Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2026

Key Points

• The bill creates a federal grant program through the Treasury Department to help pay for travel costs, like transportation, lodging, meals, and childcare, for people who need to travel to get an abortion.
• Grants go to nonprofit and community organizations that help people access abortion care, and up to 15 percent of each grant can cover the group's own operating costs like outreach and staffing.
• The bill specifically bars the money from being used to pay for the abortion procedure itself, and it prioritizes groups helping people from states with bans or severe restrictions.
• The bill overrides state, tribal, and local laws that would try to block use of this federal money, and prohibits federal officials from cooperating with state investigations or prosecutions tied to the program.
• Congress would authorize $350 million per year for five years, from 2027 through 2031, to fund this grant program.