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H.R. 6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018

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H.R. 6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-07-26 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-07-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018

Plain summary

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2023 various programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act that seek to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Among other things, the bill also authorizes new programs, makes changes to federal firearms laws, and establishes new protections to promote housing stability and economic security for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

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Official text

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 181 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Peter Welch (D-VT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), André Carson (D-IN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and 121 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr6545 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115