United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4587 (108th)
Department of Defense Office of the Victim Advocate Act of 2004
Introduced
16 June 2004
Last action
—
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Department of Defense Office of the Victim Advocate Act of 2004 - Establishes an Office of the Victim Advocate within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to assist victims of sexual misconduct and interpersonal violence occurring among members of the Armed Forces or between members of the Armed Forces and family members and partners. Requires the Director of the Office to carry out specified coordination, evaluation and review, policy, and education and training functions, and to submit to the Secretary an annual report assessing the current state of affairs within military departments relative to interpersonal violence and sexual misconduct. Requires the Secretary to transmit the Director's report to Congress with additional comments.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 June 2004
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 June 2004
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 16 June 2004
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4587
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4587