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S 2197 116th 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 2019

Introduced: July 22, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 22, 2019
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Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2019

This bill specifies that supplying, furnishing, or providing a drug or illegal 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 July 22, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jul 22, 2019
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jul 22, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 22, 2019
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jul 22, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2197: Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2197/
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"S. 2197: Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2197/.
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S. 2197, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2197/.
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