US Congress House Bill 295 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-07 - Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules,.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes requirements related to the use of financial transactions in human trafficking. The bill adds the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The task force must submit to Congress recommendations for the revision of anti-money laundering programs specifically targeting severe forms of human trafficking. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council must review procedures to improve the capability of specified programs to target financial transactions relating to severe forms of human trafficking. The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence must coordinate with other specified agencies to combat the illicit financing relating to severe forms of human trafficking. The bill provides additional criteria to be considered by the State Department to indicate a country's serious and sustained efforts to eliminate human trafficking. Specifically, the bill adds criteria regarding whether a country has taken or is taking steps to implement a framework for preventing financial transactions involving severe forms of human trafficking.

End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2019

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]
Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-07	House	Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules,.
2019-03-07	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-03-07	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-01-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2019-01-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2019-01-08	House	Introduced in House

SB667 (Related) 2019-03-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/295/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr295/BILLS-116hr295ih.pdf