Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5150
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Aviation and airports
Bankruptcy
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Domestic violence and child abuse
Economic development
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human rights
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax exclusion
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Multilateral development programs
Pornography
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
Sanctions
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Tariffs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation employees
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Violent crime
Visas and passports
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises programs and activities to support survivors of human trafficking and prevent such trafficking domestically and abroad.
 
The bill expands and authorizes programs for survivors, including a program to prevent re-exploitation. It also extends through FY2026 a special assessment on certain persons convicted of a human trafficking offense, which funds programs for human-trafficking survivors. Additionally, the bill provides privacy and other protections for survivors, including specified financial protections and protections against retaliation for survivors who pursue civil claims against a perpetrator. The bill also allows courts to reduce sentences for certain individuals who commit human trafficking crimes as minors.
 
To prevent trafficking domestically, federal departments must incorporate anti-trafficking efforts into contracting activities and personnel policies, and the bill supports private sector efforts to address human trafficking in its policies and services. Furthermore, the bill supports the identification, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking crimes, with an expanded focus on forced labor.
 
To prevent trafficking globally, the bill prohibits access to a trade program for developing countries and otherwise restricts development assistance for countries that fail to meet minimum standards for eliminating trafficking. It also changes the criteria for determining whether a country has met applicable standards. In addition, the bill authorizes sanctions on persons convicted of severe forms of trafficking and requires integration of counter-trafficking activities into foreign assistance programs.
 
The bill also requires reporting by the Government Accountability Office, federal agencies, and states concerning human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House