Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act
Latest action · Apr 23, 2015 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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 22, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act
Establishes the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President's Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
Directs the Council to: (1) meet at least annually to review federal government policy and programs intended to combat human trafficking, (2) formulate assessments and recommendations to ensure that U.S. policy and programming efforts conform to best practices in the field of human trafficking prevention, and (3) meet with the Group at least annually to present the Council's findings and recommendations.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2015 to Jan 25, 2016; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 6, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 23, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Apr 27, 2015 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Jan 25, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2015Markup Apr 23, 2015 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2015 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Feb 19, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 23, 2015Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 19, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Jan 28, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E129-130)
- Jan 22, 2015Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E129 | Michael M. Honda D-CA | Jan 28, 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 28, 2015H.R. 500, Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 23, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 11, January 22, 2015, page H533.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-55 | FTO PASSPORT REVOCATION ACT OF 2015; SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING EMPOWERMENT ACT; UNITED STATES-JORDAN DEFENSE COOPERATION ACT OF 2015; PROTECT AND PRESERVE INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTY ACT; GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY ACT OF 2015; CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF UKRAINIAN FIGHTER PILOT NADIYA SAVCHENKO; AND ENCOURAGING REUNIONS OF DIVIDED KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILIES104 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Apr 23, 2015 |
| S. Hrg. 114-68 | ENDING MODERN SLAVERY: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD?98 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Feb 4, 2015–Feb 11, 2015 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44581 | Trafficking in Persons and U.S. Foreign Policy Responses in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Aug 5, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to review Federal Government policy on human trafficking.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 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.
