TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 514), H532 [22JA]

Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (see H.R. 357), H404 [14JA]

Foreign countries: amend relative to efforts to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking (see H.R. 611), H661 [28JA]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 350), H404 [14JA]

——— submit reports on definitions of placement and recruitment fees for purposes of enabling compliance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (see H.R. 400), H412 [16JA]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 1149), H1498 [27FE]

Letters

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H590 [27JA]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H590 [27JA]

Remarks in House

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (H.R. 514), H539–H542, H561 [26JA], E125 [27JA]

Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (H.R. 357), H546–H548 [26JA], E120 [27JA]

Foreign countries: amend relative to efforts to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking (H.R. 611), H4246 [12JN]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (H.R. 350), H562 [26JA], H589–H592 [27JA]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, S2765 [11MY]

——— prioritize fight against human trafficking without increasing the size of the Federal Government, S1647 [19MR]

——— release of annual Trafficking in Persons Report, S6432 [6AU]

Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons, S1572 [17MR]

Human rights: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, S3232 [21MY]

Reports

Progress in Combating Trafficking in Persons—The U.S. Government Response to Modern Slavery: President’s Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking (excerpt), H609 [27JA]

Reports filed

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 350) (H. Rept. 114–9), H637 [27JA]

Texts of

H.R. 350, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act, H589 [27JA]

H.R. 357, Human Trafficking Prevention Act, H546 [26JA]

H.R. 514, Human Trafficking Prioritization Act, H539 [26JA]