Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 4, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Passed HouseJan 27, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to give preferential consideration in awarding Community Oriented Police Services grants to an application from an applicant in a state that has in effect a law that: (1) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has attempted to engage in, a commercial sex act as a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons; (2) discourages the charging or prosecution of such individual for a prostitution or sex trafficking offense based on such conduct; and (3) encourages the diversion of such an individual to appropriate service providers, including child welfare services, victim treatment programs, child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, or other social services.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (VTVPA) to require the Attorney General's annual report on federal agencies that are implementing provisions relating to the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to include information on the activities of such agencies in cooperation with state, tribal, and local law enforcement officials to identify, investigate, and prosecute: (1) sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion or with a minor; (2) sexual exploitation of children; (3) the selling and buying of children; (4) transportation with intent that the victim engage in illegal sexual activity; (5) coercion or enticement to travel for illegal sexual activity; and (6) transportation of minors for illegal sexual activity.
(Sec. 4) Amends the VTVPA to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, annually beginning in FY2017, to make grants for a national communication system to assist victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in communicating with service providers.
(Sec. 5) Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons among those eligible for the Job Corps without being required to demonstrate low-income eligibility.
(Sec. 6) Amends the federal judicial code to authorize the United States Marshals Service to assist state, local, and other federal law enforcement agencies, upon request, in locating and recovering missing children.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 27, 2015; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Jan 9, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Jan 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jan 20, 2015 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Jan 22, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Jan 22, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jan 22, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jan 22, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Jan 22, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jan 27, 2015 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jan 27, 2015 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2015Markup Jan 21, 2015Reported Jan 27, 2015 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jan 7, 2015Discharged Jan 20, 2015 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2015Discharged Jan 27, 2015 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2015 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jan 28, 2015Received in the Senate.
- Jan 27, 2015Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-6, Part I.
- Jan 27, 2015Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
- Jan 27, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 2.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H592–H595Text printed H592 | Erik Paulsen R-MN, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. R-WI, Gwen Moore D-WI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jan 27, 2015 |
| House | Debate and remarks H561, H562 | Erik Paulsen R-MN, Kristi L. Noem R-SD | Jan 26, 2015 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jan 27, 2015H.R. 159, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 21, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 1, January 6, 2015, page H48.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44315 | Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015: Changes to Domestic Human Trafficking Policies Archived | Report | Dec 17, 2015 |
| R43917 | Domestic Human Trafficking Legislation in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Apr 16, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 166 | Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 | Related bill | Mar 2, 2015 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To stop exploitation through trafficking.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Child safety and welfare
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime victims
- Crimes against children
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Employment and training programs
- Government information and archives
- Human trafficking
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Sex offenses
- State and local government operations
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2015Referred in Senate
- Jan 28, 2015Received in Senate
- Jan 27, 2015Reported in House
- Jan 27, 2015Engrossed in House
- Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
