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H.R. 7857 119th Congress House

No Escaping Justice Act of 2026

Official title: To impose sanctions on foreign persons the President determines to have knowingly engaged in, facilitated, or benefitted from severe forms of trafficking in pe… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To impose sanctions on foreign persons the President determines to have knowingly engaged in, facilitated, or benefitted from severe forms of trafficking in persons in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking enterprise or in connection with efforts to conceal, facilitate, finance, or profit from such enterprise.

Introduced: March 5, 2026 Introduced by: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7857: No Escaping Justice Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7857/
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"H.R. 7857: No Escaping Justice Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7857/.
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H.R. 7857, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7857/.
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