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S 2429 115th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against children Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Human trafficking Labor standards Sex offenses

Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2018

Introduced: February 14, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2018

This bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that supplying, furnishing, or providing a drug or substance to a person, including to exploit or create an addiction, constitutes: (1) coercion, for purposes of a child sex trafficking offense; and (2) coercive means, for purposes of a forced labor offense.

What's happening now February 14, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5027 Related bill Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2018'
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · May 10, 2018
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Feb 14, 2018
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Feb 14, 2018
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Feb 14, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2429: Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2429/
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"S. 2429: Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2429/.
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S. 2429, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2429/.
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