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Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · Dec 8, 2016
DHS Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue guidance to DHS personnel on:
information that should be collected and recorded in DHS information technology (IT) systems used to identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking,
how to ensure data reliability of information regarding such individuals in such systems, and
information sharing regarding such individuals among DHS components.
DHS shall ensure the integration of its IT systems used to record and track such information.
The DHS Inspector General shall report to specified congressional committees on the status of implementation of this bill.
People & committees
Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46] · D–CA
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 668.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-855, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-855, Part I.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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