Human Trafficking Prevention Act
Latest action · Jan 27, 2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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 14, 2015
- Passed HouseJan 26, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Human Trafficking Prevention Act
Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to require training for federal government personnel related to trafficking in persons to include at a minimum:
- a distance learning course on trafficking-in-persons issues and the Department of State's obligations under the Act, targeted for embassy reporting officers, regional bureaus' trafficking-in-persons coordinators, and their superiors;
- specific trafficking-in-persons briefings for all ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission before they depart for their posts; and
- at least annual reminders to all such personnel and other federal personnel at each diplomatic or consular post of the Department of State located outside the United States of key problems, threats, methods, and warning signs of trafficking in persons specific to the country or jurisdiction in which each such post is located, and appropriate procedures to report information acquired about possible trafficking cases.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 14, 2015 to Jan 26, 2015, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 14, 2015 |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Original | Jan 14, 2015 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jan 14, 2015 |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Original | Jan 14, 2015 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jan 14, 2015 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Jan 22, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Jan 22, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Jan 26, 2015 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jan 26, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H546-548)
- Jan 26, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 357.
- Jan 26, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 26, 2015Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 26, 2015On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H546)
- Jan 26, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H546)
- Jan 14, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 14, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2015Referred in Senate
- Jan 26, 2015Engrossed in House
- Jan 14, 2015Introduced in House
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