End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2021
Latest action · Feb 4, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 4, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2021
This bill establishes requirements related to the use of financial transactions in human trafficking. The 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 Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking must submit to Congress recommendations for the revision of anti-money laundering programs specifically targeting severe forms of human trafficking.
The bill provides additional criteria to be considered by the Department of State to indicate a country's serious and sustained efforts to eliminate human trafficking for purposes of certain foreign assistance. 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 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2021 to Oct 11, 2022, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | May 19, 2021 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Dec 23, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Dec 23, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Oct 11, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 2021Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
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
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House
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