Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act
Sponsored By: Representative Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced
Summary
Requires foreign governments to cut demand for trafficking-related commercial sex acts. This bill would add three specific tests to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act to judge whether a country made serious and sustained efforts to reduce demand. It would require countries to prohibit or adopt central-government policies against buying commercial sex where possible, educate buyers about how traffickers exploit prostituted persons, and reduce nationals' participation in international sex tourism. The amendment would take effect on enactment and apply to determinations under section 108(a)(4) made on or after that date.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New rules on countries' sex demand
This bill would change how the State Department judges other countries on trafficking. It would add three criteria for "serious and sustained efforts" to reduce demand for trafficking-related commercial sex. The criteria would require that countries (A) ban buying commercial sex or, if the central government lacks that authority, adopt a policy against buying commercial sex; (B) educate buyers about how traffickers exploit prostituted people; and (C) act to reduce demand from their nationals for international sex tourism. The change would take effect on the date of enactment and apply to determinations under section 108(a)(4) made on or after that date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
MO • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
NC • R
Sponsored 5/26/2026
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 5/26/2026
Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
MI • R
Sponsored 6/9/2026
Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
FL • R
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]
DE • D
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Roll Call Votes
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