H.R. 6729Empowering Financial Institutions to Fight Human Trafficking Act of 2018

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Sponsor: Ann Wagner [R-MO-02]
Cosponsors: 7 · 5 Republicans · 2 Democrats
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Committees: Financial Services Committee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Latest action: Sep 27, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

IntroducedSep 6, 2018
Passed the HouseSep 26, 2018
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Empowering Financial Institutions to Fight Human Trafficking Act of 2018

(Sec. 2) This bill allows a qualified nonprofit organization to share information with financial institutions and other authorities regarding possible human trafficking or related money laundering activities. The Department of the Treasury must determine which financial institutions are eligible to receive this information. Nonprofit organizations, financial institutions, and other authorities shall not be held liable for sharing this information in compliance with specified regulations.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 6729 as passed House without amendment on Sep 26, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 408

House Sep 26, 2018

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Empowering Financial Institutions to Fight Human Trafficking Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

297 Yea 124 Nay 7 not voting

Crossed both parties 29 of 421 voting members broke with their own party: 29 Republicans.

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All members428 members

Democratic193 members

Republican235 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors7 · 5 Republicans · 2 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 6729 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.

DCAROLYN MALONEY [D-NY-12]Original

RMia Love [R-UT-04]Original

RMimi Walters [R-CA-45]Joined Sep 13, 2018

DKyrsten Sinema [D-AZ-09]Joined Sep 13, 2018

RClaudia Tenney [R-NY-22]Joined Sep 13, 20182026 profile

RErik Paulsen [R-MN-03]Joined Sep 26, 2018

RGlenn Grothman [R-WI-06]Joined Sep 26, 20182026 profile

Who lobbied on H.R. 67297 organizations

Organizations that named H.R. 6729 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.

POLYISOCYANIERATE INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONfiled by HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER US LLP (FKA HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Budget/Appropriations · Energy/Nuclear4 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2017Filing

DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities · Constitution · Intelligence +1 more2 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2018Filing

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties1 filing · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2018Filing

DEMAND PROGRESS, PROJECT OF SIXTEEN THIRTY FUNDfiled by PALE BLUE, LLC

Intelligence · Telecommunications · Foreign Relations1 filing · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2018Filing

FREEDOMWORKS, INC.

Medicare/Medicaid · Constitution · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Foreign Relations +11 more1 filing · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2018Filing

HSBC TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES USA INC.Its PAC: HSBC Technology & Services USA Inc. Federal PAC

Trade (domestic/foreign) · Banking · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code1 filing · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2018Filing

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice1 filing · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2018Filing

11 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.