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H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act

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H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-16 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] · 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 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

Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act

Plain summary

Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding: a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purposes of complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, including a description of what fee components and amounts are prohibited or are permissible for contractors or their agents to charge workers; how such definition will be incorporated into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and contracting practices so as to apply to the actions of grantees, subgrantees, contractors, subcontractors, labor recruiters, brokers, or other agents; and a description of actions taken during the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report and planned to be taken during the following year to better ensure that the responsible officials include the prevention of trafficking in persons in monitoring such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements and contracting practices.

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Official text

Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] · 29 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 400, Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (2015-03-06)

Cosponsors on this site

Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), William R. Keating (D-MA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ami Bera (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr400 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114