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HRES 1379 111th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Child safety and welfare Crime victims Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Homelessness and emergency shelter Human trafficking Law enforcement administration and funding Sex offenses State and local government operations

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to domestic sex trafficking of minors.

Introduced: May 19, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 26, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 19, 2010
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 19, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
May 19, 2010
Referred to House Judiciary
May 19, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges states to enact laws that address the crime of domestic sex trafficking of minors.

Encourages the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the pilot shelter for juvenile trafficking victims authorized by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005.

Recognizes: (1) that the demand for commercial sex with minors is central to the problem of domestic sex trafficking and urges the Attorney General to make the arrest and prosecution of buyers a federal priority; (2) the need for standardized practices of identification and response to domestic sex trafficking of minors among law enforcement and service providers; and (3) the need for an adequate number of specialized residential facilities and services that are gender specific and trauma informed for the protection and restoration of trafficking victims.

What's happening now July 26, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Republican 1