H.R. 2805: End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013
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H.R. 2805: End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-24 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013
Plain summary
End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends: (1) the federal criminal code to expand the scope of prohibitions against sex trafficking to include patronizing or soliciting a commercial sex act with a victim of sex trafficking, and (2) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the definition of "sex trafficking" to include patronizing or soliciting a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act. Directs the Attorney General to ensure that all task forces and working groups within the Innocence Lost National Initiative engage in activities, programs, or operations to increase the investigative capabilities of state and local law enforcement officers in the detection, investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize or solicit children for sex.
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Official text
End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] · 51 cosponsors
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Juan Vargas (D-CA), John R. Carter (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
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- Ballot initiative
- A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2805.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr2805 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113