ALLOW STATES AND VICTIMS TO FIGHT ONLINE SEX TRAFFICKING ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1865), S1795 [19MR], S1865 [21MR], H1301, H1302, H1304 [27FE]

——— consideration (H. Res. 748), H1280 [27FE]

Articles and editorials

All of Us Must Help Beat the Scourge of Human Trafficking. Here’s What You Can Do, H1300 [27FE]

Death of an Open Internet, S1866 [21MR]

Don’t Kid Yourself, Sex Slaves Are All Around Us—And You May Know Some of Them, H1299 [27FE]

How Do You Rescue Women Forced To Walk the Streets at Night? It’s Not Easy, H1300 [27FE]

Once Sold for Sex, She Now Helps Lead the Fight Against Human Trafficking, H1300 [27FE]

Police—‘Every 16-Year Old Girl in Fresno’ Has Been Targeted by Sex Trade Recruiters, H1300 [27FE]

She Was a Hospital Worker. He Sold Her for Sex Before, During and After Her Shifts, H1300 [27FE]

To Break the Cycle of Children Sold for Sex, the Legal System Is Trying Something New, H1300 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 1865): consideration (see H. Res. 748), H1265 [26FE]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 1865): motion to proceed, S1731 [14MR], S1780 [19MR]

Letters

Provisions: Chuck Canterbury, National Fraternal Order of Police, S1829 [20MR]

——— Faiz Shakir, ACLU, S1867 [21MR]

——— Gina A. DeBoni, Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, S1851 [21MR]

——— several law enforcement organizations, S1829 [20MR]

——— Stephen E. Boyd, Dept. of Justice, S1869 [21MR], H1297 [27FE]

——— World Without Exploitation (organization), H1298 [27FE]

Lists

Organizations and individuals supporting H.R. 1865, provisions, H1295 [27FE]

Memorandums

Provisions: Congressional Research Service, S1856 [21MR]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 1865), S1731 [14MR], S1773 [19MR], S1801 [20MR], S1871 [21MR]

Remarks in House

Crime: allow enforcement of criminal and civil sex trafficking laws against websites that knowingly facilitate online sex trafficking, H1296, H1302–H1304 [27FE]

Enact (H.R. 1865), H1290–H1305, H1319 [27FE], H3195 [12AP]

——— consideration (H. Res. 748), H1277–H1280 [27FE]

GAO: conduct study on damages awarded to victims and restitution amounts imposed against defendants in cases of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, H1291, H1304, H1305 [27FE]

Impact, H6636 [23JY], H7165 [25JY]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: clarify that efforts of interactive computer service providers or users to identify, restrict access to, or remove objectionable online material shall not be considered in determining liability of the provider or user, S1829 [20MR], S1869, S1871 [21MR]

Dept. of Justice: investigation and prosecution of website operators that criminally facilitate sex trafficking or sexual exploitation of children funding, S1807, S1829 [20MR], S1851, S1869, S1871 [21MR]

Enact (H.R. 1865), S85–S87 [9JA], S1293 [28FE], S1295 [1MR], S1401 [6MR], S1660–S1662 [13MR], S1849–S1861, S1864–S1872 [21MR], S2053, S2079–S2081 [11AP]

——— motion to proceed, S1731 [14MR], S1741, S1744, S1759 [15MR], S1773, S1774, S1780–S1783 [19MR], S1799, S1801, S1807, S1816, S1827–S1830, S1833 [20MR]

——— unanimous-consent agreement, S1784 [19MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, S1773 [19MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1865, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 748) (H. Rept. 115–583), H1265 [26FE]

Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1865) (H. Rept. 115–572), H1220 [20FE]

Statements

Provisions: John F. Clark, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, H1298 [27FE]

——— Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook, Inc., H1295 [27FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 748, consideration of H.R. 1865, provisions, H1277 [27FE]

H.R. 1865, provisions, H1301 [27FE]