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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6479" measure-id="id117hr6479" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-01-25" update-date="2022-03-28">
        <title>Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2021</title>
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            <action-date>2022-01-25</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill sets forth provisions intended to help assess the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States and improve support for victims of trafficking and service providers.</p> <p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) must work with federal entities and other stakeholders to do the following: </p> <ul> <li>establish a working group to improve the collection and analysis of data on the incidence of trafficking,</li> <li>report on efforts to develop methodologies to determine the prevalence of human trafficking, and</li> <li>survey survivors to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking and improve services for victims.</li> </ul> <p>DOJ must also report on efforts to increase restitution to victims of trafficking.</p>]]></summary-text>
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