HR 459 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017

Introduced Jan 11, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Ann Wagner R-MO

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Latest action · Feb 6, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 11, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to vacate convictions and expunge arrests for criminal offenses committed by trafficking victims that directly result from or relate to having been a trafficking victim.

A trafficking victim may file a motion: (1) to vacate a conviction for a nonviolent offense that does not include a child victim (i.e., under age 18); (2) to expunge records of an arrest for a nonviolent offense that does not include a child victim; or (3) to expunge records of an arrest for an offense that is violent or that includes a child victim, if the charges are reduced, dismissed, or disposed of.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2017 to Sep 4, 2018; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-VABarbara ComstockOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-OHDavid P. JoyceOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-IADavid YoungOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-TNDiane BlackOriginalJan 11, 2017
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-CAEdward R. RoyceOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-MNErik PaulsenOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.OriginalJan 11, 2017
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJan 11, 2017
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-SDKristi L. NoemOriginalJan 11, 2017
R-CAMimi WaltersOriginalJan 11, 2017
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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jan 11, 2017
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Feb 6, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 6, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  2. Jan 11, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Jan 11, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 3

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H688Tulsi Gabbard D-HIJan 30, 2018
HouseDebate and remarks H4564–H4566Ann Wagner R-MO, Gwen Moore D-WI, Tulsi Gabbard D-HIMay 24, 2017
HouseDebate and remarks H453Erik Paulsen R-MNJan 12, 2017

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Amendment XIII whichauthorizes Congress to make laws enforcing the extension of civil rights and universal freedom to victims of slavery. Clause18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution which states that Congress has the power ``To make all laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 7, January 11, 2017, page H392.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 104Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017Related billJan 11, 2017
HR 6292Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2016Reintroduction ofOct 21, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
Short Titles as Introduced
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 11, 2017Introduced in House

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