House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022

H.R. 6552Introduced Feb 1, 2022Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJ

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 1, 2022
Committee actionFeb 8, 2022
Passed HouseJul 26, 2022 · 401–20
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 27, 2022 — 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. 6552.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6552, Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022” on July 20, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 9, 2022”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2022 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58306
CBO publication date
July 20, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6552, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6552
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 10, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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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 (Vol. 168, No. 20, February 1, 2022, Page H331):
Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2022 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6552, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6552
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 10, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 10, 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

9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats

5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.

Karen Bass (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Albio Sires (D-NJ), David Valadao (R-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-4 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.