[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9043 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9043

  To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to 
 determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce 
  demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the 
                      elimination of trafficking.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2026

   Mrs. Wagner (for herself, Ms. Foxx, and Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to 
 determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce 
  demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the 
                      elimination of trafficking.

    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 ``Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT RELATING TO DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EFFORTS OF 
              FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO REDUCE DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL SEX 
              ACTS UNDER THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 
              TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (12) of section 108(b) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(12) Whether the government of the country has made 
        serious and sustained efforts to--
                    ``(A) prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts 
                to the extent such prohibition is within the authority 
                of the central government or implement a policy against 
                the purchase of commercial sex acts to the extent that 
                prohibition is not within the authority of the central 
                government;
                    ``(B) educate buyers of commercial sex on how 
                traffickers exploit prostituted persons for human 
                trafficking; and
                    ``(C) reduce demand for participation in 
                international sex tourism by nationals of the 
                country.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 
respect to determinations under subsection (a)(4) of section 108 of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 that are made on or after 
such date of enactment.
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