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Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017
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Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office for Victims of Crime within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish a report on state safe harbor laws, including: (1) the impact of state safe harbor laws on victims of trafficking, and (2) best practices and recommendations on the development and implementation of effective state safe harbor laws. (Sec. 3) The bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to modify requirements with respect to the allocation of trafficking victim services grant funds for training and technical assistance. Specifically, it requires training and technical assistance to be provided in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services. Additionally, it broadens the areas of training and technical assistance to include, among others, investigating, prosecuting, and preventing human trafficking through a trauma-informed and victim-centered approach. (Sec. 4) The National Institute of Justice must: establish a working group to identify and recommend best practices for collecting data on human trafficking; report on efforts to develop methodologies to determine the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States; and coordinate with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, and private organizations, to survey survivors to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States. (Sec. 5) DOJ must report on efforts to increase mandatory restitution orders and asset forfeiture to provide restitution to victims of trafficking. (Sec. 6) The bill encourages states to implement certain protections for victims of trafficking.
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2017 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
1) Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA), S.104 and HR 459 Advocated for the passage of TSRA to initiate a process to vacate convictions and expunge arrests for criminal offenses committed by trafficking victims that directly result from or relate to having been a trafficking victim. 2) Trafficking Victims Protection Act Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), HR 2200 Advocated for revisions informed by trafficking survivors 3) Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017, HR 1865 Advocated for revisions informed by trafficking survivors 4) Enforcing Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act/Put Trafficking Victims First Act or 2017, HR 2473 Advocated for revisions informed by trafficking survivors 5) Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act of 2017, HR2480 Advocated for survivor-informed legislation to reduce demand and ensure that funding supports new law enforcement strategies that reduce demand
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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 H4484-4486)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4484-4486)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2473.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4484-4489)
Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Congress.gov source codes: H11100, H11100-A
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| Referred to |
| May 16, 2017 |