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S. 1362: Trafficking in Persons Report Improvement Act of 2011

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S. 1362: Trafficking in Persons Report Improvement Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-13 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Trafficking in Persons Report Improvement Act of 2011

Plain summary

Trafficking in Persons Report Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to revise the annual trafficking in persons report, including by requiring that the report: (1) describes U.S. and foreign government anti-trafficking efforts according to the certain standards and criteria set forth in such Act, (2) describes the nature and scope of trafficking in persons in each country, and (3) analyzes the trend lines for individual governmental efforts.

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Official text

Trafficking in Persons Report Improvement Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s1362 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112