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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3235 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide more opportunities for 
mothers to succeed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2025 
Mrs. FISCHBACH (for herself, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. STAUBER, Mrs. MILLER of 
Illinois, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. WEBSTER of 
Florida, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. GUEST, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mrs. HINSON, 
Mr. MCGUIRE, Mr. MCDOWELL, Mr. MOORE of West Virginia, and Mr. 
VAN DREW) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide more 
opportunities for mothers to succeed, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed Act’’ or the 
‘‘MOMS Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE OF RESOURCES FOR 
EXPECTING MOMS 
Sec. 101. Pregnancy.gov. 
Sec. 102. National list of licensed child placement agencies. 
Sec. 103. List of funding opportunities available to pregnancy support centers. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING ACCESS TO PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL 
RESOURCES 
Sec. 201. Positive alternatives for women. 
Sec. 202. Improving access to prenatal and postnatal telehealth care. 
TITLE III—UNBORN CHILD SUPPORT 
Sec. 301. Child support enforcement on behalf of unborn children. 
TITLE 
I—FEDERAL 
CLEARING-
HOUSE OF RESOURCES FOR 
EXPECTING MOMS 
SEC. 101. PREGNANCY.GOV. 
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XXXIV—RESOURCE 
DIRECTORY FOR MOMS 
‘‘SEC. 
3401. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
PREGNANCY.GOV 
WEBSITE. 
‘‘(a) WEBSITE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish 
a public website entitled ‘pregnancy.gov’. The Secretary 
may not delegate implementation or administration of the 
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website below the level of the Office of the Secretary. The 
website shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A clearinghouse of relevant resources 
available for pregnant and postpartum women, and 
women parenting young children. 
‘‘(2) A series of questions through which a user 
is able to generate a list of relevant resources of in-
terest within the user’s ZIP Code. 
‘‘(3) A means to direct the user to identify 
whether to list the relevant resources of interest that 
are available online or within 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 
miles of the user. 
‘‘(4) A mechanism for users to take an assess-
ment through the website and provide consent to use 
the user’s contact information, which the Secretary 
may use to conduct outreach via phone or email to 
follow up with users on additional resources that 
would be helpful for the users to review. 
‘‘(b) RESOURCE LIST AGGREGATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall invite 
each State to provide recommendations of relevant 
resources referred to in subsection (a)(3) for such 
State. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA
FOR
MAKING
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall develop criteria to pro-
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vide to the States to determine whether resources 
recommended as described in paragraph (1) should 
appear on the website. Such criteria shall include the 
requirement that the relevant resource is not a pro-
hibited entity. 
‘‘(3) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide grants to States to establish or support 
a system that— 
‘‘(i) aggregates relevant resources re-
ferred to in subsection (a)(3), in accord-
ance with the criteria developed under 
paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(ii) may be coordinated, to the extent 
determined appropriate by the State, by a 
statewide, regionally based, or community- 
based public or private entity. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under subparagraph (A), a State 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require, in-
cluding a plan for outreach and awareness ac-
tivities, and a list of relevant resources that 
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would be included in the State system sup-
ported by the grant. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION
REGARDING
CERTAIN
ENTI-
TIES.—Relevant resources listed on the website, and any 
additional resources promoted by the Secretary, may not 
include any resource offered by a prohibited entity. No 
prohibited entity may receive a grant provided under sub-
section (b)(3). 
‘‘(d) SERVICES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that the website provides the widest 
possible access to services for families who speak lan-
guages other than English. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the website is established 
under this section, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on— 
‘‘(A) the traffic of the website; 
‘‘(B) user feedback on the accessibility and 
helpfulness of the website in tailoring to the 
user’s needs; 
‘‘(C) insights on gaps in relevant resources 
with respect to services for pregnant and 
postpartum women, or women parenting young 
children; 
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‘‘(D) suggestions on how to improve user 
experience and accessibility based on user feed-
back and missing resources that would be help-
ful to include in future updates; and 
‘‘(E) certification that no prohibited enti-
ties are listed as a relevant resource or are in 
receipt of a grant under subsection (b)(3). 
‘‘(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall not include any personal identi-
fying information regarding individuals who have 
used the website. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2025 through 2030. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ABORTION.—The term ‘abortion’ means 
the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, 
drug, or any other substance or device to inten-
tionally— 
‘‘(A) kill the unborn child of a woman 
known to be pregnant; or 
‘‘(B) terminate the pregnancy of a woman 
known to be pregnant, with an intention other 
than— 
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