[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1116 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1116

    To prohibit individuals charged with human trafficking or drug 
  trafficking offenses committed near the border of the United States 
                    from receiving Federal benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2023

Mrs. Cammack (for herself, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mr. DesJarlais) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                           and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit individuals charged with human trafficking or drug 
  trafficking offenses committed near the border of the United States 
                    from receiving Federal benefits.

    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 ``Stop Taxpayer Funding of Traffickers 
Act''.

SECTION 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AND 
              DRUG TRAFFICKERS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``covered trafficking offense'' means a human 
        trafficking offense or a drug trafficking offense for which any 
        portion of the course of conduct constituting the human 
        trafficking offense or drug trafficking offense occurred at an 
        international border of the United States or within the 
        territorial waters of the United States;
            (2) the term ``drug trafficking offense'' means any Federal 
        offense that includes as an element of the offense the 
        distribution of a controlled substance (as defined in section 
        102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802));
            (3) the term ``Federal benefit''--
                    (A) means the issuance of any grant, contract, 
                loan, professional license, or commercial license 
                provided by an agency of the United States or by 
                appropriated funds of the United States; and
                    (B) includes any retirement, welfare, Social 
                Security, health, disability, veterans, public housing, 
                or other similar benefit; and
            (4) the term ``human trafficking offense'' means an offense 
        under--
                    (A) section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, 1591, 
                2251A, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of title 18, United States 
                Code; or
                    (B) section 274(a) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)).
    (b) Prohibition on Benefits.--An individual who is indicted for or 
charged in an information with a covered trafficking offense shall be 
ineligible for any Federal benefit.
    (c) Termination of Prohibition.--If, for each covered trafficking 
offense with which an individual is charged, the charge is dismissed or 
the individual is found not guilty of the covered trafficking offense--
            (1) the ineligibility of the individual for any Federal 
        benefit under subsection (b) shall terminate; and
            (2) the Federal Government shall pay to the individual any 
        pecuniary Federal benefit that was not paid to the individual 
        because the individual was ineligible for the Federal benefit 
        under subsection (b).
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