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  • H. R. 7824 — To direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice to implement anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government Accountability Office.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:356

    H.R. 7824 directs the Office for Victims of Crime within the Department of Justice to implement specific anti-trafficking recommendations provided by the Government Accountability Office. These recommendations, found in a report titled “Child Trafficking: Addressing...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 7824 is a bill that asks the government to follow advice on how to help kids who have been hurt by people trafficking them, making sure everyone knows more about this problem and giving more support to those kids. It wants this done quickly and for a check-in report to be given to the grown-ups in charge soon after.

  • H. RES. 966 — Condemning rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas in its war against Israel.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:931

    H. RES. 966 condemns the use of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war, specifically highlighting acts committed by Hamas against Israel starting on October 7, 2023. The resolution calls for all nations to criminalize such acts and hold perpetrators accountable. It also...

    Simple Explanation

    H. RES. 966 is a message that says hurting people in terrible ways during a fight is very wrong, especially when some people in a group called Hamas hurt others in Israel. It asks everyone around the world to stop this from happening again and help the people who got hurt.

  • S. 3687 — To direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice to implement anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government Accountability Office.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:358

    S. 3687 aims to have the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice implement recommendations from a Government Accountability Office report on child trafficking. This report, published on December 11, 2023, focuses on increasing public awareness and providing...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants a special office in the Department of Justice to follow advice from a report to help kids who have been hurt by bad people who traffic them. It gives them a certain amount of time to start making these changes and then tell some important groups how it's going.

  • S. 3687 — An Act To direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice to implement anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government Accountability Office.
    Status:Engrossed in Senate
    Words:338

    S. 3687, known as the “Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2024,” requires the Office for Victims of Crime within the Department of Justice to put into practice specific anti-trafficking recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office. These recommendations are outlined in a...

    Simple Explanation

    The Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2024 is a rule that tells a special office in the government to follow important steps that help stop children from being taken and hurt. They have to work with another group to make these changes and tell everyone what they did after six months.