Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking or the TARGET Act
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who threaten U.S. national security and humanitarian interests by preying on the most vulnerable people.
The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of human trafficking in the definition of "transnational organized crime" for purposes of such program.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-23 | President | Became Public Law No: 115-141. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-23 | President | Signed by President. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-23 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-23 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2018-03-23 | Vote | Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 by Yea-Nay Vote. 65 - 32. Record Vote Number: 63. | Senate |
| 2018-03-23 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 with an amendment (SA 2217) withdrawn in Senate. | Senate |
| 2018-03-23 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations the House message to accompany H.R. 1625 with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 2219) fell when cloture invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 in Senate. | Senate |
| 2018-03-23 | Vote | Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 30. Record Vote Number: 62. | Senate |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations the House message to accompany H.R. 1625 with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 2219) made in Senate. | Senate |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 with an amendment (SA 2217) made in Senate. | Senate |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 presented in Senate. (CR S1919) | Senate |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 made in Senate. (CR S1919) | Senate |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1919-1931) | Senate |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment. | Senate |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 116, enrollment corrections on H.R. 1625 have been made. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | ResolvingDifferences | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | Vote | On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment. Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 256 - 167 (Roll no. 127). (text of House amendment to Senate amendment: CR H1769-2016) | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | ResolvingDifferences | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with further debate on the motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 with an amendment. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 796, the House proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the motion that the House agree in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625 with an amendment. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | ResolvingDifferences | Mr. Frelinghuysen moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 796, Mr. Frelinghuysen brought up H.R. 1625 and offered a motion. (consideration: CR H1769-2027) | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 796 passed House. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-22 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 796 Reported to House. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions. The resolution makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1625 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-66. The resolution also provides for proceedings during the period from March 23, 2018 through April 9, 2018 | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-01 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2018-02-28 | Floor | Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1291) | Senate |
| 2018-02-12 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 311. | Senate |
| 2018-02-12 | Committee | Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. | Senate |
| 2018-02-07 | Committee | Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate |
| 2017-05-23 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate |
| 2017-05-22 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-22 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4411-4412) | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-22 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1625. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-22 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4411-4414) | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-22 | Floor | Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-03 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2017-05-03 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2017-03-20 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House floor actions |
| 2017-03-20 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |