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H.R. 5041: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019

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H.R. 5041: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-11-12 · Families · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9155)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-11-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9155) 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

Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019

Plain summary

Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019 This bill modifies, expands, and reauthorizes through FY2024 the Family Violence and Prevention Services program, which funds emergency shelters and supports related assistance for victims of domestic violence. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter cooperative agreements with state and tribal domestic violence coalitions, and community-based organizations, to support prevention services. Depending on the type of organization, grant recipients must use funding to (1) provide technical assistance; (2) promote evidence-informed prevention strategies; (3) implement coordinated, community responses to reduce risk factors for family violence; and (4) develop prevention partnership strategies, among other uses. Further, HHS must award specified grants to organizations that provide population-specific services in underserved communities and to community-based organizations that provide culturally competent domestic violence services to racial and ethnic minority groups. The bill also establishes a grants program for tribal domestic violence coalitions to support the provision of local, tribal, family domestic or dating violence services and requires HHS to award a grant for the administration of a hotline dedicated to serving Indians affected by domestic violence. In addition, the bill modifies certain program-wide definitions; changes the requirements for specified grant applications, eligibility criteria, and use of funds; and makes other technical revisions.

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

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Official text

Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] · 65 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gwen Moore (D-WI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Bill Foster (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Josh Harder (D-CA), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Mark Takano (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Adam Smith (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Dina Titus (D-NV) and 5 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] reported raising $1.2 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-hr5041 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116