A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to ensure adequate time for the preparation of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report and to require the timely provision of information to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department of State regarding the number and location of visa denials based on grounds related to human trafficking.
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116th Congress (2019–2021)
Introduced on Aug 6, 2020
This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on August 6, 2020. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
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S. 4478 is a bill in the United States Congress.
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