End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 7, 2019 Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules,.
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 8, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2019
This bill establishes requirements related to the use of financial transactions in human trafficking. The bill adds the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The task force must submit to Congress recommendations for the revision of anti-money laundering programs specifically targeting severe forms of human trafficking.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council must review procedures to improve the capability of specified programs to target financial transactions relating to severe forms of human trafficking.
The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence must coordinate with other specified agencies to combat the illicit financing relating to severe forms of human trafficking.
The bill provides additional criteria to be considered by the State Department to indicate a country's serious and sustained efforts to eliminate human trafficking. Specifically, the bill adds criteria regarding whether a country has taken or is taking steps to implement a framework for preventing financial transactions involving severe forms of human trafficking.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2019 to Jul 23, 2019, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jan 17, 2019 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Jan 22, 2019 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Jan 23, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Jan 24, 2019 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Jan 28, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Jan 30, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Jan 30, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 5, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2019Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules,.
- Mar 7, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 7, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 8, 2019Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 667 | Otto Warmbier Banking Restrictions Involving North Korea Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 5, 2019 |
| S 1790 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of the Treasury
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Human trafficking
- International organizations and cooperation
- Sex offenses
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House
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