H.R. 5856 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
Cosponsors: 23 (11 D, 12 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-09-29
Latest action (2024-02-26): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
What H.R. 5856 does, in plain terms
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023 This bill reauthorizes and updates various international antitrafficking activities and foreign assistance programs; requires counter-trafficking strategies, activities, and efforts to be further integrated into projects supported by U.S. foreign assistance; and requires the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to include information about the trafficking in persons for the purposes of organ removal.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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