Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

Key Points

• This bill updates the rules the United States uses to decide if other countries are doing enough to stop human trafficking. It specifically looks at whether a country is trying to reduce the demand for sex acts.
• Foreign governments would be required to ban the purchase of sex or create official policies against it. They would also need to educate buyers about how their actions help traffickers exploit people.
• The bill also asks countries to work on stopping their citizens from participating in international sex tourism. This means taking steps to prevent people from traveling abroad to buy sex.
• These new rules would be used to rank countries in an annual report. Countries that do not meet these standards could lose certain types of funding or support from the United States government.

Impact Analysis

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