H.R. 5856Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023

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Sponsor: Christopher H. Smith [R-NJ-04]
Cosponsors: 23 · 12 Republicans · 11 Democrats
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees: Foreign Affairs Committee, Education and Workforce Committee · and 2 more
Latest action: Feb 26, 2024 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

IntroducedSep 29, 2023
Passed the HouseFeb 13, 2024
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill reauthorizes and updates various international antitrafficking activities and foreign assistance programs; requires counter-trafficking strategies, activities, and efforts to be further integrated into projects supported by U.S. foreign assistance; and requires the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to include information about the trafficking in persons for the purposes of organ removal.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5856 as passed House on Feb 13, 2024. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 41

House Feb 13, 2024

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

414 Yea 11 Nay 6 not voting

Crossed both parties 11 of 425 voting members broke with their own party: 11 Republicans.

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How the chamber split

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DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present

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All members431 members

Democratic212 members

Republican219 members

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

Cosponsors23 · 12 Republicans · 11 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5856 and vote against it. 9 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 5856Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 41

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors23 · 12 Republicans · 11 Democrats

H.R. 5856Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 41

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors23 · 12 Republicans · 11 Democrats

Who lobbied on H.R. 58566 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 58566 organizations