Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.
- Last Action
- 5/3/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-07Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules,.
- 2019-03-07Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 2019-03-07Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2019-01-08Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-01-08Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-01-08Introduced in House
- 2019-01-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-08 (00)
End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2019
This bill establishes requirements related to the use of financial transactions in human trafficking. The bill adds the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The task force must submit to Congress recommendations for the revision of anti-money laundering programs specifically targeting severe forms of human trafficking.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council must review procedures to improve the capability of specified programs to target financial transactions relating to severe forms of human trafficking.
The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence must coordinate with other specified agencies to combat the illicit financing relating to severe forms of human trafficking.
The bill provides additional criteria to be considered by the State Department to indicate a country's serious and sustained efforts to eliminate human trafficking. Specifically, the bill adds criteria regarding whether a country has taken or is taking steps to implement a framework for preventing financial transactions involving severe forms of human trafficking.
Cosponsors (20)
- William Keating (D-MA)
- Michael McCaul (R-TX)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR)
- F. SENSENBRENNER (R-WI)
- Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
- John Curtis (R-UT)
- Francis Rooney (R-FL)
- Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Randy Weber (R-TX)
- Ted Yoho (R-FL)
- Scott Perry (R-PA)
- GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Ron Wright (R-TX)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
Subjects
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of the Treasury
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Human trafficking
- International organizations and cooperation
- Sex offenses
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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