Bill Sponsor
House Bill 5150
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Sep 3, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Sep 3, 2021
Latest Action
Nov 1, 2022
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
5150
Congress
117
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
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House Votes (0)
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2021

This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises programs and activities to support survivors of human trafficking and prevent such trafficking domestically and abroad.

The bill expands and authorizes programs for survivors, including a program to prevent re-exploitation. It also extends through FY2026 a special assessment on certain persons convicted of a human trafficking offense, which funds programs for human-trafficking survivors. Additionally, the bill provides privacy and other protections for survivors, including specified financial protections and protections against retaliation for survivors who pursue civil claims against a perpetrator. The bill also allows courts to reduce sentences for certain individuals who commit human trafficking crimes as minors.

To prevent trafficking domestically, federal departments must incorporate anti-trafficking efforts into contracting activities and personnel policies, and the bill supports private sector efforts to address human trafficking in its policies and services. Furthermore, the bill supports the identification, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking crimes, with an expanded focus on forced labor.

To prevent trafficking globally, the bill prohibits access to a trade program for developing countries and otherwise restricts development assistance for countries that fail to meet minimum standards for eliminating trafficking. It also changes the criteria for determining whether a country has met applicable standards. In addition, the bill authorizes sanctions on persons convicted of severe forms of trafficking and requires integration of counter-trafficking activities into foreign assistance programs.

The bill also requires reporting by the Government Accountability Office, federal agencies, and states concerning human trafficking.

Text (1)
September 3, 2021
Actions (5)
11/01/2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
09/07/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
09/06/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
09/03/2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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.
09/03/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 31, 2022 9:00:22 AM