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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)

A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to make technical corrections.

S. 1155 · Senate bill International Affairs

A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Held at the desk.

Passed one chamber, waiting for the other to take it up

Passed one chamber, and the other has not yet sent it to a committee or put it on its calendar.

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Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed Senate unanimous consent
  3. Awaiting House

The Senate by unanimous consent (no one objected, so there was no vote): no senator's position on it was recorded.

What this bill would do

This act is designed to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. The primary purpose of the bill is to make specific technical corrections to that existing law. These corrections involve updating cross-references within the text of the Act. Specifically, the bill targets changes to paragraph 16 and paragraph 17. These changes ensure the legal language correctly points to the intended paragraphs.