Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5856
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2023-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Human trafficking
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Sanctions
Smuggling and trafficking
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: 

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes and updates various international antitrafficking activities and foreign assistance programs; requires counter-trafficking strategies, activities, and efforts to be further integrated into projects supported by U.S. foreign assistance; and requires the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to include information about the trafficking in persons for the purposes of organ removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 11 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H565-567)
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 11 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H565-567)
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5856.
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H565-571)
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2023-11-07
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
action_date: 2023-11-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2023-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2023-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2023-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Introduced in House