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Bill May 27, 2026

Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9043 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9043 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 26, 2026 Mrs. Wagner (for herself, Ms. Foxx, and Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT RELATING TO DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EFFORTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO REDUCE DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS UNDER THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TRAFFICKING. (a) In General.--Paragraph (12) of section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended to read as follows: ``(12) Whether the government of the country has made serious and sustained efforts to-- ``(A) prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts to the extent such prohibition is within the authority of the central government or implement a policy against the purchase of commercial sex acts to the extent that prohibition is not within the authority of the central government; ``(B) educate buyers of commercial sex on how traffickers exploit prostituted persons for human tr

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9043
Madeleine Dean U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ann Wagner U.S. Representative Sponsor Sarah McBride U.S. Representative Cosponsor Maria Salazar U.S. Representative Cosponsor William Timmons U.S. Representative Cosponsor John James U.S. Representative Cosponsor Addison McDowell U.S. Representative Cosponsor Raja Krishnamoorthi U.S. Representative Cosponsor Tim Moore U.S. Representative Cosponsor Donald Davis U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ted Lieu U.S. Representative Cosponsor Henry Johnson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jimmy Panetta U.S. Representative Cosponsor Michael Lawler U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joe Wilson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jim Baird U.S. Representative Cosponsor Christopher Smith U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sheri Biggs U.S. Representative Cosponsor Young Kim U.S. Representative Cosponsor Clarence Owens U.S. Representative Cosponsor Deborah Ross U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Walkinshaw U.S. Representative Cosponsor Warren Davidson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Wesley Hunt U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sydney Kamlager-Dove U.S. Representative Cosponsor Max Miller U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joyce Beatty U.S. Representative Cosponsor Nellie Pou U.S. Representative Cosponsor Bill Huizenga U.S. Representative Cosponsor Debbie Wasserman Schultz U.S. Representative Cosponsor Earl Carter U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jennifer Kiggans U.S. Representative Cosponsor Emily Randall U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brad Sherman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Julia Brownley U.S. Representative Cosponsor Yvette Clarke U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brian Fitzpatrick U.S. Representative Cosponsor Thomas Kean U.S. Representative Cosponsor
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