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Introduced Session

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 Requires the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to conduct a review that: (1) surveys federal and state activities to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming trafficking victims; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming trafficking victims, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children; and (3) identifies best practices and strategies to deter such actions. Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress regarding: (1) federal and state law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States, and (2) information on each relevant federal grant program. Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize grants for programs that provide housing assistance to victims of trafficking.

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Kristi Noem (R)*,  Mark Amodei (R),  Lou Barletta (R),  Karen Bass (D),  Mike Bishop (R),  Diane Black (R),  Marsha Blackburn (R),  Susan Brooks (R),  Cheri Bustos (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Mike Coffman (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Paul Cook (R),  Ryan Costello (R),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Rick Crawford (R),  Rodney Davis (R),  Susan Davis (D),  Charles Dent (R),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Elizabeth Esty (D),  Michael Fitzpatrick (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Bill Flores (R),  Jeff Fortenberry (R),  Lois Frankel (D),  Rodney Frelinghuysen (R),  Christopher Gibson (R),  Kay Granger (R),  Janice Hahn (D),  Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),  Richard Hudson (R),  Randy Hultgren (R),  Darrell Issa (R),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Lynn Jenkins (R),  David Jolly (R),  John Katko (R),  Mike Kelly (R),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Peter King (R),  Ann Kuster (D),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Leonard Lance (R),  Bob Latta (R),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Patrick Meehan (R),  Grace Meng (D),  Markwayne Mullin (R),  Erik Paulsen (R),  Stevan Pearce (R),  Robert Pittenger (R),  Ted Poe (R),  Tom Reed (R),  Reid Ribble (R),  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R),  Peter Roskam (R),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Aaron Schock (R),  Pete Sessions (R),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Jackie Speier (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Steve Stivers (R),  Norma Torres (D),  Ann Wagner (R),  Tim Walberg (R),  Jackie Walorski (R),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Randy Weber (R),  Ted Yoho (R),  Ryan Zinke (R), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (on 01/28/2015)

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