H.R. 8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-16 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020

Plain summary

I Am Vanessa Guillen Act of 2020 This bill addresses the response of the Department of Defense to sex-related offenses committed against members of the Armed Forces, including allowing a member to confidentially allege a complaint of sexual harassment to an individual outside the immediate chain of command of that member.

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Official text

I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 187 cosponsors

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Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), John R. Carter (R-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jason Crow (D-CO), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Peter Welch (D-VT), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT) and 127 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr8270.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr8270 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116