House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Human Trafficking Prioritization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 6, 2013
- Committee actionJun 26, 2014
- Passed HouseJul 23, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2283.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2283, Human Trafficking Prioritization Act” on July 18, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45556
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2283, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3252):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18, as this bill better equips the Executive Branch to properly carry out the powers vested in it by the Constitution, as well as ensures that Congress is accurately informed of a foreign nations' trafficking record and tier ranking when Congress considers regulation of commerce with foreign nations.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 337 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2283, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84aaec45492ee6ff7bb53ea8b571341ad3e67649be5b6830199491a9670528f9
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
111 cosponsors — 60 Republicans, 51 Democrats
51 of 111 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Dave Camp (R-MI), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Charles Dent (R-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and 81 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 7 (113th) No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014
- H.R. 4573 (113th) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking
- H.R. 5656 (113th) Global Food Security Act of 2014
- H.R. 1897 (113th) Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.