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8 U.S.C. 1232: Enhancing efforts to combat the trafficking of children

Created in 2008 by the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-457). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Department of Homeland Security (1), Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services (1).

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

2018Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017

2013Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

2008William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008created it

8 U.S.C. 1232Enhancing efforts to combat the trafficking of children

(a)Combating child trafficking at the border and ports of entry of the United States

(b)Combating child trafficking and exploitation in the United States

(c)Providing safe and secure placements for children

(d)Permanent protection for certain at-risk children

(e)Training

(f)Omitted

(g)Definition of unaccompanied alien child

(h)Effective date

(i)Grants and contracts

This CongressBills that change it or would

None we track

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

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

How it got here

2018

Pub. L. 115–393, §301(d)(1), substituted "Secretary of Health and Human Services" for "Secretary and Human Services" in introductory provisions. (Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 115–393, §301(d)(2), substituted "fiscal years 2018 through 2021" for "the fiscal years 2016 and 2017". (Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (c)

2013

Pub. L. 113–4, §1261, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B). (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 113–4, §1262, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, struck out "and criminal" after "immune from civil", and added subpars. (B) to (F). (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 113–4, §1263(1), in introductory provisions, struck out "either" before "in the custody", substituted "such child," for "such child or who", and inserted ", or has been granted status under section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)… (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (d)
Pub. L. 113–4, §1263(2), inserted ", or status under section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U))," before ", the Federal Government". (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (d)

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.