House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 17, 2021 · 244–172
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2022 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1620.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021” on March 16, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the House Rules Committee website on March 8, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57065
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1620, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- 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. 167, No. 43, March 8, 2021, Page H1121):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1620, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1620, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
186 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 184 Democrats
2 of 186 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), 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), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN) and 156 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.