Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary passed house (Sep 19, 2022)
No Trafficking Zones Act or the NTZ Act
This bill establishes an enhanced penalty—an additional prison term of up to five years—for certain interstate human trafficking offenses or coercion of sexual activity that occurs in a school zone or on or within 1,000 feet of a premises on which a school-sponsored activity is taking place or of a premises owned by an institution of higher education.
What just happenedSep 20, 2022
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7914)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7566.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7914-7922)
Ms. Jackson Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-475.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-475.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
No Trafficking Zones Act or the NTZ Act
This bill establishes an enhanced penalty—an additional prison term of up to five years—for certain interstate human trafficking offenses or coercion of sexual activity that occurs in a school zone or on or within 1,000 feet of a premises on which a school-sponsored activity is taking place or of a premises owned by an institution of higher education.
Stop Human Trafficking in School Zones Act
This bill establishes an enhanced penalty—an additional prison term of up to five years—for certain human trafficking offenses that occur in a school zone or on or within 1,000 feet of a premises on which a school-sponsored activity is taking place.