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HR 5607 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Advisory bodies Crime prevention Crime victims Human trafficking State and local government operations

Voices of Human Trafficking Act of 2014

Introduced: September 18, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 28, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sep 18, 2014
Introduced in House
Sep 18, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Voices of Human Trafficking Act of 2014 - Establishes the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President's Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

Directs the Council to: (1) meet at least annually or at the request of the Group to review federal, state, and local government policy and programs intended to combat human trafficking, (2) formulate assessments and recommendations to ensure that U.S. policy and programming efforts conform to best practices in the field of human trafficking prevention, (3) meet with the Group at least annually to formally present the Council's findings and recommendations, and (4) submit annual reports to the Task Force.

Sunsets this Act on September 30, 2020.

What's happening now October 28, 2014

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

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 18, 2014
Poe, Ted
· Sep 18, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5607: Voices of Human Trafficking Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5607/
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"H.R. 5607: Voices of Human Trafficking Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5607/.
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H.R. 5607, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5607/.
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