House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-386

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000

H.R. 3244Introduced Nov 8, 1999Policy area: International Affairs

Became law on Oct 28, 2000.

Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJ

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 8, 1999
Committee actionNov 9, 1999
Passed HouseMay 9, 2000 · by voice vote
Passed SenateJul 27, 2000 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesSep 26, 2000
To the PresidentOct 19, 2000
Became lawOct 28, 2000

Latest action: Oct 28, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-386.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3244.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3244, Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 1999” on December 29, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on November 22, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 29, 1999 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12062
CBO publication date
December 29, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3244, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3244
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3244, Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000” on April 13, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 4, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2000 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12194
CBO publication date
April 13, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3244, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3244
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e877284f634ac367bd500176cea4517e4ece733f1ef28dab6997889258717f50
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3244, Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000” on November 6, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 11, 2000, and signed by the President on October 28, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12911
CBO publication date
November 6, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3244, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3244
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 106-487,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 106-487,Part II ↗; H. Rept. 106-939 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2000 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/487
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/487
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/939
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3244, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3244
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

37 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent

18 of 37 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Dick Armey (R-TX), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Cooksey (R-LA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), Phil English (R-PA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), David McIntosh (R-IN), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), David Price (D-NC), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 7 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-4 district

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