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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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Jul 28, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jul 28, 2015
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 July 28, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11 Republican 1
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Oct 19, 2015
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 28, 2015
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 28, 2015
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 28, 2015
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jul 28, 2015
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 28, 2015
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 28, 2015
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2015
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jul 28, 2015
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 28, 2015
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2015
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1876: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1876/
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"S. 1876: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1876/.
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S. 1876, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1876/.
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