H.R. 246 · 114th Congress
To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking.
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19 cosponsors · 6 D, 13 R
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- House Introduced Jan 9, 2015
- House Passed Jan 27, 2015 411–0
Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include among the required uses of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children operation of a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Jan 27, 2015
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include among the required uses of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children operation of a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking, including child prostitution (currently, in the area of child prostitution).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking.
Latest action (Jan 28, 2015): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 9, 2015
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- House Introduced Jan 9, 2015
- House Passed Jan 27, 2015 411–0
Final vote · House · Jan 27, 2015
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: John A. Boehner