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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5135" measure-id="id113hr5135" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-07-17" update-date="2014-07-24">
<title>Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2014</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr5135v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-07-24">
<action-date>2014-07-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2014 - Requires the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to conduct a review that: (1) surveys federal and state activities to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming trafficking victims; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming trafficking victims, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children; and (3) identifies best practices and strategies to deter such actions. </p> <p>Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress regarding: (1) federal and state law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States, and (2) information on each relevant federal grant program. </p> <p>Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize grants for programs that provide housing assistance to victims of trafficking.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id113hr5135v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-07-22">
<action-date>2014-07-17</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2014 - Requires the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to conduct a review that: (1) surveys federal and state activities to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming trafficking victims; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming trafficking victims, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children; and (3) identifies best practices and strategies to deter such actions. </p> <p>Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress regarding: (1) federal and state law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States, and (2) information on each relevant federal grant program. </p> <p>Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize grants for programs that provide housing assistance to victims of trafficking.</p>]]></summary-text>
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