3.0.0 400 2023-01-11T13:29:06Z 2023-01-11T13:29:06Z House HR 2015-01-16 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 8 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ROYCE:H.R. 400.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H412]]]> ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-02T19:36:57Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Markup by 2015-02-27T14:39:00Z Referred to 2015-01-16T21:02:10Z 2016-02-02 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2016-02-01 17:05:04 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2016-02-01 17:05:02 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H394) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2016-02-01 17:05:02 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H394) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2016-02-01 16:52:10 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 400. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2016-02-01 16:52:05 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H394-396) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2016-02-01 16:52:00 Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2015-02-27 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2015-02-27 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2015-01-16 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 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MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] Thomas MacArthur R NJ 3 2016-02-01 False 2015-03-06T19:32:08Z H.R. 400, Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49991 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 27, 2014 International Affairs Crime prevention Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employee hiring Foreign labor Human trafficking Public contracts and procurement User charges and fees International Affairs 00 2015-01-16 Introduced in House 2015-01-28T17:50:39Z Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act

This bill directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding:

  • a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purposes of complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and how such definition will be incorporated into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and contracting practices; and
  • a description of actions taken to ensure that officials include the prevention of trafficking in persons in monitoring grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements and contracting practices.
]]> 36 2016-02-01 Passed House amended 2016-02-02T21:59:47Z Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding:

  • a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purposes of complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, including a description of what fee components and amounts are prohibited or are permissible for contractors or their agents to charge workers;
  • how such definition will be incorporated into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and contracting practices so as to apply to the actions of grantees, subgrantees, contractors, subcontractors, labor recruiters, brokers, or other agents; and
  • a description of actions taken during the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report and planned to be taken during the following year to better ensure that the responsible officials include the prevention of trafficking in persons in monitoring such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements and contracting practices.
]]> Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act Display Title Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act Official Title as Introduced To require the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit reports on definitions of placement and recruitment fees for purposes of enabling compliance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act Short Titles as Passed House Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act H House Referred in Senate 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr400rfs/xml/BILLS-114hr400rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr400eh/xml/BILLS-114hr400eh.xml Introduced in House 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr400ih/xml/BILLS-114hr400ih.xml 2016-02-02 Received in the Senate and 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.