This website is to serve as a courtesy to Members of the Human Trafficking Caucus and others interested in learning about issues related to human trafficking. Please note that this information is not provided as an endorsement of any specific initiatives or legislation but instead is intended to provide information on matters related to human trafficking.
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Caucus Mission Statement
The Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking is a bipartisan group of concerned members of Congress, created to promote and enhance awareness of issues dealing with the trafficking of men, women, and children, both nationally and globally.
Membership
*Co-Chair
Thelma Drake (VA)* Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Carolyn Maloney (NY)* Hank Johnson (GA)
Deborah Pryce (OH)* Mike Conaway (TX)
Chris Smith (NJ)* Tom Allen (ME)
Bobby Scott (VA)* Phil English (PA)
Madeleine Bordallo (Guam) John Lewis (GA)
Henry Waxman (CA) Loretta Sanchez (CA)
Mike Honda (CA) Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX)
Eliot Engel (NY) Nick Lampson (TX)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH) Lynn Woolsey (CA)
Ander Crenshaw (FL) Donald Payne (NJ)
Ellen Tauscher (CA) Neil Abercrombie (HI)
Albio Sires (NJ) Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)
Vic Snyder (AR) Dave Loebsack (IA)
Sue Myrick (NC) Brian Bilbray (CA)
Yvette Clarke (NY) Bill Sali (ID)
Steve Pearce (NM) Andre Carson (IN) Robert Aderholt (AL) Chris Shays (CT)
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Events
View photos from previous Human Trafficking Caucus events
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Legislation in the 110th Congress
H.R. 270: Trafficking Victims Protections Reauthorizaion Act of 2007 (Rep. Chris Smith)
H.Res. 55: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding modern-day slavery (Rep. Barbara Lee)
H. Res. 121: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Force's coercion of young women into sexual slavery, know to the world as "comfort women," during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II.
H. Res. 158: Observing the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade and encouraging the people of the United States, particularly the youth of the United States, to remember the life and legacy of William Wilberforce, a member of the British House of Commons who devoted his life to the suppression and abolition of the institution of slavery, and to work for the protection of human rights throughout the world. (Rep. Joseph Pitts)
H.R. 213: To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed from the United States. (Rep. Jose Serrano)
H. Res. 209: Supporting the goals and ideals of Anti-Slavery Day. (Rep. Eliot Engel)
H. Con. Res. 102: Supporting the goals and ideals of observing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness each year to raise awareness of and opposition to human trafficking. (Rep. Adam Schiff)
H.R. 2522: To establish a Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery. (Rep. John Lewis)
H.Res. 32: Denouncing the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, `honor' killings, acid burning, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that participation, protection, recognition, and independence of women is crucial to achieving a just, moral, and honorable society. (Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee)
H.R. 2620: Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007 (Rep. Jim Marshall)
H.R. 2954: Secure Borders FIRST (For Integrity, Reform, Safety, and Anti-Terrorism) Act of 2007 (Rep. Peter King)
H.R.3424: To authorize appropriations for the purpose of establishing an office within the Internal Revenue Service to focus on violations of the internal revenue laws by persons who are under investigation for conduct relating to commercial sex acts, and to increase the criminal monetary penalty limitations for the underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud. (Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney)
H.R. 3432: To establish the 200th Anniversary Commemoration Commission of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and for other purposes. (Rep. Donald Payne)
H.R. 3887: Wilbur J. Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (Rep. Tom Lantos)
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Government Resources
*** U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has created a new public service advertisement to educate travelers about human trafficking. The number being provided is: 1-800-BE-ALERT (1-800-232-5378).
Department of State http://www.state.gov/g/tip/
Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crt-home.html
United Nations http://www.unodc.org/unodc/trafficking_human_beings.html
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/
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For more information on the Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking, contact Kate MacGregor in Rep. Drake's office at (202) 225-4215.
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