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115th Congress > House > Vote 834
Clerk session vote number: 127
Sponsor: ROYCE, Edward Randall (R-CA)
Description: TARGET Act
Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on February 12, 2018. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking or the TARGET Act
(Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target
human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world.
(Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving at least one jurisdiction outside of the United States in the definition of "transnational organized crime" for purposes of such program.
Bill titles: To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the rewards program of the Department of State, and for other purposes.; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2018; BUILD Act; Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018; CLOUD Act; Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2018; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2018; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2018; FARM Act; Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act; Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2018; Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018; Fix NICS Act of 2018; Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2018; Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018; Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2018; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018; MOBILE NOW Act; Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless Act; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Missing Americans Alert Program Act of 2018; RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018; Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services Act of 2018; STOP School Violence Act of 2018; Science Appropriations Act, 2018; Small Business Access to Capital After a Natural Disaster Act; Small Business Credit Availability Act; Spectrum Challenge Prize Act; Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018; TARGET Act; Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking; Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2018; Taylor Force Act; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act; Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2018; BUILD Act; Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018; CLOUD Act; Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2018; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2018; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2018; FARM Act; Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act; Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2018; Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018; Fix NICS Act of 2018; Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2018; Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018; Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2018; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018; MOBILE NOW Act; Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless Act; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Missing Americans Alert Program Act of 2018; RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018; Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services Act of 2018; STOP School Violence Act of 2018; Science Appropriations Act, 2018; Small Business Access to Capital After a Natural Disaster Act; Small Business Credit Availability Act; Spectrum Challenge Prize Act; Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018; TARGET Act; Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking; Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2018; Taylor Force Act; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act; Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act
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