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H.R. 1191 115th Congress House

Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017

Official title: To ensure effective implementation of the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2008 and hold governments accountable for involving children in armed conflict activi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To ensure effective implementation of the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2008 and hold governments accountable for involving children in armed conflict activities, whether as combatants, servants, or sex slaves.

Introduced: February 16, 2017 Introduced by: Christopher H. Smith Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
International Affairs Child safety and welfareConflicts and warsCongressional oversightForeign aid and international relief
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 16, 2017
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 Latest action February 16, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017

This bill amends the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit assistance from being provided to, or licenses for direct commercial sales of military equipment issued to, the government of a country whose police or other security forces recruit and use child soldiers.

The Department of State shall include such countries in its annual trafficking in persons report.

Specified other reporting requirements are revised.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2200 Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
Hultgren, Randy
· Feb 16, 2017
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 16, 2017
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Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Feb 16, 2017
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 16, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1191: Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1191/
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"H.R. 1191: Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1191/.
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H.R. 1191, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1191/.
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