# 114-hr-400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act

114-hr-400, Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by ED ROYCE (R-CA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-400
- Congress: 114
- Title: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Introduced: 2015-01-16
- Sponsor: ED ROYCE (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 29
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act This bill directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding: a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purposes of complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and how such definition will be incorporated into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and contracting practices; and a description of actions taken to ensure that officials include the prevention of trafficking in persons in monitoring grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements and contracting practices.

## Cosponsors (29)

- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2015-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN), 2015-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2015-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2015-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2015-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL), 2015-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] (R-OH), 2015-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11] (R-MI), 2015-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2015-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] (R-NY), 2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2015-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2015-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2015-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2015-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2015-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA), 2015-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2015-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2015-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] (R-NJ), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-400 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/400)

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