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S. 952

Referred to Committee

End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017

Introduced 4/26/2017•115th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

4/26/2017 • Senate

Summary

End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017

This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The task force must submit to Congress recommendations for the revision of anti-money laundering programs to specifically target money laundering related to human trafficking.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council must review and enhance, where necessary: (1) training and procedures to improve the ability of anti-money laundering programs to target human trafficking operations, and (2) procedures for referring potential human trafficking cases to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

The Department of Justice must report on: (1) efforts to eliminate money laundering related to human trafficking; and (2) the number of investigations, arrests, indictments, and convictions in money laundering cases related to human trafficking.

Introduced in Senate • 4/26/2017

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Topics & Subjects

Banking and financial institutions regulationCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of the TreasuryExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingInternational organizations and cooperationSex offenses

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Sponsor

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Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

Democrat • MA

Sponsored 4/26/2017

Cosponsors (2)

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Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]

R-FL

Joined 4/26/2017

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Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]

R-OK

Joined 7/20/2017

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Originated in the Senate

Introduced

April 26, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Introduced in Senate4/26/2017

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Current StatusReferred to Committee
Cosponsors2