End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012
Latest action · Dec 19, 2012 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the authority of a federal agency to terminate a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement involving grantees or contractors who engage in severe forms of trafficking in persons, to include grantees or contractors who: (1) engage in acts that directly support or advance such trafficking, (2) destroy an employee's immigration documents or fail to repatriate such employee upon the end of employment, (3) solicit persons for employment under false pretenses, (4) charge recruited employees exorbitant placement fees, or (5) provide inhumane living conditions.
(Sec. 4) Prohibits the head of an executive agency from entering into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement valued at $1 million or more if performance will substantially be conducted overseas, unless a representative of the recipient of such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement certifies that the recipient has implemented a plan and procedures to prevent trafficking in persons.
(Sec. 5) Requires a contracting or grant officer of an executive agency who receives credible evidence that a recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement has engaged in trafficking in persons or other prohibited activities to request the agency's Inspector General to investigate such allegations and to take remedial actions, including the suspension of payments under the grant, contract, or agreement.
(Sec. 6) Requires each such officer to require a recipient to immediately inform the appropriate Inspector General of credible evidence of the recipient's violation of anti-trafficking requirements and to fully cooperate in any subsequent audit, investigation, or corrective action.
(Sec. 7) Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years on any individual who knowingly, and with intent to defraud, recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States to work on a government contract performed on government facilities outside the United States by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises regarding such employment.
(Sec. 8) Requires an annual report from the Attorney General to Congress on the implementation of federal anti-trafficking requirements to include all trafficking in persons activities of contractors reported to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
(Sec. 9) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede, enlarge, or diminish the common law or statutory liabilities of any grantee, subgrantee, contractor, subcontractor, or other party subject to the contracting requirements of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2012 to Nov 29, 2012; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Mar 26, 2012 |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Mar 26, 2012 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 26, 2012 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Mar 26, 2012 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Mar 26, 2012 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 26, 2012 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | May 16, 2012 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | May 17, 2012 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Jun 7, 2012 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jun 18, 2012 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jul 17, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Sep 10, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 13, 2012 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Nov 29, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2012Markup Jun 29, 2012Reported Dec 19, 2012 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2012Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with amendments. Without written report.
- Dec 19, 2012Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571.
- Jun 29, 2012Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Mar 26, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Mar 26, 2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 22, 2012S. 2234, End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 29, 2012
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 112-605 | THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: ATTACKING THE PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS60 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Jul 17, 2012 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34317 | Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | May 1, 2014 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2139 | Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012 | Related bill | Apr 17, 2012 |
| S 3286 | Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012 | Related bill | Jun 12, 2012 |
| HR 4259 | End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 | Identical bill | May 7, 2012 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to prevent human trafficking in government contracting.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Employee hiring
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Personnel records
- Public contracts and procurement
- Sex offenses
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2012Reported to Senate
- Mar 26, 2012Introduced in Senate
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