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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 742 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that women members 
of the Armed Forces and their families have access to the contraception 
they need in order to promote the health and readiness of all members 
of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2015 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. BERA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Ms. CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, 
Ms. DELBENE, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. ESTY, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
HONDA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KILMER, Ms. 
KUSTER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO-
NEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS, 
Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. 
RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WILSON 
of Florida, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Ms. 
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that 
women members of the Armed Forces and their families 
have access to the contraception they need in order to 
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promote the health and readiness of all members of 
the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Access to Contracep-
tion for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 
2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Women are serving in the Armed Forces at 
increasing rates, playing a critical role in the na-
tional security of the United States. More than 
350,000 women serve on active duty in the Armed 
Forces or in the Selected Reserve. 
(2) Nearly 10,000,000 members of the Armed 
Forces (including members of the National Guard 
and Reserves), military retirees, their families, their 
survivors, and certain former spouses, including 
nearly 5,000,000 female beneficiaries, are eligible for 
health care through the Department of Defense. 
(3) Contraception is critical for women’s health 
and is highly effective at reducing unintended preg-
nancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion describe contraception as one of the 10 greatest 
public health achievements of the twentieth century. 
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