Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act
Latest action · Nov 15, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 15, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act
This bill establishes a punitive article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice on domestic violence and aggravated domestic violence against an intimate partner. "Aggravated domestic violence" involves the use of a weapon, or force in a manner likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm.
Military departments must submit to the Department of Justice the identity of each member of the Armed Forces who has been convicted of a domestic violence offense for inclusion in the national instant criminal background check system.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 15, 2017 to Nov 16, 2017; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Nov 15, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Armed Services Committee | Referred Nov 15, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Nov 15, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-674 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM952 pages | Armed Services Committee | Feb 15, 2018–Apr 26, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4639 | Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act | Identical bill | Jan 22, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a punitive article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice on domestic violence, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
