There are multiple bills relating to human trafficking that have passed the House or Senate this summer. Seth Daire and JJ Janflone discuss what several of them mean, including H.R.2200, Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, which reauthorizes the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Links are below.

Sources:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2200/text

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/frederick-douglass-bill-introduced-congress-curb-human-trafficking-n752096

https://polarisproject.org/sites/default/files/2015%20Safe%20Harbor%20Issue%20Brief.pdf

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2473/text

https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/State%20Department%20Basic%20Authorities%20Act%20Of%201956.pdf

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1625/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2664/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1370/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/68/text

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1973/summary

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/04/06/397822833/a-lesser-known-human-trafficking-problem-teenage-basketball-players

http://www.wnyc.org/story/basketball-trafficker/