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Union Calendar No. 207 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 886 
[Report No. 116–259] 
To direct the Attorney General to establish and carry out a Veteran 
Treatment Court Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2019 
Mr. CRIST (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. 
BAIRD, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. BROWN 
of Maryland, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COOK, Mr. 
CROW, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. GAETZ, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Mr. HECK, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 
HIGGINS of New York, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
HOULAHAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JONES, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, 
Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LURIA, 
Mr. MAST, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. MURPHY, 
Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
RIGGLEMAN, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 
Mr. RUSH, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT 
of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SOTO, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. TUR-
NER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VELA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WALDEN, Mrs. 
WALORSKI, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WILSON of 
Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DUNN, 
Ms. SHALALA, and Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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OCTOBER 28, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. BRINDISI, Ms. WILD, Ms. TORRES SMALL 
of New Mexico, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. KIM, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. KATKO, Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. TIPTON, 
Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. 
FINKENAUER, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. 
CASE, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. COX of California, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. AXNE, 
Mr. BACON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. YOHO, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. STANTON, Mr. 
PHILLIPS, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Ms. BASS, Mr. MORELLE, and Mr. STAUBER 
OCTOBER 28, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to establish and carry out 
a Veteran Treatment Court Program. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Treatment 
Court Coordination Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that veterans treatment 
courts are a successful program aimed at helping veterans 
charged with non-violent crimes receive the help and the 
benefits for which the veterans are entitled. 
SEC. 3. VETERAN TREATMENT COURT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, in coordination with the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, the Attorney General shall establish and 
carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program to provide 
grants and technical assistance to the State circuit court 
systems that— 
(1) have adopted a Veterans Treatment Court 
Program; or 
(2) have filed a notice of intent to establish a 
Veterans Treatment Court Program with the Sec-
retary. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Veterans Treat-
ment Court Program established under subsection (a) is 
to ensure the Department of Justice has a single office 
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to coordinate the provision of grants, training, and tech-
nical assistance to help State, local, and Tribal govern-
ments to develop and maintain veteran treatment courts. 
(c) PROGRAMS INCLUDED.—The Veterans Treatment 
Court Program established under subsection (a) shall in-
clude the grant programs relating to veterans treatment 
courts carried out by the Attorney General pursuant to 
sections 2901, 2991, and 3021 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10581, 
10651, and 10701) or any other provision of law. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall pro-
mulgate regulations to carry out this section. 
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Union Calendar No. 207 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 886 
[Report No. 116–259] 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to establish and 
carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program. 
OCTOBER 28, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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