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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5036 
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking any 
action to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the final rule, 
entitled ‘‘Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delega-
tions of Authority’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 12, 2019 
Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. NADLER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
CISNEROS, Mr. WELCH, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. SHALALA, Ms. BLUNT ROCH-
ESTER, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. POCAN, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. KHANNA, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. RYAN, Ms. MENG, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
DELBENE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ENGEL, 
Mr. SOTO, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. TRONE, Mr. SIRES, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. COOPER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 
FOSTER, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. GARCI´A of 
Illinois, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. BASS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
TAKANO, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MOULTON, 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. WEXTON, 
Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KEATING, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 
HIGGINS of New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. 
RASKIN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Mrs. TRAHAN, and Mr. KILDEE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
from taking any action to implement, enforce, or other-
wise give effect to the final rule, entitled ‘‘Protecting 
Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations 
of Authority’’. 
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 ‘‘Put Patients First 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPLEMENTATION OF FINAL RULE. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services may not take any 
action to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to 
the final rule, entitled ‘‘Protecting Statutory Conscience 
Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority’’ (84 Fed. 
Reg. 23170–23272, May 21, 2019). 
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