly (D) with 3 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Sep 16, 2025: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1670, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Record

Text

H.R. 1670 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1670 IH: Family Building FEHB Fairness Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-27
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1670  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 27, 2025   Mr. Connolly  (for himself,  Ms. Norton , and  Ms. Wasserman Schultz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Family Building FEHB Fairness Act  .
2.
Fertility treatment benefits
(a)
In general
Section 8904 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(G)
Fertility treatment benefits.
 ; and
(B)
in paragraph (2)—
(i)
by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and
(ii)
by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:
(F)
Fertility treatment benefits.
 ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
(c)
In this section, the term  fertility treatment  means—
(1)
preservation of human oocytes, sperm, or embryos for later reproductive use;
(2)
artificial insemination, including intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, and intrauterine insemination;
(3)
assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization and other treatments or procedures in which reproductive genetic material, such as oocytes, sperm, fertilized eggs, and embryos, are handled, when clinically appropriate;
(4)
genetic testing of embryos;
(5)
medications prescribed or obtained over-the-counter, as indicated for fertility;
(6)
gamete donation; and
(7)
such other information, referrals, treatments, procedures, medications, laboratory services, technologies, and services relating to fertility as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, determines appropriate.
 .
(b)
Effective date
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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To require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Gerald Connolly (D) sponsors H.R. 1670, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Gerald Connolly

Rep. · D–VA-11 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 27, 2025 · Original

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Rep. · D–FL-25 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 27, 2025 · Original

Jennifer McClellan

Rep. · D–VA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 17, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1670 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Referred To · Feb 27, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1670 has taken 3 actions since Feb 27, 2025, the latest on Sep 16, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1670 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 1670.

S 797Family Building FEHB Fairness ActFeb 27, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental… · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 1670 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Family Building FEHB Fairness Act — Display Title
• Family Building FEHB Fairness Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

11 clients hired 11 firms and 39 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1670 in 54 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Immigration.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 39.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1670 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1670’s is Health.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1670 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Family planning and birth control to Sex and reproductive health.

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