HR 5061
114th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
Worker safety and health
Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act
Introduced: April 26, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Apr 26, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Apr 26, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local educational agencies to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Committees of jurisdiction
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