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H.R. 2388: Harmony’s Law

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H.R. 2388: Harmony’s Law

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-29 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-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 Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Harmony’s Law

Plain summary

Harmony's Law This bill eliminates the statute of limitations under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for a child abuse offense. Currently, such charges must be received during the life of the child or within 10 years of the commission of the offense, whichever is longer. The bill retroactively applies to offenses for which the current statute of limitations has not yet lapsed. The Office of General Counsel of the House of Representatives is authorized to file legal briefs supporting the position that prosecution for a rape or sexual assault should not be time-barred, notwithstanding the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in United States v. Mangahas , No. 17-0434-AF.

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Official text

Harmony’s Law

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18] · 28 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), James R. Baird (R-IN), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18] reported raising $5.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2388 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116