H.R. 4118 · 117th Congress

Break the Cycle of Violence Act

Introduced on Jun 24, 2021 by Steven Horsford (D-NV-4). 95 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Sep 27, 2022): Received in the Senate.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jun 24, 2021
Cosponsors
95
0 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Open in the Congress explorerCongress.govAlert me

Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives, by investing in effective community-based violence reduction initiatives, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Community life and organization
  • Congressional oversight
  • Crime prevention
  • Crime victims
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Employment and training programs
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Performance measurement
  • Policy sciences
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
  • Violent crime
  • Youth employment and child labor

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Passed House, Sep 22, 2022). Public domain.

Break the Cycle of Violence Act

This bill establishes federal grant programs and related entities to support violence intervention initiatives.

Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for coordinated community violence intervention initiatives in communities disproportionately impacted by homicides and community violence. HHS must also establish several related entities, including

  • an Office of Community Violence Intervention to administer programs and activities related to violence intervention;
  • the Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee to advise and assist the office and HHS; and
  • the National Community Violence Response Center to provide training and technical assistance, coordinate research, and develop data collection policies.

Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants for job training and workforce programs in communities disproportionately affected by gun violence to connect youth ages 16 to 24 to in-demand occupations.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Steven HorsfordD-NV-4Sponsor

Democrats · 95

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Passage
    Sep 22, 2022· House· Passage· Passed 220–207

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 24, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Jun 24, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jun 24, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jun 24, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Sep 21, 2022 · HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1377 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4118, H.R. 5768, H.R. 6448 and H.R. 8542. Resolution provides for 30 minutes of general debate with one motion to recommit for each bill.
  6. Sep 22, 2022 · HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1377. (consideration: CR H8090-8096)
  7. Sep 22, 2022 · HouseRule provides for consideration of H.R. 4118, H.R. 5768, H.R. 6448 and H.R. 8542. Resolution provides for 30 minutes of general debate with one motion to recommit for each bill.
  8. Sep 22, 2022 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on H.R. 4118.
  9. Sep 22, 2022 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  10. Sep 22, 2022 · HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 4118, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Jordan demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  11. Sep 22, 2022 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  12. Sep 22, 2022 · HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 4118, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Jordan demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further pr oceedings until a time to be announced.
  13. Sep 22, 2022 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8102-8103)
  14. Sep 22, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 207 (Roll no. 453).House · Roll call 453
  15. Sep 22, 2022 · HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 207 (Roll no. 453). (text: CR H8090-8093)House · Roll call 453
  16. Sep 22, 2022 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. Sep 27, 2022 · SenateReceived in the Senate.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.