US Congress House Bill 4326 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-10-01 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands requirements for fighting human trafficking that apply to foreign countries receiving U.S. foreign assistance. (The President is authorized to reduce assistance to, or take other actions against, countries that fail to meet such requirements and are not making significant efforts to do so.) The Department of State, when evaluating whether a country has met such requirements, shall assess whether the country has made serious efforts to prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts if the central government has authority to do so, whereas currently the State Department must assess whether a country has made serious efforts to reduce such activities. The State Department shall also assess whether a country has made serious efforts to educate buyers of commercial sex acts on how traffickers exploit prostituted persons.

Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]
Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Carol Miller [R-WV]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-01	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2020-10-01	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-09-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2019-09-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4326/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4326/BILLS-116hr4326ih.pdf