US Congress House Bill 2664 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)
Status: Engrossed on July 13 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-13 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Labor to implement a program to: (1) train and periodically retrain relevant Labor personnel to detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities, and (2) ensure that such personnel regularly receive current information on matters related to the detection of human trafficking. Such training may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities and shall include: (1) methods for identifying suspected victims and perpetrators of human trafficking, (2) location- or environment-specifiic training, (3) other topics that reflect current trends and best practices for particular locations or professional environments, (4) a course of action for referring human trafficking cases to the Department of Justice and other appropriate authorities, and (5) post-training evaluation. (Sec. 4) Labor shall report to Congress annually regarding: (1) the effectiveness of the training, (2) the number of Labor employees who have completed such training, (3) the number of of human trafficking cases referred to Labor personnel, and (4) the metrics used to measure and track responses.

Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act

Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-13	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2017-07-12	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2017-07-12	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5486)
2017-07-12	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2664.
2017-07-12	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5486-5488)
2017-07-12	House	Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-05-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2664/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2664/BILLS-115hr2664ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2664/BILLS-115hr2664eh.pdf