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S.1249: A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.
About This Bill
- Introduced June 27, 2013
- Latest Major Action June 27, 2013
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
38 (24 Democrats, 1 Independent Democrat, 13 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to: (1) redesignate the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, and (2) provide for an Assistant Secretary to head the Bureau.
(Source: Library of Congress)
What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill
Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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June 27, 2013 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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June 27, 2013 |
Introduced in the Senate by Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) |