House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6545.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 126, July 26, 2018, Page H7725):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6545, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
181 cosponsors — 181 Democrats
0 of 181 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA) and 151 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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- H.R. 3202 (115th) Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act
- H.R. 58 (115th) FRIENDS Act
- H.R. 68 (115th) Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.R. 3654 (115th) Special Counsel Independence Protection Act
- H.Res. 386 (115th) Recognizing June 19, 2017, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.