Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act
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Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding: a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purposes of complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, including a description of what fee components and amounts are prohibited or are permissible for contractors or their agents to charge workers; how such definition will be incorporated into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and contracting practices so as to apply to the actions of grantees, subgrantees, contractors, subcontractors, labor recruiters, brokers, or other agents; and a description of actions taken during the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report and planned to be taken during the following year to better ensure that the responsible officials include the prevention of trafficking in persons in monitoring such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements and contracting practices.
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2016 · first_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to regulation of J-Visa program. H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act. Foreign Labor Recruitment Legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H394)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H394)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 400.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H394-396)
Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Sources: Congress.gov
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to regulation of J-Visa program. H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act. Foreign Labor Recruitment Legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to immigration. H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act. Foreign Labor Recruitment Legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to immigration. H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act. Foreign Labor Recruitment Legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to immigration. H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · first_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to immigration. H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act. Foreign Labor Recruitment Legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to immigration. H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: SENATE
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| Democratic |
| CA |
| Barbara Comstock | Republican | VA |
| Brad Sherman | Democratic | CA |
| Christopher H. Smith | Republican | NJ |
| Darrell Issa | Republican | CA |
| David A. Trott | Republican | MI |
| David N. Cicilline | Democratic | RI |
| Eliot L. Engel | Democratic | NY |
| Frederica S. Wilson | Democratic | FL |
| Gerald E. Connolly | Democratic | VA |
| Gregory W. Meeks | Democratic | NY |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | FL |
| Jeff Duncan | Republican | SC |
| José E. Serrano | Democratic | NY |
| Lee M. Zeldin | Republican | NY |
| Lois Frankel | Democratic | FL |
| Michael T. McCaul | Republican | TX |
| Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Republican | TX |
| Reid J. Ribble | Republican | WI |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | TX |
| Steve Chabot | Republican | OH |
| Ted Poe | Republican | TX |
| Thomas MacArthur | Republican | NJ |
| Tom Emmer | Republican | MN |
| Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic | HI |
| William R. Keating | Democratic | MA |