House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Study To Observe and Prevent (STOP) Human Trafficking Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3546.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2460):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Attorney General, in coordination with the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, to study the prevalence and instances of human trafficking at adult entertainment clubs in the United States, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 335 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3546, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). 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
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Susie Lee (D-NV), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), James Moylan (R-GU), David Rouzer (R-NC), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), David Valadao (R-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Waltz.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.