CPAC Works with Congress to Move Trafficking Survivors Relief Act Forward

The Trafficking Survivors Relief Act has now been introduced to both chambers of Congress.  

Two weeks ago, CPAC, along with the Tim Tebow Foundation, Ascend Consulting, National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), and Rights4Girls, presented on the act at the annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Congressional Roundtable to members of Congress. The CPAC team and its partners advocated for the act which would provide criminal record relief to trafficking victims. 

The bill has broad bipartisan support. It has 10 co-sponsors in the House, including Rep. Russell Fry (95% CPAC Rating), and 4 co-sponsors in the Senate, including Senator Marsha Blackburn (95% CPAC Rating) and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (78% CPAC Rating). CPAC worked this week with Blackburn and Hyde-Smith's offices to further the bill in the legislative process.  

The CPAC Center for Combating Human Trafficking has also been working with legislators in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Connecticut, and Louisiana to pass similar bills at the state level.   

The CPAC team recently published blogs delving into the details of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act and Arkansas’ Child Trafficking Victims Protection and Restoration Act. These kinds of bills have the potential to make a major and positive impact on lifting trafficking victims out of a cycle of crime and ending modern-day slavery in America. CPAC urges legislators to take action on these bills and will continue to work to get them across the finish line.