# 119-hr-10870: Military Domestic Violence Survivors Support Act

119-hr-10870, Military Domestic Violence Survivors Support Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH); status introduced (as of 2026-10-31).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10870
- Congress: 119
- Title: Military Domestic Violence Survivors Support Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-10-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-31

## Summary

**Expands Special Victims' Counsel coverage to domestic violence.** This bill would add domestic violence to the offenses that qualify for Special Victims' Counsel, clarify victim advocate roles, require a Department of Defense briefing on implementation within 1 year, and delay the changes until 2 years after enactment. - Service members who experience domestic violence would become eligible for Special Victims' Counsel legal help, giving survivors access to military legal advocates alongside health and victim advocates. - The bill clarifies language by replacing "domestic abuse advocate" with "domestic abuse victim advocate" and explicitly includes those advocates among roles that may serve or accompany Special Victims' Counsel. - The Secretary of Defense must brief the House and Senate Armed Services Committees within 1 year on policies to implement the changes, and the amendments would take effect 2 years after enactment.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More help for military domestic violence victims: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would let Special Victims’ Counsel (SVC) represent people affected by domestic violence as well as sex-related offenses under 10 U.S.C. 1044e. It would add two military offense articles (928b and 128b) to the list of covered offenses and rename advocacy roles to "domestic abus…

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- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
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- 119-hr-7188: MOLD Act
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## Sources
- [119-hr-10870 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10870)

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- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-7188: MOLD Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7188)
- [119-hr-6575: CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6575)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10870 (as of 2026-10-31).