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On the recordFebruary 13, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5856) to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5856 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. TITLE I--COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES Subtitle A--Programs To Support Victims and Persons Vulnerable to Human Trafficking Sec. 101. Modifications to grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking. Sec. 102. Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program. TITLE II--FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD Sec. 201. Modifications to program to end modern slavery grants. Sec. 202. Amendments to tier standards. Sec. 203. Expanding prevention efforts at the United States Agency for International Development. Sec. 204. Counter-trafficking in persons efforts in development cooperation and assistance policy. Sec. 205. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance. Sec. 206. Trafficking for the purposes of organ harvesting. Sec. 207. Elimination of duplicative reporting.…
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