Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
Latest action · Feb 26, 2024 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2023
- Passed HouseFeb 13, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
This bill reauthorizes and updates various international antitrafficking activities and foreign assistance programs; requires counter-trafficking strategies, activities, and efforts to be further integrated into projects supported by U.S. foreign assistance; and requires the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to include information about the trafficking in persons for the purposes of organ removal.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 41 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed414–11 | Feb 13, 2024 |
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Sep 29, 2023 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Nov 9, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Nov 15, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Dec 12, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Jeff Jackson | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Feb 9, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Feb 13, 2024 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2023Markup Nov 7, 2023 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2023 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2023 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2024 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Feb 13, 2024Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Feb 13, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H565-571)
- Feb 13, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5856.
- Feb 13, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 11 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H565-567)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H565–H571Text printed H565–H567Recorded votes H571reauthorize | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Kathy E. Manning D-NC | Feb 13, 2024 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 4, 2023H.R. 5856, Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 7, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 159, September 29, 2023, page H4912.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-124 | EXAMINING THE 2024 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: PROGRESS OVER POLITICS80 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Jul 9, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-50 | VOICES FOR THE VICTIMS: THE HEART- BREAKING REALITY OF THE MAYORKAS BORDER CRISIS122 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jan 18, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-37 | THE BROKEN PATH: HOW TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS PROFIT FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER52 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Nov 14, 2023 |
| Serial No. 118-58 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES305 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Nov 7, 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10587 | Human Trafficking and U.S. Foreign Policy: An Introduction | Resource | Nov 16, 2023 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Adult education and literacy
- Child safety and welfare
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Crimes against children
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Human trafficking
- Intergovernmental relations
- Performance measurement
- Sanctions
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local government operations
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2024Referred in Senate
- Feb 13, 2024Engrossed in House
- Sep 29, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
