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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. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

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

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

supported this bill

Republican/Conservative$9,902,476
Women's issues$8,110,320
Churches, clergy & religious organizations$392,669
$18,405,465

opposed this bill

Police & firefighters unions & associations$565,270
Courts & Justice System$413,182
Christian Conservative$177,282
$1,155,734

Interest groups that supported this bill gave 16 times as much as interest groups that opposed this bill

4 Organizations Supported and 4 Opposed; See Which Ones
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.
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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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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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Republican/Conservative$9,902,476
Women's issues$8,110,320
Churches, clergy & religious organizations$392,669

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

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