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Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to condition eligibility to receive a state grant for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs on inclusion in the state plan of a certification by the governor that the state has in effect and is enforcing a state law, or is operating a statewide program, that includes provisions and procedures to:
identify and assess reports involving children who are sex trafficking victims (and which may also involve children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons),
(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on:
the specific type and prevalence of severe forms of trafficking in persons to which children have been subjected who are identified for services or intervention under the placement, care, or supervision of state, Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agencies;
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 469 as passed House without amendment on Jan 22, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Jan 27, 2015
Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015
Passed · Two-thirds required
410 Yea 0 Nay 23 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 469 and vote against it. 6 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 469 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
7 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.