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34 U.S.C. 20709: Combat Human Trafficking Act

Created in 2015 by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 34 U.S.C. 20712.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2019Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018

2018Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017

2015Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005created it

34 U.S.C. 20709Combat Human Trafficking Act

(a)Short title

(b)Definitions

(c)Department of Justice training and policy for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges

(d)Omitted

(e)Bureau of Justice Statistics report on State enforcement of human trafficking prohibitions

(f)Department of Justice victim screening protocol

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

2019

Pub. L. 115–425, §121(b)(1), (2), substituted "number" for "rates" in introductory provisions and inserted ", noting the number of covered offenders" after "covered offense" wherever appearing. (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
Pub. L. 115–425, §121(b)(3), substituted "arrests" for "arrest". (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
Pub. L. 115–425, §121(b)(4), substituted "prosecutions" for "prosecution". (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
Pub. L. 115–425, §121(b)(5), substituted "convictions" for "conviction". (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (e)

2018

Pub. L. 115–393, §502(1), added cls. (iii) and (iv). (Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (c), (iv)
Pub. L. 115–393, §502(2), added subsec. (f). (Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (f)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.