H.R. 3867: Violence Against Women Veterans Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-19 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

federal

Follow this bill, step by step

Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Violence Against Women Veterans Act

Plain summary

Violence Against Women Veterans Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take actions to improve assistance to veterans who experience domestic violence or sexual assault. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to implement a program to assist veterans who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault in accessing VA benefits. The VA shall carry out the program in partnership with domestic violence shelters and programs, rape crisis centers, state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, and other appropriate service providers. The bill authorizes the VA to establish local coordinators to provide outreach under the program to effectively assist veterans who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault. The VA must consult with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national task force to develop a comprehensive national program to address domestic violence and sexual assault among veterans by integrating VA facilities, services, and benefits into existing networks of community-based domestic violence and sexual assault services. The VA must consult with DOJ to conduct a national baseline study to examine the scope of the problem of domestic violence and sexual assault among veterans and spouses of veterans. Finally, the bill requires the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to include in its biennial report an assessment of the effects of intimate partner violence on women veterans.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.

PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).

What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Violence Against Women Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text

No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.

Limited to a few requests an hour per person.

The strongest published arguments

Arguments for (supporters)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Arguments against (opponents)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Alternatives

Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

How did my representative vote? · This bill's floor votes

Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · 49 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), André Carson (D-IN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mike Quigley (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] reported raising $180,257 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Words on this page, explained (2)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.

Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3867.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3867 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116