For Release: February 28, 2013 (Washington, DC) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to pass a Senate-approved version of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), paving the way for President Obama to sign into law the United...
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Congress Sends Cornerstone Human Trafficking Prevention Bill to President Obama
For Release: February 28, 2013 (Washington, DC) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to pass a Senate-approved version of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), paving the way for President Obama to sign into law the United States' most important...
ATEST Applauds Senate Passage of Trafficking Victims Protection Act
For Release: February 12, 2013 The U.S. Senate voted today 93-5 to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), the United States' most important tool in the fight against human trafficking and modern-day slavery. The TVPA expired in September of 2011,...
New Report Helps Companies Meet and Exceed Requirements to Eliminate Human Trafficking from Supply Chains
For Release: January 29, 2013 (Washington, D.C.) The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) issued a report today, “Beyond SB 657: How Businesses Can Meet and Exceed California’s Requirements to Prevent Forced Labor in Supply Chains.” This path breaking report provides...
ATEST Calls on President Obama and Congress to Honor Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary and Renew Cornerstone Anti-Trafficking Law
For Release: January 10, 2013 This month, as America celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, we cannot ignore the harsh reality that 27 million people are trafficked each year – there are more slaves today than in any other time in...
Advocacy Community Aligns to Advance FY13 Federal Funding for Anti-Trafficking Program
For Release: March 21, 2012 More than 100 groups joined the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) on five letters addressed to Congressional leadership in support of federal funding for anti-trafficking programs targeted to the following House and Senate Appropriations...
ATEST Teams up with SRIs in Support of Federal Business Transparency Legislation
For Release: February 10, 2012 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is partnering with the socially responsible investor community to advocate for the bipartisan passage of the federal Business Transparency on Slavery and Trafficking Act (H.R. 2759). This law would...
ATEST Responds to H.R. 2830 Markup by House Foreign Affairs Committee
For Release: October 10, 2011 On October 5, 2011, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) approved a revised version of H.R. 2830, the "Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011." The resulting markup stripped the original bill, as introduced, of proposed language...