PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 2224 (116th)

Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

23 July 2019

Last action

23 July 2019 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsors

Richard Blumenthal, Ted Cruz, Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Chuck Grassley

Subjects

Immigration

Source updated

10 August 2026

Immigration

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to build a searchable database with certain information about each temporary foreign nonimmigrant worker. The database shall include information such as (1) each worker's age, gender, and country of origin; (2) the type of visa used and the status of such visa; (3) where each worker is employed; and (4) each worker's occupation and the compensation received. The database shall only be available to (1) law enforcement, (2) service providers to human trafficking victims, (3) worker protection organizations, and (4) entities agreeing to use the information only for research purposes. The bill expands existing reporting requirements related to temporary foreign nonimmigrant workers to include additional information such as (1) the 10 employers that hired the most temporary foreign nonimmigrant workers, and (2) the 10 occupations with the most temporary foreign nonimmigrant workers.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 23 July 2019

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 23 July 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.