Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022
Summary
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022 This bill reauthorizes programs to combat human trafficking and addresses related issues. The bill reauthorizes through FY2026 various programs, including (1) Department of State and Department of Justice activities to combat human trafficking internationally; and (2) the Angel Watch Center, a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement program that notifies foreign countries of the pending arrival of certain convicted sex offenders. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may carry out a program to prevent the re-exploitation of certain victims of trafficking by helping such individuals reintegrate into society and achieve self-sufficiency. The bill modifies an existing HHS grant program to provide training to school staff and students to recognize and avoid human trafficking, including by (1) renaming the program the Frederick Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Education Grants program, and (2) modifying the prioritization for awarding such grants. The U.S. Agency for International Development must encourage integration of activities to counter human trafficking into its broader assistance programs. The bill also reauthorizes the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking through FY2031.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Jul 2022
House Passage
Jul 2022
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Feb 1, 2022
Last action Jul 27, 2022
Floor votes · House Jul 26, 2022
How they voted
401–20
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 430
Jul 26, 2022
D
Democratic219
99% Yea
R
Republican211
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jul 27, 2022
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
upper
Jul 26, 2022
Introduced
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 401 - 20 (Roll no. 388). (text: CR H7083-7085)
lower
Jul 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 401 - 20 (Roll no. 388).(text: CR H7083-7085)
lower
Jul 26, 2022
Introduced
Ms. Bass moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Christopher H. Smith
RRepublican
Co
Albio Sires
DDemocratic
Co
David G. Valadao
RRepublican
Co
David P. Joyce
RRepublican
Co
Doris O. Matsui
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Wilson
RRepublican
Co
Karen Bass
DDemocratic
Co
Michael T. McCaul
RRepublican
Co
Sheila Jackson Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Val Butler Demings
DDemocratic
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