US Congress House Bill 400 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-02 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding: a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purposes of complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, including a description of what fee components and amounts are prohibited or are permissible for contractors or their agents to charge workers; how such definition will be incorporated into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and contracting practices so as to apply to the actions of grantees, subgrantees, contractors, subcontractors, labor recruiters, brokers, or other agents; and a description of actions taken during the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report and planned to be taken during the following year to better ensure that the responsible officials include the prevention of trafficking in persons in monitoring such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements and contracting practices.

Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act

Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-02	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2016-02-01	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-02-01	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H394)
2016-02-01	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 400.
2016-02-01	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H394-396)
2016-02-01	House	Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2015-02-27	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2015-02-27	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-01-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2015-01-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/400/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr400/BILLS-114hr400ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr400/BILLS-114hr400eh.pdf