S. 3061 - William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

Foreign policy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. (by CRS) 
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The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar. 
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William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

S. 3061 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
  • Child Soldiers Prevention and Accountability Act of 2008
  • William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
  • Child Soldiers Prevention and Accountability Act of 2008
Sponsor
Joseph Biden
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Foreign policy
  • Admission of nonimmigrants
  • Alien labor
  • Aliens
  • Armed forces
  • Awards, medals, prizes
  • Business
  • Child abuse
  • Child labor
  • Child sexual abuse
  • Child welfare
  • Children
  • Civil liberties
  • Civil rights
  • Commemorations
  • Congress
  • Congress and foreign policy
  • Congress and military policy
  • Congressional oversight
  • Criminal justice
  • Custody of children
  • Defense policy
  • Department of State
  • Deportation
  • Economic assistance
  • Executive departments
  • Executive reorganization
  • Families
  • Forced labor
  • Foreign aid
  • Household workers
  • Human rights
  • Immigration
  • International affairs
  • International agencies
  • International employees
  • Labor
  • Law
  • Military assistance
  • Military education
  • Military personnel
  • Military training
  • Prostitution
  • Recruiting and enlistment
  • Repatriation
  • Sex-oriented businesses
  • Slavery
  • Smuggling
  • Tourism
  • Trade
  • Victims of crimes
  • Visas
  • Witnesses
  • Women
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced5/22/2008
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced5/22/2008
5/22/2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4798-4799)
5/22/2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Put on a legislative calendar7/31/2008Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
9/08/2008Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report.
Put on a legislative calendar9/08/2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 946.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus
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Contributions

  1. January - February 2003 For $100,480 Against $15,175
  2. March - April 2003 For $264,304 Against $47,400
  3. May - June 2003 For $338,866 Against $32,400
  4. July - August 2003 For $480,093 Against $24,700
  5. September - October 2003 For $389,340 Against $19,550
  6. November - December 2003 For $292,024 Against $18,800
  7. January - February 2004 For $311,603 Against $11,750
  8. March - April 2004 For $645,285 Against $73,000
  9. May - June 2004 For $933,137 Against $60,144
  10. July - August 2004 For $686,405 Against $58,544
  11. September - October 2004 For $1,850,008 Against $89,904
  12. November - December 2004 For $141,484 Against $3,250
  13. January - February 2005 For $121,554 Against $10,950
  14. March - April 2005 For $419,408 Against $42,750
  15. May - June 2005 For $429,304 Against $41,860
  16. July - August 2005 For $187,985 Against $22,050
  17. September - October 2005 For $339,132 Against $26,600
  18. November - December 2005 For $551,635 Against $31,900
  19. January - February 2006 For $355,790 Against $13,025
  20. March - April 2006 For $671,441 Against $37,830
  21. May - June 2006 For $523,582 Against $53,400
  22. July - August 2006 For $523,523 Against $24,151
  23. September - October 2006 For $1,587,206 Against $60,070
  24. November - December 2006 For $216,808 Against $4,250
  25. January - February 2007 For $167,710 Against $900
  26. March - April 2007 For $371,110 Against $54,800
  27. May - June 2007 For $532,804 Against $25,950
  28. July - August 2007 For $272,066 Against $14,925
  29. September - October 2007 For $409,473 Against $43,250
  30. November - December 2007 For $477,056 Against $38,850
  31. January - February 2008 For $247,123 Against $16,050
  32. March - April 2008 For $526,037 Against $42,860
  33. May - June 2008 For $546,623 Against $20,360
  34. July - August 2008 For $962,754 Against $25,400
  35. September - October 2008 For $987,647 Against $22,436
  36. November - December 2008 For $544,665 Against $26,500

Votes

    4 Organizations Supported and 4 Opposed; See Which Ones

    Organizations that took a position on
    William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

    4 organizations supported this bill

    International Justice Mission
    (n.d.). Justice Campaigns. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Legal Momentum
    (n.d.). Legal Momentum Applauds Senators Biden and Brownback on the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Polaris Project
    (n.d.). Support the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in the Senate. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Southern Baptist Convention
    (n.d.). Sex worker measure splits DOJ, Baptists. Retrieved n.d., from .

    4 organizations opposed this bill

    Concerned Women for America
    (n.d.). Polarizing Viewpoints on Sex Trafficking. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Fraternal Order of Police
    (n.d.). Sex worker measure splits DOJ, Baptists. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Heritage Foundation
    (n.d.). Sex worker measure splits DOJ, Baptists. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National District Attorneys Association
    (n.d.). Sex worker measure splits DOJ, Baptists. Retrieved n.d., from .

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    Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
    Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org

    Contributions by Legislator

    Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported
    $ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$10,000
    Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$103,133$3,916
    Alan Wayne AllardRCO$3,000$100
    John BarrassoRWY$23,900$250
    Max BaucusDMT$1,000$8,200
    Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$6,100$8,300
    Bob BennettRUT$21,345$0
    Joe BidenDDE$1,750$2,000
    Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$500$8,950
    Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$130,958$2,250
    Barbara BoxerDCA$1,102,602$16,350
    Sherrod BrownDOH$185,209$18,470
    Sam BrownbackRKS$67,773$35,750
    Jim BunningRKY$112,903$8,400
    Richard BurrRNC$292,589$15,894
    Robert ByrdDWV$900$10,250
    Maria CantwellDWA$178,085$1,950
    Ben CardinDMD$186,205$19,200
    Tom CarperDDE$1,150$3,200
    Bob CaseyDPA$336,964$21,250
    Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$566,898$20,325
    Hillary ClintonDNY$1,486,897$34,796
    Tom CoburnROK$500,128$14,300
    William Thad CochranRMS$18,700$1,000
    Norm ColemanRMN$726,031$12,220
    Susan CollinsRME$234,612$11,500
    Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$10,000
    Bob CorkerRTN$199,551$7,675
    John CornynRTX$426,779$13,850
    Larry CraigRID$0$500
    Mike CrapoRID$8,523$0
    Jim DeMintRSC$562,689$13,650
    Chris DoddDCT$0$11,300
    Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$788,473$13,570
    Pete DomeniciRNM$33,200$5,250
    Byron DorganDND$1,000$4,000
    Dick DurbinDIL$10,925$18,250
    John EnsignRNV$76,425$1,100
    Mike EnziRWY$8,250$1,000
    Russ FeingoldDWI$127,568$9,200
    Dianne FeinsteinDCA$85,400$12,200
    Lindsey GrahamRSC$56,250$6,750
    Chuck GrassleyRIA$85,102$2,760
    Judd GreggRNH$37,873$16,250
    Chuck HagelRNE$0$1,000
    Tom HarkinDIA$500$10,300
    Orrin HatchRUT$62,216$5,750
    Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$253,326$12,100
    Jim InhofeROK$159,425$4,950
    Dan InouyeDHI$250$11,000
    Johnny IsaksonRGA$156,866$14,150
    Tim JohnsonDSD$0$12,250
    Ted KennedyDMA$250$15,900
    John KerryDMA$55,404$10,000
    Amy KlobucharDMN$805,296$16,055
    Herb KohlDWI$0$0
    Jon KylRAZ$442,817$8,420
    Mary LandrieuDLA$120,581$18,250
    Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$12,000
    Patrick LeahyDVT$-1,000$5,450
    Carl LevinDMI$1,800$15,250
    Joe LiebermanICT$11,800$11,500
    Blanche LincolnDAR$89,300$5,750
    Dick LugarRIN$3,000$7,500
    Mel MartinezRFL$391,088$51,294
    John McCainRAZ$41,975$12,400
    Claire McCaskillDMO$937,869$11,000
    Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$507,283$30,995
    Bob MenéndezDNJ$3,000$27,000
    Barbara MikulskiDMD$278,750$7,500
    Lisa MurkowskiRAK$135,207$6,250
    Patty MurrayDWA$738,257$13,500
    Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$500$11,000
    Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$2,050$17,000
    Barack ObamaDIL$26,050$17,550
    Mark PryorDAR$1,250$10,700
    John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$9,000
    Harry ReidDNV$1,000$29,550
    Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$175,699$5,850
    John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$11,500
    Ken SalazarDCO$304,079$19,250
    Bernie SandersIVT$3,910$12,150
    Chuck SchumerDNY$4,000$3,350
    Jeff SessionsRAL$95,270$9,150
    Richard ShelbyRAL$50,700$5,000
    Gordon SmithROR$168,694$13,500
    Olympia SnoweRME$116,636$5,000
    Arlen SpecterDPA$257,381$24,300
    Debbie StabenowDMI$676,568$25,950
    Ted StevensRAK$2,300$8,750
    John SununuRNH$614,641$0
    Jon TesterDMT$3,000$7,000
    John ThuneRSD$1,023,291$42,194
    David VitterRLA$316,770$18,600
    George VoinovichROH$130,190$9,050
    John WarnerRVA$0$0
    Jim WebbDVA$151,811$16,750
    Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$162,600$14,100
    Roger WickerRMS$123,475$5,850
    Ron WydenDOR$1,000$10,000

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    NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported
    $ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$10,000
    Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$103,133$3,916
    Alan Wayne AllardRCO$3,000$100
    John BarrassoRWY$23,900$250
    Max BaucusDMT$1,000$8,200
    Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$6,100$8,300
    Bob BennettRUT$21,345$0
    Joe BidenDDE$1,750$2,000
    Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$500$8,950
    Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$130,958$2,250
    Barbara BoxerDCA$1,102,602$16,350
    Sherrod BrownDOH$185,209$18,470
    Sam BrownbackRKS$67,773$35,750
    Jim BunningRKY$112,903$8,400
    Richard BurrRNC$292,589$15,894
    Robert ByrdDWV$900$10,250
    Maria CantwellDWA$178,085$1,950
    Ben CardinDMD$186,205$19,200
    Tom CarperDDE$1,150$3,200
    Bob CaseyDPA$336,964$21,250
    Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$566,898$20,325
    Hillary ClintonDNY$1,486,897$34,796
    Tom CoburnROK$500,128$14,300
    William Thad CochranRMS$18,700$1,000
    Norm ColemanRMN$726,031$12,220
    Susan CollinsRME$234,612$11,500
    Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$10,000
    Bob CorkerRTN$199,551$7,675
    John CornynRTX$426,779$13,850
    Larry CraigRID$0$500
    Mike CrapoRID$8,523$0
    Jim DeMintRSC$562,689$13,650
    Chris DoddDCT$0$11,300
    Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$788,473$13,570
    Pete DomeniciRNM$33,200$5,250
    Byron DorganDND$1,000$4,000
    Dick DurbinDIL$10,925$18,250
    John EnsignRNV$76,425$1,100
    Mike EnziRWY$8,250$1,000
    Russ FeingoldDWI$127,568$9,200
    Dianne FeinsteinDCA$85,400$12,200
    Lindsey GrahamRSC$56,250$6,750
    Chuck GrassleyRIA$85,102$2,760
    Judd GreggRNH$37,873$16,250
    Chuck HagelRNE$0$1,000
    Tom HarkinDIA$500$10,300
    Orrin HatchRUT$62,216$5,750
    Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$253,326$12,100
    Jim InhofeROK$159,425$4,950
    Dan InouyeDHI$250$11,000
    Johnny IsaksonRGA$156,866$14,150
    Tim JohnsonDSD$0$12,250
    Ted KennedyDMA$250$15,900
    John KerryDMA$55,404$10,000
    Amy KlobucharDMN$805,296$16,055
    Herb KohlDWI$0$0
    Jon KylRAZ$442,817$8,420
    Mary LandrieuDLA$120,581$18,250
    Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$12,000
    Patrick LeahyDVT$-1,000$5,450
    Carl LevinDMI$1,800$15,250
    Joe LiebermanICT$11,800$11,500
    Blanche LincolnDAR$89,300$5,750
    Dick LugarRIN$3,000$7,500
    Mel MartinezRFL$391,088$51,294
    John McCainRAZ$41,975$12,400
    Claire McCaskillDMO$937,869$11,000
    Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$507,283$30,995
    Bob MenéndezDNJ$3,000$27,000
    Barbara MikulskiDMD$278,750$7,500
    Lisa MurkowskiRAK$135,207$6,250
    Patty MurrayDWA$738,257$13,500
    Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$500$11,000
    Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$2,050$17,000
    Barack ObamaDIL$26,050$17,550
    Mark PryorDAR$1,250$10,700
    John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$9,000
    Harry ReidDNV$1,000$29,550
    Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$175,699$5,850
    John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$11,500
    Ken SalazarDCO$304,079$19,250
    Bernie SandersIVT$3,910$12,150
    Chuck SchumerDNY$4,000$3,350
    Jeff SessionsRAL$95,270$9,150
    Richard ShelbyRAL$50,700$5,000
    Gordon SmithROR$168,694$13,500
    Olympia SnoweRME$116,636$5,000
    Arlen SpecterDPA$257,381$24,300
    Debbie StabenowDMI$676,568$25,950
    Ted StevensRAK$2,300$8,750
    John SununuRNH$614,641$0
    Jon TesterDMT$3,000$7,000
    John ThuneRSD$1,023,291$42,194
    David VitterRLA$316,770$18,600
    George VoinovichROH$130,190$9,050
    John WarnerRVA$0$0
    Jim WebbDVA$151,811$16,750
    Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$162,600$14,100
    Roger WickerRMS$123,475$5,850
    Ron WydenDOR$1,000$10,000

    Interest Groups that supported this bill

    $ Donated
    Republican/Conservative$9,902,476
    Women's issues$8,110,320
    Churches, clergy & religious organizations$392,669

    Interest Groups that opposed this bill

    $ Donated
    Police & firefighters unions & associations$565,270
    Courts & Justice System$413,182
    Christian Conservative$177,282
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