A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jul 28, 2015 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.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to: (1) redesignate the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, and (2) require an Assistant Secretary to head the Bureau.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2015 to Oct 19, 2015; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jul 28, 2015 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Jul 30, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Jul 30, 2015 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Aug 3, 2015 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Aug 3, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Oct 19, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Jul 28, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
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 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2015Introduced in Senate
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