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Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act

Introduced: June 26, 2018 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
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Became law
Aug 2, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jun 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act

This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to extend through FY2022 the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to appoint independent child advocates for trafficking victims and other vulnerable unaccompanied alien children.

What's happening now August 2, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1312 Related bill Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 3, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 27, 2018
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Jun 27, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6223: Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6223/
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"H.R. 6223: Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6223/.
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H.R. 6223, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6223/.
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