A new section 28 is added to chapter 1 of title 18
To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 6, Sec. 6.
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A new section 28 is added to chapter 1 of title 18
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What the document says
“Chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:”
Subsection (a) carries the substance of the section. It adds a new section at the end of chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, numbered 28 and headed "Human trafficking defense". Everything recorded in the proposals that follow is text this Act inserts there.
What the document actually says
“Chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:”
That sentence, in plain words
A part of the law books is changed. A new part is put at the end.
What this is about
Chapter 1 of title 18 holds general crime rules. The new part is number 28. It is about being forced.
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Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, Public Law 119-73, sec. 6, 139 Stat. 2009 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ73/html/PLAW-119publ73.htm
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“A new section 28 is added to chapter 1 of title 18,” Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, section 6, Sec. 6. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/trafficking-survivors-relief-act/proposal/sec06-section-28-added/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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