There are multiple bills relating to human trafficking that have passed the House or Senate this summer. Seth Daire and JJ Janflone discuss what several of them mean, including H.R.2200, Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, which reauthorizes the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Links are below.
Sources:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2200/text
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/frederick-douglass-bill-introduced-congress-curb-human-trafficking-n752096
https://polarisproject.org/sites/default/files/2015%20Safe%20Harbor%20Issue%20Brief.pdf
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2473/text
https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/State%20Department%20Basic%20Authorities%20Act%20Of%201956.pdf
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1625/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2664/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1370/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/68/text
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1973/summary
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/04/06/397822833/a-lesser-known-human-trafficking-problem-teenage-basketball-players
http://www.wnyc.org/story/basketball-trafficker/
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