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114th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Human trafficking
A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.
Introduced: July 28, 2015
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jul 28, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to: (1) redesignate the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, and (2) require an Assistant Secretary to head the Bureau.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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