3.0.0 4478 2023-01-11T13:45:18Z 2023-01-11T13:45:18Z Senate S 2020-08-06 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-06T18:16:52Z LIFT Act 116 5664 HR 2020-09-23 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 116 6395 HR 2021-01-02 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Related bill CRS 2020-08-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2020-08-06 True International Affairs Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Crime victims Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Human trafficking Law enforcement administration and funding Sanctions Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2020-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-28T21:51:58Z Leveraging Information on Foreign Traffickers Act or the LIFT Act

This bill requires the Department of State to ensure that the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security receive timely and regular information regarding visa denials based on grounds related to human trafficking. The bill also extends (1) to June 30 the deadline for submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, and (2) through FY2025 the survivor-led Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.

]]> LIFT Act Display Title LIFT Act Short Title(s) as Introduced LIFT Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Leveraging Information on Foreign Traffickers Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to ensure adequate time for the preparation of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report and to require the timely provision of information to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department of State regarding the number and location of visa denials based on grounds related to human trafficking. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4478is/xml/BILLS-116s4478is.xml 2020-08-06 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.