HR 4581
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information and records
Government studies and investigations
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
COMBAT Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 28, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 27, 2019
Introduced in House
Sep 27, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Plain-English summary
Collecting Official Measurements and Baselines to Assess Trafficking Act of 2019 or the COMBAT Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to undertake a study to determine the extent of human trafficking in the United States, including estimates of the number of victims.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4581: COMBAT Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4581/
"H.R. 4581: COMBAT Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4581/.
H.R. 4581, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4581/.
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