substantiveMar 29, 2022 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — H R 3359 — Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act
Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021
In plain language
- House bill in the 117th Congress.
- Establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request.
- House passed it on Mar 29, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021 This bill establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request a review of the victim's case file if the murder was committed more than three years prior, the murder was investigated by a federal law enforcement entity, all probative investigative leads have been exhausted, and no likely perpetrator has been identified.
Roll-call breakdown
Yea406
Democrat: 219 · Republican: 187
Nay20
Republican: 20
Present0
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Not Voting5
Democrat: 2 · Republican: 3
How each member voted (431)
Yea (406)
- A. Donald McEachin (Democrat–VA)
- A. Drew Ferguson IV (Republican–GA)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Democrat–VA)
- Adam B. Schiff (Democrat–CA)
- Adam Smith (Democrat–WA)
- Adrian Smith (Republican–NE)
- Adriano Espaillat (Democrat–NY)
- Al Green (Democrat–TX)
- Al Lawson, Jr. (Democrat–FL)
- Alan S. Lowenthal (Democrat–CA)
- Albio Sires (Democrat–NJ)
- Alexander X. Mooney (Republican–WV)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat–NY)
- Alma S. Adams (Democrat–NC)
- Ami Bera (Democrat–CA)
- André Carson (Democrat–IN)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (Republican–NY)
- Andrew S. Clyde (Republican–GA)
- Andy Barr (Republican–KY)
- Andy Kim (Democrat–NJ)
- Andy Levin (Democrat–MI)
- Angie Craig (Democrat–MN)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (Democrat–AZ)
- Ann M. Kuster (Democrat–NH)
- Ann Wagner (Republican–MO)
- Anna G. Eshoo (Democrat–CA)
- Anthony G. Brown (Democrat–MD)
- Anthony Gonzalez (Republican–OH)
- Antonio Delgado (Democrat–NY)
- Ashley Hinson (Republican–IA)
- August Pfluger (Republican–TX)
- Austin Scott (Republican–GA)
- Ayanna Pressley (Democrat–MA)
- Barbara Lee (Democrat–CA)
- Barry Loudermilk (Republican–GA)
- Barry Moore (Republican–AL)
- Ben Cline (Republican–VA)
- Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat–MS)
- Beth Van Duyne (Republican–TX)
- Betty McCollum (Democrat–MN)
- Bill Foster (Democrat–IL)
- Bill Huizenga (Republican–MI)
- Bill Johnson (Republican–OH)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Bill Posey (Republican–FL)
- Billy Long (Republican–MO)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican–MO)
- Blake D. Moore (Republican–UT)
- Bob Gibbs (Republican–OH)
- Bobby L. Rush (Democrat–IL)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democrat–NJ)
- Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican–OH)
- Brad Sherman (Democrat–CA)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (Democrat–IL)
- Brenda L. Lawrence (Democrat–MI)
- Brendan F. Boyle (Democrat–PA)
- Brett Guthrie (Republican–KY)
- Brian Babin (Republican–TX)
- Brian Higgins (Democrat–NY)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican–PA)
- Bruce Westerman (Republican–AR)
- Bryan Steil (Republican–WI)
- Burgess Owens (Republican–UT)
- Byron Donalds (Republican–FL)
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democrat–MD)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican–FL)
- Carol D. Miller (Republican–WV)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (Democrat–NY)
- Carolyn Bourdeaux (Democrat–GA)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican–WA)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican–TN)
- Charlie Crist (Democrat–FL)
- Chellie Pingree (Democrat–ME)
- Chip Roy (Republican–TX)
- Chris Jacobs (Republican–NY)
- Chris Pappas (Democrat–NH)
- Chris Stewart (Republican–UT)
- Chrissy Houlahan (Democrat–PA)
- Christopher H. Smith (Republican–NJ)
- Claudia Tenney (Republican–NY)
- Cliff Bentz (Republican–OR)
- Colin Z. Allred (Democrat–TX)
- Conor Lamb (Democrat–PA)
- Cori Bush (Democrat–MO)
- Cynthia Axne (Democrat–IA)
- Dan Bishop (Republican–NC)
- Dan Crenshaw (Republican–TX)
- Dan Newhouse (Republican–WA)
- Daniel Meuser (Republican–PA)
- Daniel T. Kildee (Democrat–MI)
- Daniel Webster (Republican–FL)
- Danny K. Davis (Democrat–IL)
- Darin LaHood (Republican–IL)
- Darrell Issa (Republican–CA)
- Darren Soto (Democrat–FL)
- David B. McKinley (Republican–WV)
- David E. Price (Democrat–NC)
- David G. Valadao (Republican–CA)
- David J. Trone (Democrat–MD)
- David Kustoff (Republican–TN)
- David N. Cicilline (Democrat–RI)
- David P. Joyce (Republican–OH)
- David Rouzer (Republican–NC)
- David Schweikert (Republican–AZ)
- David Scott (Democrat–GA)
- Dean Phillips (Democrat–MN)
- Debbie Dingell (Democrat–MI)
- Debbie Lesko (Republican–AZ)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat–FL)
- Deborah K. Ross (Democrat–NC)
- Derek Kilmer (Democrat–WA)
- Diana DeGette (Democrat–CO)
- Diana Harshbarger (Republican–TN)
- Dina Titus (Democrat–NV)
- Don Bacon (Republican–NE)
- Donald M. Payne, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald Norcross (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democrat–VA)
- Doris O. Matsui (Democrat–CA)
- Doug LaMalfa (Republican–CA)
- Doug Lamborn (Republican–CO)
- Dusty Johnson (Republican–SD)
- Dwight Evans (Democrat–PA)
- Earl Blumenauer (Democrat–OR)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican–GA)
- Ed Case (Democrat–HI)
- Ed Perlmutter (Democrat–CO)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat–TX)
- Elaine G. Luria (Democrat–VA)
- Elise M. Stefanik (Republican–NY)
- Elissa Slotkin (Democrat–MI)
- Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat–MO)
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican–AR)
- Eric Swalwell (Democrat–CA)
- Filemon Vela (Democrat–TX)
- Frank D. Lucas (Republican–OK)
- Frank J. Mrvan (Democrat–IN)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Fred Keller (Republican–PA)
- Fred Upton (Republican–MI)
- Frederica S. Wilson (Democrat–FL)
- G. K. Butterfield (Democrat–NC)
- Garret Graves (Republican–LA)
- Gary J. Palmer (Republican–AL)
- Gerald E. Connolly (Democrat–VA)
- Glenn Thompson (Republican–PA)
- Grace F. Napolitano (Democrat–CA)
- Grace Meng (Democrat–NY)
- Greg Pence (Republican–IN)
- Greg Stanton (Democrat–AZ)
- Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat–NY)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican–FL)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Republican–PA)
- Gwen Moore (Democrat–WI)
- H. Morgan Griffith (Republican–VA)
- Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat–NY)
- Haley M. Stevens (Democrat–MI)
- Harold Rogers (Republican–KY)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Henry Cuellar (Democrat–TX)
- Ilhan Omar (Democrat–MN)
- J. French Hill (Republican–AR)
- J. Luis Correa (Democrat–CA)
- Jack Bergman (Republican–MI)
- Jackie Speier (Democrat–CA)
- Jackie Walorski (Republican–IN)
- Jahana Hayes (Democrat–CT)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican–WA)
- Jake Auchincloss (Democrat–MA)
- Jake Ellzey (Republican–TX)
- Jake LaTurner (Republican–KS)
- Jamaal Bowman (Democrat–NY)
- James A. Himes (Democrat–CT)
- James Comer (Republican–KY)
- James E. Clyburn (Democrat–SC)
- James P. McGovern (Democrat–MA)
- James R. Baird (Republican–IN)
- James R. Langevin (Democrat–RI)
- Jamie Raskin (Democrat–MD)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat–IL)
- Jared F. Golden (Democrat–ME)
- Jared Huffman (Democrat–CA)
- Jason Crow (Democrat–CO)
- Jason Smith (Republican–MO)
- Jay Obernolte (Republican–CA)
- Jeff Duncan (Republican–SC)
- Jefferson Van Drew (Republican–NJ)
- Jennifer Wexton (Democrat–VA)
- Jerrold Nadler (Democrat–NY)
- Jerry L. Carl (Republican–AL)
- Jerry McNerney (Democrat–CA)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democrat–IL)
- Jim Banks (Republican–IN)
- Jim Cooper (Democrat–TN)
- Jim Costa (Democrat–CA)
- Jim Jordan (Republican–OH)
- Jimmy Gomez (Democrat–CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (Democrat–CA)
- Joaquin Castro (Democrat–TX)
- Jodey C. Arrington (Republican–TX)
- Joe Courtney (Democrat–CT)
- Joe Neguse (Democrat–CO)
- Joe Wilson (Republican–SC)
- John A. Yarmuth (Democrat–KY)
- John B. Larson (Democrat–CT)
- John Garamendi (Democrat–CA)
- John Joyce (Republican–PA)
- John Katko (Republican–NY)
- John P. Sarbanes (Democrat–MD)
- John R. Carter (Republican–TX)
- John R. Curtis (Republican–UT)
- John R. Moolenaar (Republican–MI)
- John W. Rose (Republican–TN)
- Joseph D. Morelle (Democrat–NY)
- Josh Gottheimer (Democrat–NJ)
- Josh Harder (Democrat–CA)
- Joyce Beatty (Democrat–OH)
- Juan Vargas (Democrat–CA)
- Judy Chu (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Brownley (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Letlow (Republican–LA)
- Kaiali’i Kahele (Democrat–HI)
- Karen Bass (Democrat–CA)
- Kat Cammack (Republican–FL)
- Katherine M. Clark (Democrat–MA)
- Kathleen M. Rice (Democrat–NY)
- Kathy Castor (Democrat–FL)
- Kathy E. Manning (Democrat–NC)
- Katie Porter (Democrat–CA)
- Kay Granger (Republican–TX)
- Ken Buck (Republican–CO)
- Ken Calvert (Republican–CA)
- Kevin Brady (Republican–TX)
- Kevin Hern (Republican–OK)
- Kevin McCarthy (Republican–CA)
- Kim Schrier (Democrat–WA)
- Kurt Schrader (Democrat–OR)
- Kweisi Mfume (Democrat–MD)
- Larry Bucshon (Republican–IN)
- Lauren Underwood (Democrat–IL)
- Lee M. Zeldin (Republican–NY)
- Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat–CA)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat–DE)
- Lisa C. McClain (Republican–MI)
- Liz Cheney (Republican–WY)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Doggett (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Smucker (Republican–PA)
- Lois Frankel (Democrat–FL)
- Lori Trahan (Democrat–MA)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democrat–CA)
- Lucy McBath (Democrat–GA)
- Madeleine Dean (Democrat–PA)
- Madison Cawthorn (Republican–NC)
- Marc A. Veasey (Democrat–TX)
- Marcy Kaptur (Democrat–OH)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican–FL)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican–IA)
- Marie Newman (Democrat–IL)
- Marilyn Strickland (Democrat–WA)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican–FL)
- Mark DeSaulnier (Democrat–CA)
- Mark E. Amodei (Republican–NV)
- Mark E. Green (Republican–TN)
- Mark Pocan (Democrat–WI)
- Mark Takano (Democrat–CA)
- Markwayne Mullin (Republican–OK)
- Mary E. Miller (Republican–IL)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (Democrat–PA)
- Matt Cartwright (Democrat–PA)
- Maxine Waters (Democrat–CA)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (Democrat–NM)
- Michael C. Burgess (Republican–TX)
- Michael Cloud (Republican–TX)
- Michael F. Doyle (Democrat–PA)
- Michael Guest (Republican–MS)
- Michael K. Simpson (Republican–ID)
- Michael R. Turner (Republican–OH)
- Michael T. McCaul (Republican–TX)
- Michael Waltz (Republican–FL)
- Michelle Fischbach (Republican–MN)
- Michelle Steel (Republican–CA)
- Mike Bost (Republican–IL)
- Mike Carey (Republican–OH)
- Mike Gallagher (Republican–WI)
- Mike Garcia (Republican–CA)
- Mike Johnson (Republican–LA)
- Mike Kelly (Republican–PA)
- Mike Levin (Democrat–CA)
- Mike Quigley (Democrat–IL)
- Mike Rogers (Republican–AL)
- Mike Thompson (Democrat–CA)
- Mikie Sherrill (Democrat–NJ)
- Mondaire Jones (Democrat–NY)
- Nancy Mace (Republican–SC)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democrat–CA)
- Neal P. Dunn (Republican–FL)
- Nicole Malliotakis (Republican–NY)
- Nikema Williams (Democrat–GA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat–NY)
- Pat Fallon (Republican–TX)
- Patrick T. McHenry (Republican–NC)
- Paul Tonko (Democrat–NY)
- Pete Aguilar (Democrat–CA)
- Pete Sessions (Republican–TX)
- Pete Stauber (Republican–MN)
- Peter A. DeFazio (Democrat–OR)
- Peter Meijer (Republican–MI)
- Peter Welch (Democrat–VT)
- Pramila Jayapal (Democrat–WA)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat–IL)
- Randy Feenstra (Republican–IA)
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. (Republican–TX)
- Rashida Tlaib (Democrat–MI)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (Democrat–AZ)
- Raul Ruiz (Democrat–CA)
- Richard E. Neal (Democrat–MA)
- Richard Hudson (Republican–NC)
- Rick Larsen (Democrat–WA)
- Rick W. Allen (Republican–GA)
- Ritchie Torres (Democrat–NY)
- Ro Khanna (Democrat–CA)
- Robert B. Aderholt (Republican–AL)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat–VA)
- Robert E. Latta (Republican–OH)
- Robert J. Wittman (Republican–VA)
- Robin L. Kelly (Democrat–IL)
- Rodney Davis (Republican–IL)
- Roger Williams (Republican–TX)
- Ron Estes (Republican–KS)
- Ron Kind (Democrat–WI)
- Ronny Jackson (Republican–TX)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat–CT)
- Ruben Gallego (Democrat–AZ)
- Russ Fulcher (Republican–ID)
- Salud O. Carbajal (Democrat–CA)
- Sam Graves (Republican–MO)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Sara Jacobs (Democrat–CA)
- Scott DesJarlais (Republican–TN)
- Scott Fitzgerald (Republican–WI)
- Scott Franklin (Republican–FL)
- Scott H. Peters (Democrat–CA)
- Sean Casten (Democrat–IL)
- Sean Patrick Maloney (Democrat–NY)
- Seth Moulton (Democrat–MA)
- Sharice Davids (Democrat–KS)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democrat–FL)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat–TX)
- Shontel M. Brown (Democrat–OH)
- Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat–MD)
- Stephanie I. Bice (Republican–OK)
- Stephanie N. Murphy (Democrat–FL)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat–MA)
- Steve Chabot (Republican–OH)
- Steve Cohen (Democrat–TN)
- Steve Scalise (Republican–LA)
- Steve Womack (Republican–AR)
- Steven Horsford (Democrat–NV)
- Steven M. Palazzo (Republican–MS)
- Susan Wild (Democrat–PA)
- Susie Lee (Democrat–NV)
- Suzan K. DelBene (Democrat–WA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat–OR)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (Democrat–TX)
- Ted Budd (Republican–NC)
- Ted Lieu (Democrat–CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democrat–NM)
- Terri A. Sewell (Democrat–AL)
- Theodore E. Deutch (Democrat–FL)
- Thomas Massie (Republican–KY)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican–WI)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (Democrat–NY)
- Tim Burchett (Republican–TN)
- Tim Ryan (Democrat–OH)
- Tim Walberg (Republican–MI)
- Tom Cole (Republican–OK)
- Tom Emmer (Republican–MN)
- Tom Malinowski (Democrat–NJ)
- Tom McClintock (Republican–CA)
- Tom O’Halleran (Democrat–AZ)
- Tom Reed (Republican–NY)
- Tom Rice (Republican–SC)
- Tony Cárdenas (Democrat–CA)
- Tony Gonzales (Republican–TX)
- Tracey Mann (Republican–KS)
- Trent Kelly (Republican–MS)
- Trey Hollingsworth (Republican–IN)
- Troy A. Carter (Democrat–LA)
- Troy Balderson (Republican–OH)
- Troy E. Nehls (Republican–TX)
- Val Butler Demings (Democrat–FL)
- Van Taylor (Republican–TX)
- Vern Buchanan (Republican–FL)
- Veronica Escobar (Democrat–TX)
- Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat–TX)
- Vicky Hartzler (Republican–MO)
- Victoria Spartz (Republican–IN)
- Virginia Foxx (Republican–NC)
- W. Gregory Steube (Republican–FL)
- William R. Keating (Democrat–MA)
- William R. Timmons IV (Republican–SC)
- Young Kim (Republican–CA)
- Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat–NY)
- Yvette Herrell (Republican–NM)
- Zoe Lofgren (Democrat–CA)
Nay (20)
- Andy Biggs (Republican–AZ)
- Andy Harris (Republican–MD)
- Bob Good (Republican–VA)
- Brian J. Mast (Republican–FL)
- Clay Higgins (Republican–LA)
- Glenn Grothman (Republican–WI)
- Jody B. Hice (Republican–GA)
- John H. Rutherford (Republican–FL)
- Kelly Armstrong (Republican–ND)
- Lance Gooden (Republican–TX)
- Lauren Boebert (Republican–CO)
- Louie Gohmert (Republican–TX)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican–GA)
- Matt Gaetz (Republican–FL)
- Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (Republican–MT)
- Mo Brooks (Republican–AL)
- Paul A. Gosar (Republican–AZ)
- Ralph Norman (Republican–SC)
- Scott Perry (Republican–PA)
- Warren Davidson (Republican–OH)
Not Voting (5)
- Adam Kinzinger (Republican–IL)
- Cheri Bustos (Democrat–IL)
- Gregory F. Murphy (Republican–NC)
- Jeff Fortenberry (Republican–NE)
- Norma J. Torres (Democrat–CA)
Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.