H.R. 7137 · 118th Congress

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2024

Introduced on Jan 30, 2024 by Russell Fry (R-SC-7). 38 cosponsors, 18 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 11, 2024): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 702.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jan 30, 2024
Cosponsors
38
18 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Crime victims
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Human trafficking
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • Legal fees and court costs
  • Smuggling and trafficking

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Russell FryR-SC-7Sponsor

Democrats · 18

Republicans · 20

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jan 30, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Jan 30, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Jan 30, 2024 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. Sep 25, 2024 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Sep 25, 2024 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  6. Dec 11, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-863.
  7. Dec 11, 2024 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-863.
  8. Dec 11, 2024 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 702.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. American Conservative Union2 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  2. Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network2 reports
    $34.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RAPE, ABUSE AND INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK RAINN$6.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. Tides Center1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE TIDES CENTERAI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.