House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Violence Against Women Act of 2000

H.R. 1248Introduced Mar 24, 1999Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Constance Morella R-MD

Where it went

IntroducedMar 24, 1999
Committee actionJun 27, 2000
Passed HouseSep 26, 2000 · 415–3
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 27, 2000 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 834.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1248.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1248, Violence Against Women Act of 2000” on July 13, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 27, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12471
CBO publication date
July 13, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1248, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1248
Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 3, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-891 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 26, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1248, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1248
Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 3, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

239 cosponsors — 69 Republicans, 169 Democrats, 1 independent

172 of 239 cosponsors (72%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Charles Bass (R-NH), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA) and 209 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Constance Morella.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-8 district

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