In 1994, Congress passed Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. More commonly referred to as the Violence Against Women Act — or VAWA — this law improved the way that our government responds to and supports victims and survivors of gender-based violence, such as domestic violence and sexual assault. One key aspect of this bill is that the grant program of VAWA must be reauthorized every 5 years. For most of its history, reauthorizing VAWA has not been