HR 357
114th Congress
House
International Affairs
Criminal justice information and records
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Human Trafficking Prevention Act
Introduced: January 14, 2015
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 27, 2015
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jan 26, 2015
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 26, 2015
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H546)
Jan 26, 2015
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H546)
Jan 26, 2015
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 357.
Jan 26, 2015
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H546-548)
Jan 26, 2015
Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 14, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 14, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Human Trafficking Prevention Act
Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to require training for federal government personnel related to trafficking in persons to include at a minimum:
- a distance learning course on trafficking-in-persons issues and the Department of State's obligations under the Act, targeted for embassy reporting officers, regional bureaus' trafficking-in-persons coordinators, and their superiors;
- specific trafficking-in-persons briefings for all ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission before they depart for their posts; and
- at least annual reminders to all such personnel and other federal personnel at each diplomatic or consular post of the Department of State located outside the United States of key problems, threats, methods, and warning signs of trafficking in persons specific to the country or jurisdiction in which each such post is located, and appropriate procedures to report information acquired about possible trafficking cases.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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