House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of curricula for training students, teachers, and school personnel to understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to signs of human trafficking and exploitation in children and youth, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1185.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H645):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1185, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1185
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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.
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
- H.R. 4313 (119th) Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act
- H.R. 5347 (119th) Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act
- H.R. 139 (119th) Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 919 (119th) Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
- H.R. 6130 (119th) ASAP Act
- H.R. 9501 (119th) AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.