[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1703 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1703

             To prevent and reduce trafficking in persons.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2007

Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Coburn) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
             To prevent and reduce trafficking in persons.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trafficking in Persons 
Accountability Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. JURISDICTION IN CERTAIN TRAFFICKING OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1596. Jurisdiction in certain trafficking offenses
    ``The jurisdiction of the courts of the United States over any 
offense under this chapter shall include any case in which, not later 
than 10 years after the conduct required for the offense occurs, the 
alleged offender is brought into, or found in, the United States, even 
if that conduct occurred outside the United States.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``1596. Jurisdiction in certain trafficking offenses.''.
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