Human Trafficking Awareness Training Recognition Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8974.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 113, July 9, 2024, Page H4529):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Blue Campaign Certification Program to encourage employers in covered industries to encourage employees to complete training to recognize and respond to suspected human trafficking.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  313 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8974, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  abcf491c2ce463804a9e64219d59b639cac8ed38857cec86d9f0fcd0a2dc5d41

  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 December 5, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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