Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2021
Summary
Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2021 This bill sets forth provisions intended to help assess the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States and improve support for victims of trafficking and service providers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) must work with federal entities and other stakeholders to do the following: establish a working group to improve the collection and analysis of data on the incidence of trafficking, report on efforts to develop methodologies to determine the prevalence of human trafficking, and survey survivors to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking and improve services for victims. DOJ must also report on efforts to increase restitution to victims of trafficking.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
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President
Introduced Jan 25, 2022
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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
Jan 25, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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