H.R. 2480: Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-17 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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.
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Official title

Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to be used for programs to combat human trafficking.

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Official text

Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act

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

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · 37 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2480, Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act (2017-07-17)

Cosponsors on this site

Andy Harris (R-MD), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ann Wagner (R-MO)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2480.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2480 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115