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The bill significantly expands and clarifies protections for federal employees seeking or using lawful reproductive health care—preserving access, privacy, and job protections—while imposing costs and operational constraints on agencies and shifting economic impacts away from some States and toward federal budgets and administrative burdens.
Federal employees and their eligible dependents can obtain lawful reproductive health care (including out-of-state travel and paid leave) with preserved pay, leave accrual, and continuity of care.
Federal employees and security-clearance applicants are protected from adverse personnel or clearance actions based on abortion-related care, and privacy rules limit unnecessary disclosure of reproductive health information.
Agencies are restricted from using funds to relocate large portions of headquarters to jurisdictions with enforceable abortion restrictions and must report transparency data (GAO/Comptroller General list), reducing investment in restrictive States/territories and protecting employees from forced moves.
Taxpayers may incur higher costs from expanded travel/transportation allowances and paid leave for out-of-state reproductive care and from increased recruitment or retention expenses if agencies must avoid relocating staff to certain jurisdictions.
Agency flexibility to place staff and site operations is constrained, potentially complicating staffing plans, mission execution, and long-term workforce management across affected agencies.
Access to benefits and protections will vary by State because the bill ties definitions and eligibility to state law and excludes some groups (e.g., political appointees, SES), producing unequal coverage depending on location and status.
Based on analysis of 11 sections of legislative text.
Bars federal agency relocations to states that recently restricted abortion, provides travel allowances and up to 21 days paid leave for out-of-state reproductive care, and protects employees from penalties and clearance inquiries.
Official title: To ensure the accessibility of reproductive healthcare for Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 24, 2026 by James R. Walkinshaw · Last progress June 24, 2026
Protects federal employees' access to lawful reproductive health care by restricting executive-branch relocations to States/territories that recently restricted abortion, creating travel allowances and paid leave for out-of-state reproductive care, and banning most personnel actions or security-clearance inquiries based on seeking or supporting abortion care. It also requires GAO to publish a list of covered jurisdictions and directs OPM and agencies to issue implementing guidance and privacy protections. Establishes definitions, exceptions for existing facilities and repairs, limits paid leave to 21 days, and sets implementation timelines (OPM guidance and Presidential revision of adjudicative guidelines within 90 days). The Act becomes effective 60 days after enactment unless otherwise specified.