Senate fixes broken cross-references in trafficking law
S. 1155 — A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to make technical corrections. · Filed by Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill fixes internal cross-reference errors in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Section 103 contains definitions that refer to other paragraphs; those references were pointing to the wrong paragraph numbers. The bill corrects two of these broken references so the law's definitions work as intended.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to fix internal cross-reference errors in an existing statute. It contains no policy change, no new authority, and no substantive amendment — only correction of citation mistakes.
Who it affects
Technical corrections ensure the trafficking statute's definitions function correctly, allowing victim protections and law-enforcement obligations to operate as written. Broken cross-references would have created ambiguity or misapplication; fixing them strengthens the law's clarity and enforceability.
Named in the bill
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, Section 103, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Mar 26, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Mar 26, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations”
- Aug 2, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent”
- Aug 2, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5521; consideration: CR S5521)”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (369 characters) on May 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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