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Calendar No. 91 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 920 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2023 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. KAINE, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. 

COONS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JUNE 12, 2023 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, without amendment 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Traf5 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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


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Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

Sec. 101. United States support for integration of anti-trafficking in persons 

interventions in multilateral development banks. 

Sec. 102. Expanding prevention efforts at the United States Agency for International Development. 

Sec. 103. Counter-trafficking in persons efforts in development cooperation and 

assistance policy. 

Sec. 104. Technical amendments to tier rankings. 

Sec. 105. Modifications to the program to end modern slavery. 

Sec. 106. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance. 

Sec. 107. Expanding protections for domestic workers of official and diplomatic 

visa holders. 

Sec. 108. Effective dates. 

TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 201. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. 

Sec. 202. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan’s Law. 

TITLE III—BRIEFINGS 

Sec. 301. Briefing on annual trafficking in person’s report. 

Sec. 302. Briefing on use and justification of waivers. 

1 TITLE I—COMBATING HUMAN 

2 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

3 SEC. 101. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF 

4 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INTERVEN5 TIONS IN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT 

6 BANKS. 

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

8 in consultation with the Secretary of State acting through 

9 the Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Traf10 ficking in Persons, shall instruct the United States Execu11 tive Director of each multilateral development bank (as 

12 defined in section 110(d) of the Trafficking Victims Pro13 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d))) to encourage 


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1 the inclusion of a counter-trafficking strategy, including 

2 risk assessment and mitigation efforts as needed, in pro3 posed projects in countries listed— 

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

5 section 110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro6 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A)), as 

7 amended by section 104(a)); 

8 (2) under subparagraph (C) of section 

9 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

11 to as ‘‘tier 3’’); and 

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

13 on trafficking in persons required under such section 

14 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trafficking in Per15 sons Report’’). 

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

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

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

19 brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding 

20 the implementation of this section. 

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

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

23 of the United States shall submit to the appropriate con24 gressional committees a report that details the activities 

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1 ficking, including forced labor, within multilateral develop2 ment projects. 

3 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

4 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con5 gressional committees’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

7 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

9 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives. 

11 SEC. 102. EXPANDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AT THE 

12 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER13 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to strengthen prevention 

15 efforts by the United States abroad, the Administrator of 

16 the United States Agency for International Development 

17 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall, 

18 to the extent practicable and appropriate— 

19 (1) encourage the integration of activities to 

20 counter trafficking in persons (referred to in this 

21 section as ‘‘C-TIP’’) into broader assistance pro22 gramming; 

23 (2) determine a reasonable definition for the 

24 term ‘‘C-TIP Integrated Development Programs,’’ 

25 which shall include any programming to address 


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1 health, food security, economic development, edu2 cation, democracy and governance, and humani3 tarian assistance that includes a sufficient C-TIP 

4 element; and 

5 (3) ensure that each mission of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development (re7 ferred to in this section as ‘‘USAID’’)— 

8 (A) integrates a C-TIP component into de9 velopment programs, project design, and meth10 ods for program monitoring and evaluation, as 

11 necessary and appropriate, when addressing 

12 issues, including— 

13 (i) health; 

14 (ii) food security; 

15 (iii) economic development; 

16 (iv) education; 

17 (v) democracy and governance; and 

18 (vi) humanitarian assistance; 

19 (B) continuously adapts, strengthens, and 

20 implements training and tools related to the in21 tegration of a C-TIP perspective into the work 

22 of development actors; and 

23 (C) encourages USAID Country Develop24 ment Cooperation Strategies to include C-TIP 

25 components in project design, implementation, 


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1 monitoring, and evaluation, as necessary and 

2 appropriate. 

3 (b) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.— 

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

5 the date of the enactment of an Act making appro6 priations for the Department of State, Foreign Op7 erations, and Related Programs through fiscal year 

8 2027, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

9 the Administrator, shall submit to the appropriate 

10 congressional committees a report on obligations and 

11 expenditures of all funds managed by the Depart12 ment of State and USAID in the prior fiscal year 

13 to combat human trafficking and forced labor, in14 cluding integrated C-TIP activities. 

15 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para16 graph (1) shall include— 

17 (A) a description of funding aggregated by 

18 program, project, and activity; and 

19 (B) a description of the management 

20 structure at the Department of State and 

21 USAID used to manage such programs. 

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

23 months of after the date of the enactment of this 

24 Act, and every 2 years thereafter through fiscal year 

25 2027, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 


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1 the Administrator, shall brief the Committee on For2 eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

3 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on 

4 the implementation of subsection (a). 

5 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE6 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres7 sional committees’’ means— 

8 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

9 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

10 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

11 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep12 resentatives. 

13 SEC. 103. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN 

14 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND ASSIST15 ANCE POLICY. 

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

17 et seq.) is amended— 

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

19 1(b)(4))— 

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

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

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


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1 ‘‘(H) effective counter-trafficking in per2 sons policies and programs.’’; and 

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

4 2292a(d)(1))— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘that the funds’’ and in6 serting the following: ‘‘that— 

7 ‘‘(A) the funds’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (A), as added by sub9 paragraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 

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

11 and 

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

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

14 chapter, the President shall, to the greatest ex15 tent possible— 

16 ‘‘(i) ensure that assistance made 

17 available under this section does not create 

18 or contribute to conditions that can be rea19 sonably expected to result in an increase in 

20 trafficking in persons who are in condi21 tions of heightened vulnerability as a result 

22 of natural and manmade disasters; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) integrate appropriate protections 

24 into the planning and execution of activi25 ties authorized under this chapter.’’. 


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1 SEC. 104. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TIER RANKINGS. 

2 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST.—Sec3 tion 110(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

5 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘SPE6 CIAL’’ and inserting ‘‘TIER 2’’; and 

7 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘of the following countries’’ 

9 and all that follows through ‘‘annual report, 

10 where—’’and inserting ‘‘of countries that have 

11 been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) pur12 suant to the current annual report, in which— 

13 ’’; and 

14 (B) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 

15 (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 

16 moving such clauses (as so redesignated) 2 ems 

17 to the left. 

18 (b) MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL RULE FOR DOWN19 GRADED AND REINSTATED COUNTRIES.—Section 

20 110(b)(2)(F) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(F)) is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik23 ing ‘‘special watch list described in subparagraph 

24 (A)(iii) for more than 1 consecutive year after the 

25 country’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch list described 


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1 in subparagraph (A) for more than one year imme2 diately after the country consecutively’’; 

3 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub4 clause (I), by striking ‘‘special watch list described 

5 in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 

6 watch list described in subparagraph (A)’’; and 

7 (3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the year fol8 lowing such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)’’ 

9 after ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’. 

10 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF

12 2000.—Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 

13 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), as 

14 amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further 

15 amended— 

16 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 ‘‘special watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 

19 watch list’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

21 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

22 by striking ‘‘SPECIAL WATCH LIST’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘TIER 2 WATCH LIST’’; 

24 and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘special watch 

2 list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

3 list’’; and 

4 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

5 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

6 by striking ‘‘SPECIAL WATCH LIST’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘TIER 2 WATCH LIST’’; 

8 and 

9 (II) in clause (i), by striking 

10 ‘‘special watch list’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘Tier 2 watch list’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter 

13 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘clauses (i), 

14 (ii), and (iii) of’’; and 

15 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 

17 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘each 

18 country described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘each country described in 

20 paragraph (2)(A)’’; and 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by strik22 ing ‘‘the Special Watch List’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘the Tier 2 watch list’’. 

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1 TION ACT OF 2018.—Section 204(b)(1) of the Fred2 erick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and 

3 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 

4 115–425) is amended by striking ‘‘special watch 

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

6 (3) BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL TRADE PRIOR7 ITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2015.—Section 

8 106(b)(6)(E)(iii) of the Bipartisan Congressional 

9 Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 

10 U.S.C. 4205(b)(6)(E)(iii) is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘under section’’ and all that follows and inserting 

12 ‘‘under section 110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Vic13 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

14 7107(b)(2)(A))’’. 

15 SEC. 105. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM TO END MOD16 ERN SLAVERY. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 

19 7114) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

21 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

22 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 90 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of the International Traf24 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

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1 (2) in subsection (g)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS’’ in the 

3 heading and all that follows through ‘‘There is 

4 authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS

5 .—There is authorized’’; and 

6 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

7 (3) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

8 than September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2020’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30, 2023, 

10 and September 30, 2027’’. 

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

12 the Program to End Modern Slavery of the Office to Mon13 itor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, a grant recipient 

14 shall— 

15 (1) publish the names of all subgrantee organi16 zations on a publicly available website; or 

17 (2) if the subgrantee organization expresses a 

18 security concern, the grant recipient shall relay such 

19 concerns to the Secretary of State, who shall trans20 mit annually the names of all subgrantee organiza21 tions in a classified annex to the chairs of the appro22 priate congressional committees (as defined in sec23 tion 1298(i) of the National Defense Authorization 

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


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

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

3 (1) awarded on a competitive basis; and 

4 (2) subject to the regular congressional notifica5 tion procedures applicable with respect to grants 

6 made available under section 1298(b) of the Na7 tional Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 

8 7114(b)). 

9 SEC. 106. CLARIFICATION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, 

10 NONTRADE-RELATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 

11 (a) CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF WITHHELD AS12 SISTANCE.—Section 110(d)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 

13 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1)) is amend14 ed to read as follows: 

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

16 President has determined that— 

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

18 nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign as19 sistance to the central government of the coun20 try or funding to facilitate the participation by 

21 officials or employees of such central govern22 ment in educational and cultural exchange pro23 grams, for the subsequent fiscal year until such 

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1 ards or makes significant efforts to bring itself 

2 into compliance; and 

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

4 States Executive Director of each multilateral 

5 development bank and of the International 

6 Monetary Fund to vote against, and to use the 

7 Executive Director’s best efforts to deny, any 

8 loan or other utilization of the funds of the re9 spective institution to that country (other than 

10 for humanitarian assistance, for trade-related 

11 assistance, or for development assistance that 

12 directly addresses basic human needs, is not ad13 ministered by the central government of the 

14 sanctioned country, and is not provided for the 

15 benefit of that government) for the subsequent 

16 fiscal year until such government complies with 

17 the minimum standards or makes significant ef18 forts to bring itself into compliance.’’. 

19 (b) DEFINITION OF NON-HUMANITARIAN, 

20 NONTRADE-RELATED ASSISTANCE.—Section 103(10) of 

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

22 7102(10)) is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(10) NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE-RE24 LATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘non2 humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist3 ance’ means— 

4 ‘‘(i) United States foreign assistance, 

5 other than— 

6 ‘‘(I) with respect to the Foreign 

7 Assistance Act of 1961— 

8 ‘‘(aa) assistance for inter9 national narcotics and law en10 forcement under chapter 8 of 

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

12 2291 et seq.); 

13 ‘‘(bb) assistance for Inter14 national Disaster Assistance 

15 under subsections (b) and (c) of 

16 section 491 of such Act (22 

17 U.S.C. 2292); 

18 ‘‘(cc) antiterrorism assist19 ance under chapter 8 of part II 

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

21 seq.); and 

22 ‘‘(dd) health programs 

23 under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

24 I and chapter 4 of part II of 


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

2 seq.); 

3 ‘‘(II) assistance under the Food 

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

5 ‘‘(III) assistance under sections 

6 2(a), (b), and (c) of the Migration and 

7 Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2601(a), (b), (c)) to meet ref9 ugee and migration needs; 

10 ‘‘(IV) any form of United States 

11 foreign assistance provided through 

12 nongovernmental organizations, inter13 national organizations, or private sec14 tor partners— 

15 ‘‘(aa) to combat human and 

16 wildlife trafficking; 

17 ‘‘(bb) to promote food secu18 rity; 

19 ‘‘(cc) to respond to emer20 gencies; 

21 ‘‘(dd) to provide humani22 tarian assistance; 

23 ‘‘(ee) to address basic 

24 human needs, including for edu25 cation; 


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1 ‘‘(ff) to advance global 

2 health security; or 

3 ‘‘(gg) to promote trade; and 

4 ‘‘(V) any other form of United 

5 States foreign assistance that the 

6 President determines, by not later 

7 than October 1 of each fiscal year, is 

8 necessary to advance the security, eco9 nomic, humanitarian, or global health 

10 interests of the United States without 

11 compromising the steadfast U.S. com12 mitment to combatting human traf13 ficking globally; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) sales, or financing on any terms, 

15 under the Arms Export Control Act (22 

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

17 financing provided for narcotics-related 

18 purposes following notification in accord19 ance with the prior notification procedures 

20 applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to 

21 section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

22 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1). 

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1 ticipation of government entities necessary or 

2 incidental to the implementation of a program 

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

4 SEC. 107. EXPANDING PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORK5 ERS OF OFFICIAL AND DIPLOMATIC VISA 

6 HOLDERS. 

7 Section 203(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

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

9 1375c(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(5) NATIONAL EXPANSION OF IN-PERSON REG12 ISTRATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall admin13 ister the Domestic Worker In-Person Registration 

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

15 employed by accredited foreign mission members or 

16 international organization employees and shall ex17 pand this program nationally, which shall include— 

18 ‘‘(A) after the arrival of each such em19 ployee in the United States, and annually dur20 ing the course of such employee’s employment, 

21 a description of the rights of such employee 

22 under applicable Federal and State law; 

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

24 developed pursuant to section 202 to the em25 ployee with an A–3 visa or a G–5 visa; and 


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

2 National Human Trafficking Hotline. 

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

4 G–5 VISA EMPLOYERS ACCREDITED TO FOREIGN MIS5 SIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The 

6 Secretary shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) inform embassies, international orga8 nizations, and foreign missions of the rights of 

9 A–3 and G–5 domestic workers under the appli10 cable labor laws of the United States, including 

11 the fair labor standards described in the pam12 phlet developed pursuant to section 202. Infor13 mation provided to foreign missions, embassies, 

14 and international organizations should include 

15 material on labor standards and labor rights of 

16 domestic worker employees who hold A–3 and 

17 G–5 visas; 

18 ‘‘(B) inform embassies, international orga19 nizations, and foreign missions of the potential 

20 consequences to individuals holding a non21 immigrant visa issued pursuant to subpara22 graph (A)(i), (A)(ii), (G)(i), (G)(ii), or (G)(iii) 

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

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


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

2 including (at the discretion of the Secretary)— 

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

4 G–5 visas; 

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

6 ‘‘(iii) criminal prosecution; 

7 ‘‘(iv) civil damages; and 

8 ‘‘(v) permanent revocation of or re9 fusal to renew the visa of the accredited 

10 foreign mission or international organiza11 tion employee; and 

12 ‘‘(C) require all accredited foreign mission 

13 and international organization employers of in14 dividuals holding A–3 visas or G–5 visas to re15 port the wages paid to such employees on an 

16 annual basis.’’. 

17 SEC. 108. EFFECTIVE DATES. 

18 Sections 104(b) and 106 and the amendments made 

19 by those sections take effect on the date that is the first 

20 day of the first full reporting period for the report re21 quired by section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 

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

23 date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SEC. 201. 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 2027, $17,000,000’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

13 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

14 (A), by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021, 

15 $65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 

16 2027, $102,500,000, of which $22,000,000 

17 shall be made available each fiscal year to the 

18 United States Agency for International Devel19 opment and the remainder of’’; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 

21 and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

22 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

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

24 (D) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(E) to fund programs to end modern slav2 ery, in an amount not to exceed $37,500,000 

3 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 

4 2027.’’. 

5 SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

6 INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

7 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre8 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

9 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 

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

11 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2027’’. 

12 TITLE III—BRIEFINGS 

13 SEC. 301. BRIEFING ON ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSON’S 

14 REPORT. 

15 Not later than 30 days after the public designation 

16 of country tier rankings and subsequent publishing of the 

17 Trafficking in Persons Report, the Secretary of State shall 

18 brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

19 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

20 Representatives on— 

21 (1) countries that were downgraded or up22 graded in the most recent Trafficking in Persons 

23 Report; and 

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

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1 tries, including foreign government efforts to better 

2 meet minimum standards to eliminate human traf3 ficking. 

4 SEC. 302. BRIEFING ON USE AND JUSTIFICATION OF WAIV5 ERS. 

6 Not later than 30 days after the President has deter7 mined to issue a waiver under section 110(d)(5) of the 

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

9 7107(d)(5)), the Secretary of State shall brief the Com10 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com11 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

12 on— 

13 (a) each country that received a waiver; 

14 (b) the justification for each such waiver; and 

15 (c) a description of the efforts made by each country 

16 to meet the minimum standards to eliminate human traf17 ficking. 


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Calendar No. 91 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 920 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 

JUNE 12, 2023 

Reported without amendment 


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