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A bill to prohibit individuals charged with or convicted of human trafficking or drug trafficking offenses committed near the border of the United States from receiving Federal benefits.

Introduced: February 16, 2023 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 16, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits an individual who is indicted for, charged with, or convicted of a covered trafficking offense from receiving federal benefits.

Covered trafficking offense refers to a human trafficking offense or a drug trafficking offense occurring at an international border, or within the territorial waters, of the United States.

Federal benefit refers to (1) the issuance of any grant, contract, loan, professional license, or commercial license provided by a U.S. agency or by appropriated U.S. funds; and (2) any retirement, welfare, Social Security, health, disability, veterans, public housing, or other similar benefit.

The bill requires the federal government to provide retroactive benefits payments for an individual who has the charge dismissed or is found not guilty of the covered trafficking offense.

What's happening now February 16, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1116 Related bill Stop Taxpayer Funding of Traffickers Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Britt, Katie Boyd
Alabama · Feb 16, 2023
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Feb 16, 2023
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Feb 16, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 519: A bill to prohibit individuals charged with or convicted of human trafficking or drug trafficking offenses committed near the border of the United States from receiving Federal benefits.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-519/
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"S. 519: A bill to prohibit individuals charged with or convicted of human trafficking or drug trafficking offenses committed near the border of the United States from receiving Federal benefits.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-519/.
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S. 519, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-519/.
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