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End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2019

Introduced: January 23, 2019 Introduced by: Fitzpatrick, Brian K. Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Mar 7, 2019
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules,.
Mar 7, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 7, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 8, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced in House
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End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2019

This bill establishes requirements related to the use of financial transactions in human trafficking. The bill adds the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The task force must submit to Congress recommendations for the revision of anti-money laundering programs specifically targeting severe forms of human trafficking.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council must review procedures to improve the capability of specified programs to target financial transactions relating to severe forms of human trafficking.

The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence must coordinate with other specified agencies to combat the illicit financing relating to severe forms of human trafficking.

The bill provides additional criteria to be considered by the State Department to indicate a country's serious and sustained efforts to eliminate human trafficking. Specifically, the bill adds criteria regarding whether a country has taken or is taking steps to implement a framework for preventing financial transactions involving severe forms of human trafficking.

What's happening now March 7, 2019

Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules,.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 5 Republican 8
D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jul 23, 2019
 R
Crenshaw, Dan
Texas · May 14, 2019
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Mar 8, 2019
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 6, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 5, 2019
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Feb 14, 2019
Yoho, Ted
· Feb 7, 2019
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Feb 5, 2019
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Jan 30, 2019
Rooney, Francis
· Jan 30, 2019
 R
Curtis, John R.
Utah · Jan 28, 2019
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Jan 24, 2019
SENSENBRENNER, F.
· Jan 23, 2019
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jan 8, 2019
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jan 8, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 295: End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-295/
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"H.R. 295: End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-295/.
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