US Congress House Bill 5076 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)
Status: Engrossed on July 24 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-24 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2014 - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act with respect to grants to states, localities, and private entities to carry out research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding activities designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, runaway youth and homeless youth. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give priority to proposed projects relating to staff training in: (1) the behavioral and emotional effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking, (2) responding to youth who are showing effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking, and (3) agency-wide strategies for working with runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking. Extends the Secretary's authority to make grants to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploitation. Extends the scope of such grants also to street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking.

Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2014

Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-24	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2014-07-23	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2014-07-23	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6703)
2014-07-23	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5076.
2014-07-23	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6703-6704)
2014-07-23	House	Mr. Heck (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2014-07-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5076/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5076/BILLS-113hr5076ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5076/BILLS-113hr5076eh.pdf