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H.R. 2219: End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2018

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H.R. 2219: End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-27 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 130 (2018): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2219 (2018-04-10), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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

End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2018

Plain summary

End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 201 8 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The task force must submit to Congress recommendations for the revision of anti-money laundering programs specifically targeting severe forms of human trafficking. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council must: (1) review and enhance training and procedures to improve the capability of specified programs to target financial transactions relating to severe forms of human trafficking, (2) review and enhance procedures for referring potential severe human trafficking cases to the appropriate law enforcement agency, and (3) determine whether financial institution requirements are sufficient to detect and deter money laundering related to severe forms of human trafficking. (Sec. 3) The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence must coordinate with other specified agencies to combat the illicit financing relating to severe forms of human trafficking. (Sec. 4) The bill amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to require the task force to report on efforts to eliminate money laundering related to severe forms of human trafficking. (Sec. 5) The bill provides additional criteria to be considered by the State Department to indicate a country's serious and sustained efforts to eliminate human trafficking. Specifically, the bill adds criteria regarding whether a country has taken or is taking steps to implement a framework for preventing financial transactions involving severe forms of human trafficking.

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Official text

End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] · 15 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2219, End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017 (2018-02-15); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2219, End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017 (2018-02-15)

Cosponsors on this site

William R. Keating (D-MA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr2219 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115