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S. 1249: A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.

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S. 1249: A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-06-27 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-06-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to: (1) redesignate the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, and (2) provide for an Assistant Secretary to head the Bureau.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · 38 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), John Boozman (R-AR), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] reported raising $771,465 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-s1249 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113