United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4703 (113th)
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.
Introduced
21 May 2014
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
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Summary
Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to declare that, in determining whether a government has made serious and sustained efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts and participation in international sex tourism by its nationals, pursuant to the minimum standards for the elimination of sex trafficking, if such government has the authority to prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts but fails to do so, it shall be deemed a failure to make serious and sustained efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts, notwithstanding other efforts the government has made to do so.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 May 2014
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Introduced in House · EN · 21 May 2014
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 21 May 2014
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4703
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