Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection Act
Sponsored By: Representative Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
Introduced
Summary
Protect federal employees' access to reproductive health care by stopping major agency moves to states with restrictive abortion laws and by creating travel, leave, and privacy protections for employees and eligible dependents.
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- Workers and families: Employees and eligible dependents could receive travel and transportation allowances to get lawful reproductive care not available where they live. Employees would be eligible for up to 21 days of administrative leave for abortion-related travel and could opt out of details or relocations to listed states; agencies must issue travel rules within 90 days.
- Agency operations: The Comptroller General would publish and update at least quarterly a list of states and territories with restrictive abortion laws. The bill would bar moving a headquarters or a significant portion of an Executive agency to listed states and limit using federal funds to lease, buy, or construct facilities there while allowing maintenance and some existing leases; “significant portion” is defined as at least 5% of employees or 10% of a component's annual discretionary budget.
- Privacy and workplace protections: The bill would prohibit asking about abortion use or travel when deciding eligibility for access to classified information and would forbid retaliation against employees who opt out of relocations, seek allowances, or use abortion-related leave.
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Travel and paid leave for care
If enacted, federal civilian employees and eligible dependents would be able to get travel and transportation allowances when they must leave their State or territory to get lawful reproductive health care not available where they live. The Office of Personnel Management would have to issue rules within 90 days and agencies would provide allowances similar to military travel rules. Agencies would grant allowances without regard to agency needs and would limit disclosure about the specific services to designated HR staff. If enacted, covered employees could also take up to 21 days of paid administrative leave for abortion-related travel without losing pay, reducing accrued leave, or losing service credit or performance rating.
Employee privacy and relocation protections
If enacted, federal employees and job applicants would be allowed to decline assignments, transfers, or promotions that would require moving to a State or territory on the Comptroller General's restrictive list for medical, reproductive, family planning, or personal health reasons. Agencies could not condition appointments or promotions on moving to a listed State unless the employee waives that requirement for those reasons. If enacted, agencies and adjudicators would be barred from asking or considering whether you used or traveled for abortion care when handling personnel actions or security clearances, except when investigating alleged misuse of the travel or leave rules. The President and OPM would have to update clearance and personnel guidance within 90 days.
Limits on agency moves to restrictive states
If enacted, the Comptroller General would publish a public list of States and territories with laws restricting or banning abortion and update it at least quarterly. The list would be published not later than one week after enactment. Executive agencies would be barred from using funds to move their headquarters or a significant portion of operations to any State on that list, and from leasing, buying, or building new facilities there. The bill would still allow maintenance or repair of existing facilities and renewal of certain existing leases or facilities used only for in-person public services.
Who the bill covers and means
If enacted, the bill would define key terms used across these rules. It would say who counts as a Federal employee (civilian Executive agency staff, excluding political appointees and Senior Executive Service members), who is an eligible dependent (unmarried under 26 or disabled before 26), and what "lawful reproductive health care services" means. These definitions would decide who can use the travel help, paid leave, and other protections.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
OH • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
MN • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
VA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
CO • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Menefee, Christian D. [D-TX-18]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/30/2026
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/30/2026
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/21/2026
Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/13/2026
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