Human Trafficking and IUU Fishing Act

Bill: 115-hr-6834
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-09-17
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of Commerce

Executive agency funding and structure

Federal officials

Human trafficking
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Human Trafficking and IUU Fishing Act</b></p>This bill amends the Trafficking&nbsp;Victims&nbsp;Protection Act of 2000 to add the Secretary of Commerce as a member of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6834 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2018 Ms. Bordallo (for herself, Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Grijalva , and Ms. Bonamici ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to include the Secretary of Commerce on the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Human Trafficking and IUU Fishing Act . 2. Addition to Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking Subsection (b) of section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (division A of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–386 ; 22 U.S.C. 7103 )) is amended by inserting the Secretary of Commerce, before the Director of National Intelligence .