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H.R. 5003: Break the Cycle of Violence Act

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H.R. 5003: Break the Cycle of Violence Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-07-27 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-07-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Break the Cycle of Violence Act

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Official text

Break the Cycle of Violence Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr5003.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] · 122 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Grace Meng (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Dina Titus (D-NV), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Ed Case (D-HI), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) and 62 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] reported raising $4.1 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-cong118-hr5003 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118