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HR 7008 115th Congress House

Stop Gendercide Act

Official title: To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify the Trafficking in Persons report to include research on the relationship between human traff… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify the Trafficking in Persons report to include research on the relationship between human trafficking and skewed sex ratios in national or subnational populations in which there is evidence of sex-selective practices, including, but not limited to, infanticide, gender-biased neglect, or other forms of gender-based violence or discrimination.

Introduced: October 2, 2018 Introduced by: Wagner, Ann Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Stop Gendercide Act

This bill amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act to include in the Department of State's annual report on trafficking in persons research on the relationship between human trafficking and skewed sex ratios in national or sub-national populations in which there is evidence of sex-selective practices. These practices include infanticide, gender-biased neglect, and other forms of gender-based violence or discrimination.

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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Oct 2, 2018
Bass, Karen
· Sep 28, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7008: Stop Gendercide Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7008/
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"H.R. 7008: Stop Gendercide Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7008/.
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H.R. 7008, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7008/.
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