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H.R. 4326: Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

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H.R. 4326: Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-12 · International Affairs · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-09-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

Plain summary

Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act This bill expands requirements for fighting human trafficking that apply to foreign countries receiving U.S. foreign assistance. (The President is authorized to reduce assistance to, or take other actions against, countries that fail to meet such requirements and are not making significant efforts to do so.) The Department of State, when evaluating whether a country has met such requirements, shall assess whether the country has made serious efforts to prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts if the central government has authority to do so, whereas currently the State Department must assess whether a country has made serious efforts to reduce such activities. The State Department shall also assess whether a country has made serious efforts to educate buyers of commercial sex acts on how traffickers exploit prostituted persons.

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Official text

Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] · 35 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4326, Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act (2020-11-25)

Cosponsors on this site

Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Josh Harder (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] reported raising $4.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4326 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116