To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
United States115th CongressHR-459House of Representatives
Updated: Feb 6, 2017
Summary
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to vacate convictions and expunge arrests for criminal offenses committed by trafficking victims that directly result from or relate to having been a trafficking victim. A trafficking victim may file a motion: (1) to vacate a conviction for a nonviolent offense that does not include a child victim (i.e., under age 18); (2) to expunge records of an arrest for a nonviolent offense that does not include a child victim; or (3) to expunge records of an arrest for an offense that is violent or that includes a child victim, if the charges are reduced, dismissed, or disposed of.
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S-104: A bill to provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.Introduced in Senate
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
House of Representatives
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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