Military adds legal help for abuse victims at home.
H.R. 10870 — Military Domestic Violence Survivors Support Act · Filed by Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill lets troops get legal help for abuse at home. Their relatives can get this help too. Right now, only sexual assault survivors in the military get this help. The bill adds abuse victim helpers to the support team. The Defense Department must tell Congress within one year how it will start this.
Who it affects
Troops and their relatives who face abuse at home gain legal helpers and support. These helpers were only for sexual assault survivors before. The bill does not take away help from anyone else.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money the military must spend. It does not say how many staff it must hire to help abuse victims.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Oct 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- abuse at home — Harm or violence by a family member or partner in a home.
- victim helpers — People who help crime victims by giving support and facts about their rights.
- Defense Department — The federal agency that runs the U.S. military.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,371 characters) on Oct 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,417 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-24.
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