Bill Announcement

On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, the President signed into law:

H.R. 2200, the "Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018," which reauthorizes and modifies the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000; and

S. 3191, the "Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018," which requires the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to establish a collection of civil rights cold cases related to certain Federal crimes arising out of events that occurred between 1940 and 1979; and establishes an independent board, known as the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, to facilitate the review, transmittal to NARA, and public disclosure of civil rights cold case records.