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Trafficking in Persons Accountability Act of 2007

Introduced: June 27, 2007 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 2, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 2, 2008
Received in the House.
Oct 2, 2008
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 1, 2008
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 1, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 1, 2008
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 1, 2008
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10388-10390; text of measures as reported in Senate: CR S10389)
Jul 28, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 903.
Jul 28, 2008
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 20, 2007
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Jun 27, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 27, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 5,688 Durbin, Richard J. In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Oct 1, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Trafficking in Persons Accountability Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to grant U.S. courts additional extraterritorial jurisdiction over criminal offenses involving peonage, slavery, sales of persons into involuntary servitude, forced labor, trafficking in persons, and sex trafficking of children if: (1) the alleged offender is a national or permanent resident of the United States; or (2) the alleged offender is present in the United States, irrespective of the nationality of such offender.

Prohibits U.S. prosecution of an alleged trafficking offender who is prosecuted by a foreign government whose jurisdiction is recognized by the United States, except upon the approval of the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General.

What's happening now October 2, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1703: Trafficking in Persons Accountability Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1703/
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"S. 1703: Trafficking in Persons Accountability Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1703/.
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S. 1703, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1703/.
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