Senate bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-322
Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2021
Became law on Dec 27, 2022.
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 18, 2021
- Committee actionNov 3, 2021
- Passed SenateApr 6, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 14, 2022 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2022
- Became lawDec 27, 2022
Latest action: Dec 27, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-322.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2991.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2991, Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2021” on January 19, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 3, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 19, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57773
- CBO publication date
- January 19, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2991, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/2991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 117-73 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on February 14, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 14, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/73
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2991, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/2991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2991, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Rob Portman (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.