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H.R. 350: Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015

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H.R. 350: Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-14 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 Requires the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to conduct a review that: (1) surveys federal and state activities to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming trafficking victims; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming trafficking victims, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children; and (3) identifies best practices and strategies to deter such actions. Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress regarding: (1) federal and state law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States, and (2) information on each relevant federal grant program. Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize grants for programs that provide housing assistance to victims of trafficking.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] · 74 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 350, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 (2015-01-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Robert E. Latta (R-OH) and 14 more.

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr350 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114