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On the recordSeptember 22, 2020
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5664) to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to ensure adequate time for the preparation of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, require the timely provision of information to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department of State regarding the number and location of visa denials based, in whole or in part, on grounds related to human trafficking, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5664 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 ``Leveraging Information on Foreign Traffickers Act'' or the ``LIFT Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.…
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas

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