HR 5501 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Combatting Human-Trafficking of Innocent Lives Daily Act of 2023

Latest action · Sep 20, 2023 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4416-4417)

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 14, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2023 to Apr 20, 2024; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ASAumua Amata Coleman RadewagenOriginalSep 14, 2023
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalSep 14, 2023
R-NEDon BaconOriginalSep 14, 2023
D-NCDonald G. DavisOriginalSep 14, 2023
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalSep 14, 2023
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOct 3, 2023
R-COKen BuckOct 10, 2023
R-AZAndy BiggsOct 11, 2023
R-SCRalph NormanOct 11, 2023
R-IAZachary NunnOct 11, 2023
R-TXTony GonzalesOct 25, 2023
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónOct 30, 2023
R-MOAnn WagnerNov 1, 2023
R-SCNancy MaceNov 1, 2023
R-TXMonica De La CruzNov 2, 2023
R-SCJoe WilsonNov 13, 2023
R-CADavid G. ValadaoDec 13, 2023
R-FLByron DonaldsJan 10, 2024
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickApr 20, 2024

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 14, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4416-4417)
  2. Sep 14, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Sep 14, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H4416James C. Moylan R-GUSep 20, 2023

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: Under Article 1, Congress has the authority to enact this legislation The single subject of this legislation is: A bill to raise the mandatory minimums for those convicted of Sex Trafficking Minors

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 149, September 14, 2023, page H4348.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, to raise the mandatory minimum of years of imprisonment for engaging in the trafficking of any persons under the age of 18.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Combatting Human-Trafficking of Innocent Lives Daily Act of 2023

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 14, 2023Introduced in House

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