Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9043 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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
                trafficking; and
                    ``(C) reduce demand for participation in
                international sex tourism by nationals of the
                country.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with
respect to determinations under subsection (a)(4) of section 108 of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 that are made on or after
such date of enactment.
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