US Congress House Bill 5607 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Introduced on September 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-10-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Voices of Human Trafficking Act of 2014 - Establishes the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President's Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Directs the Council to: (1) meet at least annually or at the request of the Group to review federal, state, and local government policy and programs intended to combat human trafficking, (2) formulate assessments and recommendations to ensure that U.S. policy and programming efforts conform to best practices in the field of human trafficking prevention, (3) meet with the Group at least annually to formally present the Council's findings and recommendations, and (4) submit annual reports to the Task Force. Sunsets this Act on September 30, 2020.

Voices of Human Trafficking Act of 2014

Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-10-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2014-09-18	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2014-09-18	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2014-09-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

SB121 (Related) 2013-01-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5607/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5607/BILLS-113hr5607ih.pdf