3.0.0 3025 2023-01-14T22:48:29Z 2023-01-14T22:48:29Z Senate S S 2004-11-20 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-11-20T23:18:49Z 2004-11-20 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2004-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Development credit institutions Economic assistance Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign loans Government liability (International law) Human rights International claims Law Nongovernmental organizations Prostitution Sanctions (International law) Sex-oriented businesses Slavery Smuggling Standards Tourism Transportation and Public Works Women Women's rights International Affairs 00 2004-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-08T16:42:58Z Stop Trafficking of Persons Act of 2004 or STOP Act - Amends Federal law with respect to jurisdictional immunity of foreign states to include within the definition of "commercial activity" trafficking in human beings for sexual activity or other purposes.

Amends the Violence Protection Act of 2000 to: (1) include a country's efforts to reduce international sex tourism within its borders among the criteria for determining whether a country is taking serious steps to eliminate trafficking in human beings; and (2) state that nothing in such Act shall be construed to require any federally-funded nongovernmental organization that investigates foreign trafficking activities to notify foreign governments or targets of such investigation's funding source.

]]> Stop Trafficking of Persons Act of 2004 Display Title Stop Trafficking of Persons Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen efforts to combat slavery and trafficking in persons, within the United States and around the world. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Stop Trafficking of Persons Act of 2004 Short Titles as Introduced STOP Act Introduced in Senate 2004-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108s3025is/xml/BILLS-108s3025is.xml 2004-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.