HR 5856 United States House · 118th Congress

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes and enhances anti-trafficking programs through several key provisions. It establishes "Frederick Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Education Grants" for schools to implement evidence-based, culturally responsive training for K-12 students, teachers, and school personnel on recognizing and preventing child trafficking. It also creates a Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program to help trafficking victims gain job skills, education, and life skills for self-sufficiency. The bill extends funding for these programs through 2028 with increased authorization levels and modifies international trafficking reporting standards.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Sep 29, 2023 Last action Feb 26, 2024
Floor votes · House Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

41411
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 431
Feb 13, 2024
D Democratic212
209 Yea 3
98% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican218
204 Yea 11 Nay 3
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Introduced
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 11 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H565-567)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
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): 414 - 11 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H565-567)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Introduced
Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
lower
Nov 7, 2023
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
lower
Nov 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Sep 29, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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
Sep 29, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors

Sponsors