Federal workers get paid leave to travel for abortion care.

What it does

The bill stops the government from moving agency offices to states with strict abortion laws. Federal workers can say no to job transfers to those states. Workers who travel for abortion care get paid time off and paid travel. The bill protects workers from losing their security clearance or job for having an abortion.

Who it affects

Federal workers gain new rights. They can refuse to move to states with strict abortion laws. They get paid leave and travel money if they need to go elsewhere for care.

One thing to notice

The government updates its list of states with strict abortion laws every three months. Federal agencies may not know which states they can move to.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

34 cosponsors: 34 Democrats.

• Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on…”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $791,600 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 73 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.

James Walkinshaw, who sponsored the bill, received $953,318 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Earthjustice Action — $376,600 in 2 reports
• National Treasury Employees Union — $340,000 in 1 report
• National Women's Law Center Action Fund — $75,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• security clearance — Official permission that lets a worker see secret government information.
• states with strict abortion laws — States that limit or ban abortion care.
• paid time off — Days workers get paid while not working.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.