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On February 27, 2018, the FOSTA-SESTA package was passed in the House of Representatives with a vote of 388–25. [1] On March 21, 2018, the FOSTA-SESTA package bill passed the Senate with a vote of 97–2, with only senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul voting against it. [2] The bill was signed into law by President Donald Trump on April 11, 2018 ...
Today we announced indictments against seven individuals tied to two trafficking operations in New Jersey, and we remain relentless in our fight to hold perpetrators accountable.https://t.co ...
The 114th Congress quickly and vigorously took up the issue of human trafficking, generating twelve bills in the first couple weeks of the new session. [2] The JVTA incorporates provisions from ten of those twelve bills: H.R. 159 (Stop Exploitation of Trafficking Act of 2015), [3] H.R. 181 (Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015), [4] H.R. 246 (To improve the response to victims of ...
To shine a light on the trafficking happening daily across our country, Congress designated Jan. 11 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human trafficking occurs in two fashions: sex ...
The Human Trafficking Prevention Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on April 10, 2014 by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D, NY-18). [9] It was referred to the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. On July 23, 2014 the House voted to pass the bill with a voice vote. [9] [1]
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, an effort to raise awareness, including how the public can identify and prevent it. Trafficking victims take many shapes, law enforcement ...
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The Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2013 (SETT) is a bill that would require each state, within three years, to have in effect legislation that: (1) treats a minor who has engaged or attempted to engage in a commercial sex act as a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, (2) discourages the charging or prosecution of such an individual for a prostitution or sex ...