S 3898 117th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications

Human Trafficking Online Research Act

Introduced: March 22, 2022 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Mar 22, 2022

Introduced in Senate

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Human Trafficking Online Research Act

This bill directs the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on the impact of online social media platforms on the maintenance or expansion of human trafficking.

What's happening now March 22, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Moran, Jerry

Kansas · May 12, 2022

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3898: Human Trafficking Online Research Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3898/

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