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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(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.
What's happening now January 27, 2015

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
Comstock, Barbara
· Jan 26, 2015
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jan 26, 2015
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Jan 22, 2015
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jan 14, 2015
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Jan 14, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 357: Human Trafficking Prevention Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-357/
MLA
"H.R. 357: Human Trafficking Prevention Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-357/.
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H.R. 357, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-357/.
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[H.R. 357: Human Trafficking Prevention Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-357/)
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