118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 920 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Traf3 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED 

STATES 

Subtitle A—Programs to Support Victims and Persons Vulnerable to Human 

Trafficking 

Sec. 101. Modifications to grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking. 

Sec. 102. Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program. 

TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

Sec. 201. United States support for integration of anti-trafficking in persons 

interventions in multilateral development banks. 

Sec. 202. Expanding prevention efforts at the United States Agency for International Development. 

Sec. 203. Counter-trafficking in persons efforts in development cooperation and 

assistance policy. 

Sec. 204. Technical amendments to tier rankings. 

Sec. 205. Modifications to the program to end modern slavery. 

Sec. 206. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance. 

Sec. 207. Expanding protections for domestic workers of official and diplomatic 

persons. 

Sec. 208. Trafficking for the purposes of organ harvesting. 

Sec. 209. Effective dates. 

TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 301. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. 

Sec. 302. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan’s Law. 

TITLE IV—BRIEFINGS 

Sec. 401. Briefing on annual trafficking in person’s report. 

Sec. 402. Briefing on use and justification of waivers. 
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1 TITLE I—COMBATING TRAF2 FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE 

3 UNITED STATES 

4 Subtitle A—Programs to Support 

5 Victims and Persons Vulnerable 

6 to Human Trafficking 

7 SEC. 101. MODIFICATIONS TO GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE 

8 RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING. 

9 Section 106(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking and 

10 Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(b)(2)) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

13 ‘‘GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAF14 FICKING’’ and inserting ‘‘FREDERICK DOUGLASS

15 HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION

16 GRANTS’’; 

17 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

19 inserting ‘‘under a program named ‘Frederick 

20 Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu21 cation Grants’ ’’ after ‘‘may award grants’’; and 

22 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, linguis23 tically accessible, and culturally responsive’’ 

24 after ‘‘age-appropriate’’; 
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1 (3) in subparagraph (C), in the subparagraph 

2 heading, by inserting ‘‘FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS

3 HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION

4 GRANTS’’ after ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS’’; 

5 (4) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding Frederick 

8 Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu9 cation Grants under this paragraph, the Sec10 retary shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) give priority to local educational 

12 agencies serving a high-intensity child sex 

13 trafficking area or an area with significant 

14 child labor trafficking; 

15 ‘‘(ii) give additional priority to local 

16 educational agencies that partner with 

17 nonprofit organizations specializing in 

18 human trafficking prevention education, 

19 which partner with law enforcement and 

20 technology or social media companies, to 

21 assist in training efforts to protect children 

22 from labor trafficking and sexual exploi23 tation and abuse including grooming, ma24 terials depicting the sexual abuse of chil-
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1 dren, and human trafficking transmitted 

2 through technology; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) consult, as appropriate, with the 

4 Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 

5 Housing and Urban Development, the Sec6 retary of the Interior, the Secretary of 

7 Labor, and the Attorney General, to iden8 tify the geographic areas in the United 

9 States with the highest prevalence of at10 risk populations for child trafficking, in11 cluding children who are members of a ra12 cial or ethnic minority, homeless youth, 

13 foster youth, youth involved in the child 

14 welfare system, and children and youth 

15 who run away from home or an out-of16 home placement.’’; and 

17 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(E) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—Grant19 ees should be selected based on their dem20 onstrated ability— 

21 ‘‘(i) to engage stakeholders, including 

22 survivors of human trafficking, and Fed23 eral, State, local, or Tribal partners, to de24 velop the programs; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) to train the trainers, guardians, 

2 K–12 students, teachers, and other school 

3 personnel in a linguistically accessible, cul4 turally responsive, age-appropriate, and 

5 trauma-informed fashion; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) to create a scalable, repeatable 

7 program to prevent child labor trafficking 

8 and sexual exploitation and abuse, includ9 ing grooming, child sexual abuse materials, 

10 and trafficking transmitted through tech11 nology that— 

12 ‘‘(I) uses evidence-based (as such 

13 term is defined in section 

14 8101(21)(A) of the Elementary and 

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

16 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A))) best practices; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(II) employs appropriate techno19 logical tools and methodologies, in20 cluding linguistically accessible, cul21 turally responsive, age-appropriate, 

22 and trauma-informed approaches for 

23 trainers, guardians, educators, and 

24 K–12 students. 
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1 ‘‘(F) TRAIN THE TRAINERS.—For pur2 poses of subparagraph (E), the term ‘train the 

3 trainers’ means having experienced or master 

4 trainers coach new trainers who are less experi5 enced with a particular topic or skill, or with 

6 training overall, who can then teach the mate7 rial to others, creating a broader reach, sustain8 ability, and making efforts cost- and time-effi9 cient (commonly referred to as ‘training of 

10 trainers’). 

11 ‘‘(G) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary 

12 shall consult with the Secretary of Education, 

13 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop14 ment, and the Secretary of the Interior to de15 termine the appropriate demographics of the re16 cipients or of students at risk of being traf17 ficked or exploited, to be collected and reported 

18 with respect to grants under this paragraph, 

19 which shall include data collection of, at a min20 imum, students who are economically disadvan21 taged, members of a racial or ethnic minority, 

22 homeless youth, foster youth, youth involved in 

23 the child welfare system, and children and 

24 youth who run away from home or an out-of25 home placement. 
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1 ‘‘(H) REPORT.—Not later than 540 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of the Inter3 national Trafficking Victims Protection Reau4 thorization Act of 2024, and annually there5 after, the Secretary of Health and Human 

6 Services shall submit to the Committee on the 

7 Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on 

8 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

9 Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

10 House of Representatives, the Committee on 

11 Education and the Workforce of the House of 

12 Representatives, and the Committee on Energy 

13 and Commerce of the House of Representatives, 

14 and make available to the public a report that 

15 includes data regarding— 

16 ‘‘(i) the total number of entities that 

17 received a Frederick Douglass Human 

18 Trafficking Prevention Education Grant 

19 during the previous fiscal year; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the total number of partnerships 

21 or consultants that included survivors, 

22 nonprofit organizations specialized in 

23 human trafficking prevention education, 

24 law enforcement, and technology or social 

25 media companies; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) the total number of elementary 

2 and secondary schools that established and 

3 implemented evidence-based (as such term 

4 is defined in section 8101(21)(A) of the 

5 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

6 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A))) best 

7 practices through programs developed 

8 using such grants; 

9 ‘‘(iv) the total number and geographic 

10 distribution of trainers, guardians, stu11 dents, teachers, and other school personnel 

12 trained using such grants pursuant to this 

13 paragraph; 

14 ‘‘(v) the results of pre-training and 

15 post-training surveys to gauge trainees’ in16 creased understanding of the scope and 

17 signs of child trafficking and child sexual 

18 exploitation and abuse, how to interact 

19 with potential victims and survivors of 

20 child trafficking and child sexual exploi21 tation and abuse using age-appropriate 

22 and trauma-informed approach, and the 

23 manner in which to respond to potential 

24 child trafficking and child sexual exploi25 tation and abuse; 
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1 ‘‘(vi) the number of potential victims 

2 and survivors of child trafficking and child 

3 sexual exploitation and abuse identified 

4 and served by grantees, excluding any indi5 vidually identifiable information about such 

6 children and acting in full compliance with 

7 all applicable privacy laws and regulations; 

8 ‘‘(vii) the number of students in ele9 mentary or secondary school identified by 

10 grantees as being at risk of being traf11 ficked or sexually exploited and abused, ex12 cluding any individually identifiable infor13 mation about such children.; 

14 ‘‘(viii) the demographic characteristics 

15 of child trafficking survivors and victims, 

16 sexually exploited and abused children, and 

17 students at risk of being trafficked or sex18 ually exploited and abused described in 

19 clauses (vi) and (vii), excluding any indi20 vidually identifiable information about such 

21 children; and 

22 ‘‘(ix) any service gaps and best prac23 tices identified by grantees.’’. 
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1 SEC. 102. HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS EMPLOYMENT 

2 AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

4 Human Services may carry out a Human Trafficking Sur5 vivors Employment and Education Program to prevent the 

6 re-exploitation of eligible individuals who have been vic7 tims of trafficking, by assisting such individuals to inte8 grate or reintegrate into society through social services 

9 support for the attainment of life-skills, employment, and 

10 education necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. 

11 (b) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services offered, pro12 vided, and funded by the Program shall include (as rel13 evant to the victim of trafficking)— 

14 (1) enrollment and participation in— 

15 (A) basic education, including literacy edu16 cation and English as a second language edu17 cation; 

18 (B) job-related skills training; 

19 (C) vocational and certificate programs; 

20 and 

21 (D) programs for attaining a regular high 

22 school diploma or its recognized equivalent; 

23 (2) life-skill training programs, including man24 agement of personal finances, self-care, and par25 enting classes; 

26 (3) resume creation and review; 
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1 (4) interview coaching and counseling; 

2 (5) assistance with expungement of criminal 

3 records when such records are for nonviolent crimes 

4 that were committed as a consequence of the eligible 

5 individual’s victimization, including assistance with 

6 credit repair; 

7 (6) assistance with enrollment in college or 

8 technical school; 

9 (7) scholarship assistance for attending college 

10 or technical school; 

11 (8) professional coaching or professional devel12 opment classes; 

13 (9) case management to develop an individual14 ized plan with each victim of trafficking, based on 

15 each person’s needs and goals; and 

16 (10) assistance with obtaining victim compensa17 tion, direct victim assistance, or other funds for 

18 mental health care. 

19 (c) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re20 ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe21 riod of 5 years. 

22 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 

23 availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter 

24 into cooperative agreements with 1 or more eligible organi25 zations to carry out this section. 
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1 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 

3 individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of 

4 trafficking who— 

5 (A) has attained 18 years of age; and 

6 (B) is eligible to receive services under sec7 tion 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protec8 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)). 

9 (2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘eligi10 ble organization’’ means a service provider, including 

11 a nongovernmental organization, that has experi12 ence— 

13 (A) using national or local anti-trafficking 

14 networks to serve victims of trafficking; 

15 (B) qualifying, providing, and coordinating 

16 services for victims of trafficking, as described 

17 in subsection (b), that is linguistically acces18 sible, culturally responsive, age-appropriate, and 

19 trauma-informed; 

20 (C) with respect to a service provider for 

21 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

22 who are not United States citizens, identifying 

23 and assisting foreign-born victims of trafficking, 

24 including helping them qualify for Continued 
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1 Presence, T–Visas, and other Federal, State, 

2 and local services and funding; and 

3 (D) with respect to a service provider for 

4 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

5 who are United States citizens and legal perma6 nent residents, identifying and assisting victims 

7 of trafficking (as defined in section 103 of the 

8 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

9 U.S.C. 7102)), especially youth and under10 served populations. 

11 (3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

12 the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and 

13 Education Program established under this section. 

14 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

16 TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN 

17 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

18 SEC. 201. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF 

19 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INTERVEN20 TIONS IN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT 

21 BANKS. 

22 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 in consultation with the Secretary of State acting through 

24 the Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Traf25 ficking in Persons, shall instruct the United States Execu-
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1 tive Director of each multilateral development bank (as 

2 defined in section 110(d) of the Trafficking Victims Pro3 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d))) to encourage 

4 the inclusion of a counter-trafficking strategy, including 

5 risk assessment and mitigation efforts as needed, in pro6 posed projects in countries listed— 

7 (1) on the Tier 2 Watch List (required under 

8 section 110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro9 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A)), as 

10 amended by section 104(a)); 

11 (2) under subparagraph (C) of section 

12 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

13 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) (commonly referred 

14 to as ‘‘Tier 3’’); and 

15 (3) as Special Cases in the most recent report 

16 on trafficking in persons required under such section 

17 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trafficking in Per18 sons Report’’). 

19 (b) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

21 Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 

22 brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding 

23 the implementation of this section. 

24 (c) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
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1 of the United States shall submit to the appropriate con2 gressional committees a report that details the activities 

3 of the United States relating to combating human traf4 ficking, including forced labor, within multilateral develop5 ment projects. 

6 (d) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘ap7 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

8 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

9 Senate; 

10 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

11 Senate; 

12 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

13 House of Representatives; and 

14 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives. 

16 SEC. 202. EXPANDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AT THE 

17 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER18 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to increase the preven20 tion efforts by the United States abroad, the Adminis21 trator of the United States Agency for International De22 velopment (USAID) shall— 

23 (1) encourage incorporation of activities to 

24 counter trafficking in persons (C–TIP) into broader 

25 assistance programming; 
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1 (2) determine a reasonable definition for the 

2 term ‘‘C–TIP Incorporated Development Programs’’, 

3 which shall at a minimum include any programming 

4 to address economic development, education, democ5 racy and governance, food security, and humani6 tarian assistance that the Administrator determines 

7 includes a sufficient counter-trafficking in persons 

8 element incorporated in the program design or deliv9 ery; 

10 (3) encourage that any program design or deliv11 ery that may directly serve victims of trafficking in 

12 persons is age-appropriate, linguistically accessible, 

13 culturally responsive, and survivor- and trauma-in14 formed, and provides opportunities for anonymous 

15 and voluntary feedback from the beneficiaries receiv16 ing such services; 

17 (4) encourage that each USAID mission incor18 porates a counter-trafficking in persons perspective 

19 and specific approaches into development programs, 

20 project design, and methods for program monitoring 

21 and evaluation, when addressing a range of develop22 ment issues; 

23 (5) implement robust training and disseminate 

24 tools around the incorporation of a counter-traf-
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1 ficking perspective and awareness in the day-to-day 

2 work of development professionals; and 

3 (6) encourage subsequent Country Development 

4 Cooperation Strategies include a counter-trafficking 

5 in persons analytic component to guide future 

6 project design and promote the inclusion of counter7 trafficking elements in project design, implementa8 tion, monitoring, and evaluation required for Tier 2 

9 Watch List and Tier 3 countries (as such terms are 

10 defined for purposes of section 110 of the Traf11 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

12 7107), as amended). 

13 (b) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

15 the date of the enactment of an Act making appro16 priations for the Department of State, Foreign Op17 erations, and Related Programs through fiscal year 

18 2028, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

19 the Administrator, shall submit to the appropriate 

20 congressional committees a report on obligations and 

21 expenditures of all funds managed by the Depart22 ment of State and USAID in the prior fiscal year 

23 to combat human trafficking and forced labor, in24 cluding integrated C–TIP activities. 
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1 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include— 

3 (A) a description of funding aggregated by 

4 program, project, and activity; and 

5 (B) a description of the management 

6 structure at the Department of State and 

7 USAID used to manage such programs. 

8 (3) BIENNIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 6 

9 months of after the date of the enactment of this 

10 Act, and every 2 years thereafter through September 

11 30, 2028, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

12 with the Administrator, shall brief the Committee on 

13 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 

14 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

15 regarding the implementation of the activities re16 quired under subsection (a). 

17 (c) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘ap18 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

19 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

20 Senate; 

21 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 Senate; 

23 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

24 House of Representatives; and 
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1 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 203. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN 

4 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND ASSIST5 ANCE POLICY. 

6 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 

7 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) in section 102(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 2151– 

9 1(b)(4))— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

12 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 

13 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(H) effective counter-trafficking in per16 sons policies and programs.’’; and 

17 (2) in section 492(d)(1) (22 U.S.C. 

18 2292a(d)(1))— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘that the funds’’ and in20 serting the following: ‘‘that— 

21 ‘‘(A) the funds’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (A), as added by sub23 paragraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 

24 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

25 and 
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1 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(B) in carrying out the provisions of this 

3 chapter, the President shall, to the greatest ex4 tent possible— 

5 ‘‘(i) ensure that assistance made 

6 available under this section does not create 

7 or contribute to conditions that can be rea8 sonably expected to result in an increase in 

9 trafficking in persons who are in condi10 tions of heightened vulnerability as a result 

11 of natural and manmade disasters; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) integrate appropriate protections 

13 into the planning and execution of activi14 ties authorized under this chapter.’’. 

15 SEC. 204. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TIER RANKINGS. 

16 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST.—Sec17 tion 110(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

18 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)) is amended— 

19 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘SPE20 CIAL’’ and inserting ‘‘TIER 2’’; and 

21 (2) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION OF LIST.—Not later 

24 than the date on which the determinations de25 scribed in subsections (c) and (d) are submitted 
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1 to the appropriate congressional committees in 

2 accordance with such subsections, the Secretary 

3 of State shall submit to the appropriate con4 gressional committees a list of countries that 

5 the Secretary determines require special scru6 tiny during the following year. Such list shall be 

7 composed of countries that have been listed 

8 pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) pursuant to the 

9 current annual report because— 

10 ‘‘(i) the estimated number of victims 

11 of severe forms of trafficking is very sig12 nificant or is significantly increasing and 

13 the country is not taking proportional con14 crete actions; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) there is a failure to provide evi16 dence of increasing efforts to combat se17 vere forms of trafficking in persons from 

18 the previous year, including increased in19 vestigations, prosecutions and convictions 

20 of trafficking crimes, increased assistance 

21 to victims, and decreasing evidence of com22 plicity in severe forms of trafficking by 

23 government officials.’’. 

24 (b) MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL RULE FOR DOWN25 GRADED AND REINSTATED COUNTRIES.—Section 
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1 110(b)(2)(F) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(F)) is 

2 amended— 

3 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik4 ing ‘‘the special watch list’’ and all that follows 

5 through ‘‘the country—’’ and inserting ‘‘the Tier 2 

6 watch list described in subparagraph (A) for more 

7 than 2 years immediately after the country consecu8 tively—’’; 

9 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub10 clause (I), by striking ‘‘the special watch list de11 scribed in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

12 Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A)’’; 

13 and 

14 (3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the year fol15 lowing such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)’’ be16 fore the period at the end. 

17 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 110(b) of 

18 such Act (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is further amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (2), as amended by subsection 

20 (a)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘spe22 cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

23 list’’; 

24 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 
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1 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

2 striking ‘‘SPECIAL WATCH LIST’’ and in3 serting ‘‘TIER 2 WATCH LIST’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘special watch list’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch list’’; and 

6 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

7 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

8 striking ‘‘SPECIAL WATCH LIST’’ and in9 serting ‘‘TIER 2 WATCH LIST’’; and 

10 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘special 

11 watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

12 list’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter pre14 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘clauses (i), (ii), and 

15 (iii) of’’; and 

16 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 

18 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘each country 

19 described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘each country described in paragraph (2)(A)’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking 

23 ‘‘the Special Watch List’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

24 Tier 2 watch list’’. 
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1 (d) FREDERICK DOUGLASS TRAFFICKING VICTIMS

2 PREVENTION AND PROTECTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT

3 OF 2018.—Section 204(b)(1) of the Frederick Douglass 

4 Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthor5 ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–425) is amended by 

6 striking ‘‘special watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

7 list’’. 

8 (e) BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL TRADE PRIORITIES

9 AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2015.—Section 

10 106(b)(6)(E)(iii) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 

11 Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 

12 4205(b)(6)(E)(iii) is amended by striking ‘‘under section’’ 

13 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘under section 

14 110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

15 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A))’’. 

16 SEC. 205. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM TO END MOD17 ERN SLAVERY. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De19 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 

20 7114) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

24 than September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2020’’ 
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1 and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30, 2024, 

2 and September 30, 2028’’. 

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for funding under 

4 the Program to End Modern Slavery of the Office to Mon5 itor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, a grant recipient 

6 shall— 

7 (1) publish the names of all subgrantee organi8 zations on a publicly available website; or 

9 (2) if the subgrantee organization expresses a 

10 security concern, the grant recipient shall relay such 

11 concerns to the Secretary of State, who shall trans12 mit annually the names of all subgrantee organiza13 tions in a classified annex to the chairs of the appro14 priate congressional committees (as defined in sec15 tion 1298(i) of the National Defense Authorization 

16 Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114(i))). 

17 (c) AWARD OF FUNDS.—All grants issued under the 

18 program referred to in subsection (b) shall be— 

19 (1) awarded on a competitive basis; and 

20 (2) subject to the regular congressional notifica21 tion procedures applicable with respect to grants 

22 made available under section 1298(b) of the Na23 tional Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 

24 7114(b)). 
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1 SEC. 206. CLARIFICATION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, 

2 NONTRADE-RELATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 

3 (a) CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF WITHHELD AS4 SISTANCE.—Section 110(d)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 

5 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1)) is amend6 ed to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE.—The 

8 President has determined that— 

9 ‘‘(A) the United States will not provide 

10 nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign as11 sistance to the central government of the coun12 try or funding to facilitate the participation by 

13 officials or employees of such central govern14 ment in educational and cultural exchange pro15 grams, for the subsequent fiscal year until such 

16 government complies with the minimum stand17 ards or makes significant efforts to bring itself 

18 into compliance; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the President will instruct the United 

20 States Executive Director of each multilateral 

21 development bank and of the International 

22 Monetary Fund to vote against, and to use the 

23 Executive Director’s best efforts to deny, any 

24 loan or other utilization of the funds of the re25 spective institution to that country (other than 

26 for humanitarian assistance, for trade-related 
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1 assistance, or for development assistance that 

2 directly addresses basic human needs, is not ad3 ministered by the central government of the 

4 sanctioned country, and is not provided for the 

5 benefit of that government) for the subsequent 

6 fiscal year until such government complies with 

7 the minimum standards or makes significant ef8 forts to bring itself into compliance.’’. 

9 (b) DEFINITION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE

10 RELATED ASSISTANCE.—Section 103(10) of the Traf11 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

12 7102(10)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(10) NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE-RE14 LATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘non16 humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist17 ance’ means— 

18 ‘‘(i) sales, or financing on any terms, 

19 under the Arms Export Control Act (22 

20 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), other than sales or 

21 financing provided for narcotics-related 

22 purposes following notification in accord23 ance with the prior notification procedures 

24 applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to 
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1 section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

2 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1); or 

3 ‘‘(ii) United States foreign assistance, 

4 other than— 

5 ‘‘(I) with respect to the Foreign 

6 Assistance Act of 1961— 

7 ‘‘(aa) assistance for inter8 national narcotics and law en9 forcement under chapter 8 of 

10 part I of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

11 2291 et seq.); 

12 ‘‘(bb) assistance for Inter13 national Disaster Assistance 

14 under subsections (b) and (c) of 

15 section 491 of such Act (22 

16 U.S.C. 2292); 

17 ‘‘(cc) antiterrorism assist18 ance under chapter 8 of part II 

19 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et 

20 seq.); and 

21 ‘‘(dd) health programs 

22 under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

23 I and chapter 4 of part II of 

24 such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 

25 seq.); 
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1 ‘‘(II) assistance under the Food 

2 for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.); 

3 ‘‘(III) assistance under sections 

4 2(a), (b), and (c) of the Migration and 

5 Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 

6 U.S.C. 2601(a), (b), (c)) to meet ref7 ugee and migration needs; 

8 ‘‘(IV) any form of United States 

9 foreign assistance provided through 

10 nongovernmental organizations, inter11 national organizations, or private sec12 tor partners— 

13 ‘‘(aa) to combat human and 

14 wildlife trafficking; 

15 ‘‘(bb) to promote food secu16 rity; 

17 ‘‘(cc) to respond to emer18 gencies; 

19 ‘‘(dd) to provide humani20 tarian assistance; 

21 ‘‘(ee) to address basic 

22 human needs, including for edu23 cation; 

24 ‘‘(ff) to advance global 

25 health security; or 
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1 ‘‘(gg) to promote trade; and 

2 ‘‘(V) any other form of United 

3 States foreign assistance that the 

4 President determines, by not later 

5 than October 1 of each fiscal year, is 

6 necessary to advance the security, eco7 nomic, humanitarian, or global health 

8 interests of the United States without 

9 compromising the steadfast United 

10 States commitment to combating 

11 human trafficking globally. 

12 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘non13 humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist14 ance’ shall not include payments to or the par15 ticipation of government entities necessary or 

16 incidental to the implementation of a program 

17 that is otherwise consistent with section 110.’’. 

18 SEC. 207. EXPANDING PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORK19 ERS OF OFFICIAL AND DIPLOMATIC PER20 SONS. 

21 Section 203(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

22 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 

23 1375c(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

24 following: 
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1 ‘‘(5) NATIONAL EXPANSION OF IN-PERSON REG2 ISTRATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall admin3 ister the Domestic Worker In-Person Registration 

4 Program for employees with A–3 visas or G–5 visas 

5 employed by accredited foreign mission members or 

6 international organization employees and shall ex7 pand this program nationally, which shall include— 

8 ‘‘(A) after the arrival of each such em9 ployee in the United States, and annually dur10 ing the course of such employee’s employment, 

11 a description of the rights of such employee 

12 under applicable Federal and State law; 

13 ‘‘(B) provision of a copy of the pamphlet 

14 developed pursuant to section 202 to the em15 ployee with an A–3 visa or a G–5 visa; and 

16 ‘‘(C) information on how to contact the 

17 National Human Trafficking Hotline. 

18 ‘‘(6) MONITORING AND TRAINING OF A–3 AND

19 G–5 VISA EMPLOYERS ACCREDITED TO FOREIGN

20 MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 

21 The Secretary shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) inform embassies, international orga23 nizations, and foreign missions of the rights of 

24 A–3 and G–5 domestic workers under the appli25 cable labor laws of the United States, including 
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1 the fair labor standards described in the pam2 phlet developed pursuant to section 202 and 

3 material on labor standards and labor rights of 

4 domestic worker employees who hold A–3 and 

5 G–5 visas; 

6 ‘‘(B) inform embassies, international orga7 nizations, and foreign missions of the potential 

8 consequences to individuals holding a non9 immigrant visa issued pursuant to subpara10 graph (A)(i), (A)(ii), (G)(i), (G)(ii), or (G)(iii) 

11 of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and 

12 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) who 

13 violate the laws described in subclause (I)(aa), 

14 including (at the discretion of the Secretary)— 

15 ‘‘(i) the suspension of A–3 visas and 

16 G–5 visas; 

17 ‘‘(ii) request for waiver of immunity; 

18 ‘‘(iii) criminal prosecution; 

19 ‘‘(iv) civil damages; and 

20 ‘‘(v) permanent revocation of or re21 fusal to renew the visa of the accredited 

22 foreign mission or international organiza23 tion employee; and 

24 ‘‘(C) require all accredited foreign mission 

25 and international organization employers of in-
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1 dividuals holding A–3 visas or G–5 visas to re2 port the wages paid to such employees on an 

3 annual basis.’’. 

4 SEC. 208. TRAFFICKING FOR THE PURPOSES OF ORGAN 

5 HARVESTING. 

6 Section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protec7 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

9 the end; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 

11 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(I) information about the trafficking in 

15 persons for the purpose of organ removal, in16 cluding cases and steps governments are under17 taking to prevent, identify, and eliminate such 

18 trafficking.’’. 

19 SEC. 209. EFFECTIVE DATES. 

20 Sections 204(b) and 206, and the amendments made 

21 by those sections, take effect on the date that is the first 

22 day of the first full reporting period for the report re23 quired under section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 

24 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) after the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act. 
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1 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

4 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 

5 PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

6 Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio7 lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2018 through 

10 2021, $13,822,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 

11 2028, $17,000,000’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 

13 ‘‘$19,500,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Na14 tional Human Trafficking Hotline’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 

16 through 2028, of which $5,000,000 is authorized to 

17 be appropriated in each fiscal year for the National 

18 Human Trafficking Hotline and for cybersecurity 

19 and public education campaigns, in consultation with 

20 the Secretary of Homeland Security, for identifying 

21 and responding as needed to cases of human traf22 ficking.’’; 

23 (3) in subsection (c)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre25 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2018 
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1 through 2021, $65,000,000’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2024 through 2028, $102,500,000’’; 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(3) PROGRAMS TO END MODERN SLAVERY.— 

5 Of the amounts authorized by paragraph (1) to be 

6 appropriated for a fiscal year, not more than 

7 $37,500,000 may be made available to fund pro8 grams to end modern slavery. 

9 ‘‘(4) PROGRAMS AT THE USAID.—Of the 

10 amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph 

11 (1), $22,000,000 is authorized to be made available 

12 each fiscal year to the United States Agency for 

13 International Development, of which $2,000,000 is 

14 authorized to be allocated for countering trafficking 

15 in persons in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Pan16 ama, and El Salvador.’’; and 

17 (4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘2018 

18 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2028, 

19 of which $35,000,000 is authorized to be appro20 priated for each fiscal year for the Office of Victims 

21 of Crime Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of 

22 Human Trafficking’’. 
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1 SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

2 INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

3 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre4 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

5 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 

6 U.S.C. 21509) is amended by striking ‘‘2018 through 

7 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2028’’. 

8 TITLE IV—BRIEFINGS 

9 SEC. 401. BRIEFING ON ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSON’S 

10 REPORT. 

11 Not later than 30 days after the public designation 

12 of country tier rankings and subsequent publishing of the 

13 Trafficking in Persons Report, the Secretary of State shall 

14 brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

15 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

16 Representatives on— 

17 (1) countries that were downgraded or up18 graded in the most recent Trafficking in Persons 

19 Report; and 

20 (2) the efforts made by the United States to 

21 improve counter-trafficking efforts in those coun22 tries, including foreign government efforts to better 

23 meet minimum standards to eliminate human traf24 ficking. 
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1 SEC. 402. BRIEFING ON USE AND JUSTIFICATION OF WAIV2 ERS. 

3 Not later than 30 days after the President has deter4 mined to issue a waiver under section 110(d)(5) of the 

5 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

6 7107(d)(5)), the Secretary of State shall brief the Com7 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com8 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

9 on— 

10 (1) each country that received a waiver; 

11 (2) the justification for each such waiver; and 

12 (3) a description of the efforts made by each 

13 country to meet the minimum standards to eliminate 

14 human trafficking. 

Passed the Senate December 12, 2024. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 920 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000, and for other purposes.