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HR 459 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Crime victims Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Evidence and witnesses Human trafficking Sex offenses

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017

Introduced: January 11, 2017 Introduced by: Wagner, Ann Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Feb 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan 11, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced in House
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Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to vacate convictions and expunge arrests for criminal offenses committed by trafficking victims that directly result from or relate to having been a trafficking victim.

A trafficking victim may file a motion: (1) to vacate a conviction for a nonviolent offense that does not include a child victim (i.e., under age 18); (2) to expunge records of an arrest for a nonviolent offense that does not include a child victim; or (3) to expunge records of an arrest for an offense that is violent or that includes a child victim, if the charges are reduced, dismissed, or disposed of.

What's happening now February 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Related & companion bills 1
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 7 Republican 5
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Sep 4, 2018
Rokita, Todd
· Apr 18, 2018
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Nov 13, 2017
Zeldin, Lee
· Sep 6, 2017
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 19, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 22, 2017
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · May 18, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 13, 2017
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jan 11, 2017
Black, Diane
· Jan 11, 2017
Comstock, Barbara
· Jan 11, 2017
Costello, Ryan
· Jan 11, 2017
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jan 11, 2017
DeSantis, Ron
· Jan 11, 2017
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jan 11, 2017
Knight, Stephen
· Jan 11, 2017
Meehan, Patrick
· Jan 11, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 11, 2017
Noem, Kristi
· Jan 11, 2017
Paulsen, Erik
· Jan 11, 2017
ROYCE, ED
· Jan 11, 2017
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jan 11, 2017
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jan 11, 2017
Walters, Mimi
· Jan 11, 2017
Young, David
· Jan 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 459: Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-459/
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