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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 121 

To establish the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to 

review Federal Government policy on human trafficking. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish the United States Advisory Council on Human 

Trafficking to review Federal Government policy on 

human trafficking. 

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

3 SECTION 1. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

4 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 

6 United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking 

7 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Council’’), which shall 

8 provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy 

9 Operating Group (referred to in this section as the 

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1 ‘‘Group’’) and the President’s Task Force to Monitor and 

2 Combat Trafficking in Persons. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be com5 posed of not fewer than 8 individuals who are— 

6 (A) survivors of human trafficking; or 

7 (B) nongovernmental experts or profes8 sionals in the human trafficking field. 

9 (2) EQUAL REPRESENTATION.—To the extent 

10 practicable, the Council be comprised of an equal 

11 number of survivors and nongovernmental experts. 

12 (3) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

14 President shall appoint the members of the Council. 

15 (4) TERM; REAPPOINTMENT.—Council members 

16 shall serve for terms of 2 years and may be re17 appointed by the President to serve additional 2-year 

18 terms. 

19 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

20 (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the 

21 Group; 

22 (2) meet, at its own discretion, not less fre23 quently than annually or at the request of the Group 

24 to review Federal Government policy and programs 

25 intended to combat human trafficking, including 

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1 programs related to the provision of services for vic2 tims; 

3 (3) formulate assessments and recommenda4 tions to ensure that United States policy and pro5 gramming efforts conform, to the extent practicable, 

6 to the best practices in the field of human traf7 ficking prevention; and 

8 (4) meet with the Group not less frequently 

9 than annually to formally present the Council’s find10 ings and recommendations. 

11 (d) REPORTS.—Every year beginning after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, the Council shall submit a 

13 report to the chair of President’s Interagency Task Force 

14 to Monitor and Combat Trafficking that contains the find15 ings derived from the reviews conducted pursuant to sub16 section (c)(2). 

17 (e) EMPLOYEE STATUS.—Members of the Council— 

18 (1) shall not be considered employees of the 

19 United States Government for any purpose; and 

20 (2) shall not receive compensation other than 

21 reimbursement of travel expenses and per diem al22 lowance in accordance with section 5703 of title 5, 

23 United States Code. 

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1 (f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Council 

2 shall not be subject to the requirements under the Federal 

3 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 

4 SEC. 2. SUNSET. 

5 This section shall cease to be effective on September 

6 30, 2020. 

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