HR 2283 · 113th Congress · International Affairs
Human Trafficking Prioritization Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.(2014-07-24)
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Human Trafficking Prioritization Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State will be more effective in carrying out duties mandated by Congress in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and can do so without an increase in either personnel or budget, if: (1) the Office status is changed to that of a Bureau within the Department; and (2) the Office is headed by an Assistant Secretary with direct access to the Secretary of State, rather than an Ambassador-at-Large. Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to change the status of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to that of the Bureau to Combat Trafficking in Persons, which shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary of State.…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2283, Human Trafficking Prioritization Act
Jul 18, 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2014
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Cosponsors (20)
5 Democrats15 Republicans