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Calendar No. 225 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1848 

To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify the 

criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the minimum 

standards for the elimination of human trafficking, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 

Mr. CORKER, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the 

following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

to modify the criteria for determining whether countries 

are meeting the minimum standards for the elimination 

of human trafficking, 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 ‘‘Trafficking Victims 

5 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

3 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 

5 (15) as paragraphs (7) through (17), respectively; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(5) CONCRETE ACTIONS.—The term ‘concrete 

10 actions’ means actions that demonstrate increased 

11 efforts by the government of a country to meet the 

12 minimum standards for the elimination of traf13 ficking, including any of the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) Enforcement actions taken. 

15 ‘‘(B) Investigations actively underway. 

16 ‘‘(C) Prosecutions conducted. 

17 ‘‘(D) Convictions attained. 

18 ‘‘(E) Training provided. 

19 ‘‘(F) Programs and partnerships actively 

20 underway. 

21 ‘‘(G) Efforts to prevent severe forms of 

22 trafficking, including programs to reduce the 

23 vulnerability of particularly vulnerable popu24 lations, involving survivors of trafficking in 

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1 gagement with foreign migrants, ending recruit2 ment fees, and other such measures. 

3 ‘‘(H) Victim services offered, including im4 migration services and restitution. 

5 ‘‘(I) The amount of money the government 

6 has committed to the actions described in sub7 paragraphs (A) through (H). 

8 ‘‘(6) CREDIBLE EVIDENCE.—The term ‘credible 

9 evidence’ includes all of the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) Reports by the Department of State. 

11 ‘‘(B) Reports of other Federal agencies, in12 cluding the Department of Labor’s List of 

13 Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor 

14 and List of Products Produced by Forced Labor 

15 or Indentured Child Labor. 

16 ‘‘(C) Documentation provided by a foreign 

17 country, including— 

18 ‘‘(i) copies of relevant laws, regula19 tions, and policies adopted or modified; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(ii) an official record of enforcement 

22 actions taken, judicial proceedings, train23 ing conducted, consultations conducted, 

24 programs and partnerships launched, and 

25 services provided. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Materials developed by civil society 

2 organizations. 

3 ‘‘(E) Information from survivors of human 

4 trafficking, vulnerable persons, and whistle5 blowers. 

6 ‘‘(F) All relevant media and academic re7 ports that, in light of reason and common 

8 sense, are worthy of belief. 

9 ‘‘(G) Information developed by multilateral 

10 institutions. 

11 ‘‘(H) An assessment of the impact of the 

12 actions described in subparagraphs (A) through 

13 (I) of paragraph (5) on the prevalence of 

14 human trafficking in the country.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIVATE SECTOR 

16 SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN LAW ENFORCE17 MENT AGENCIES AND THE ROLE OF PRIVATE 

18 BUSINESSES IN PREVENTING AND COM19 BATING CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING. 

20 It is the sense of Congress that— 

21 (1) the President should work with the private 

22 sector to explore, develop, and use technology that 

23 strengthens Federal law enforcement capabilities to 

24 combat traffickers and criminal networks; and 


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1 (2) private businesses, both domestic and inter2 national, should take every reasonable step to pre3 vent and combat child sex trafficking. 

4 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON PLACEMENT OR RECRUITMENT 

5 FEES. 

6 Section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

7 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv) as 

9 paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively, and moving 

10 such paragraphs 4 ems to the left; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (4), as redesignated— 

12 (A) by redesignating subclauses (I) 

13 through (V) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), 

14 respectively, and moving such subparagraphs 4 

15 ems to the left; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated, 

17 by redesignating items (aa) and (bb) as clauses 

18 (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving such 

19 clauses 4 ems to the left; and 

20 (C) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, 

21 by striking ‘‘unreasonable placement or recruit22 ment fees’’ and all that follows through the pe23 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘placement or re24 cruitment fees.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 

2 TRAFFICKING. 

3 Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

4 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘and without bias’’ after 

7 ‘‘vigorously’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘if the government’’ and 

9 inserting the following: ‘‘if— 

10 ‘‘(A) the government’’; 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘such acts and the Sec12 retary’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘such acts; 

13 ‘‘(B) the Secretary’’; and 

14 (D) by striking ‘‘such data.’’ and inserting 

15 the following: ‘‘such data; and 

16 ‘‘(C) the Secretary has included a descrip17 tion of such data and a description of such good 

18 faith efforts to collect such data in the annual 

19 Trafficking in Persons Report.’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (7)— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘and without bias’’ after 

22 ‘‘vigorously’’; 

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘or enable’’ after ‘‘con24 done’’; and 

25 (C) by striking ‘‘if the government’’ and 

26 inserting the following: ‘‘if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the government’’; 

2 (D) by striking ‘‘such acts and the Sec3 retary’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘such acts; 

4 ‘‘(B) the Secretary’’; and 

5 (E) by striking ‘‘such data.’’ and inserting 

6 the following: ‘‘such data; and 

7 ‘‘(C) the Secretary has included a descrip8 tion of such data in the annual Trafficking in 

9 Persons Report.’’. 

10 SEC. 6. ACTIONS AGAINST GOVERNMENTS FAILING TO 

11 MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS. 

12 Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

13 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘The report should’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘The report shall, to the extent con17 current reporting data is available, cover efforts 

18 and activities taking place during the period be19 tween April 1 of the year preceding the report 

20 and March 31 of the year in which the report 

21 is made, and should’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

23 ‘‘based only on concrete actions taken by the 

24 country that are recorded during the reporting 

25 period’’ after ‘‘such standards’’; 


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1 (C) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 

2 ‘‘based only on concrete actions taken by the 

3 country (excluding any commitments by the 

4 country to take additional future steps during 

5 the next year) that are recorded during the re6 porting period’’ after ‘‘compliance’’; 

7 (D) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘(C) a list of those countries, if any, to 

10 which the minimum standards for the elimi11 nation of trafficking are applicable, and whose 

12 governments— 

13 ‘‘(i) do not fully comply with such 

14 standards and are not making significant 

15 efforts to bring themselves into compliance; 

16 ‘‘(ii) tolerate trafficking in govern17 ment-funded programs; or 

18 ‘‘(iii) have a government-supported 

19 practice of— 

20 ‘‘(I) trafficking; 

21 ‘‘(II) facilitating the use of 

22 forced labor (such as in agriculture, 

23 forestry, mining, or construction); 


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1 ‘‘(III) permitting sexual slavery 

2 in government camps, compounds, or 

3 outposts; or 

4 ‘‘(IV) employing child soldiers;’’. 

5 (E) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

7 (F) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 

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

9 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(H) for each country included in a dif11 ferent list than the country had been placed in 

12 the previous annual report, a detailed expla13 nation of how the concrete actions (or lack of 

14 such actions) undertaken (or not undertaken) 

15 by the country during the previous reporting 

16 period contributed to such change, including a 

17 clear linkage between such actions and the min18 imum standards enumerated in section 108.’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)— 

21 (i) in subclause (I), by adding ‘‘or’’ at 

22 the end; 

23 (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; 

24 or’’ and inserting a period; and 

25 (iii) by striking subclause (III); 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 

2 last annual report’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1 of 

3 the previous year’’; 

4 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

5 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2008,’’ 

6 and all that follows and inserting— 

7 ‘‘2008— 

8 ‘‘(I) shall be included on the list 

9 of countries described in paragraph 

10 (1)(C); and 

11 ‘‘(II) shall be required to meet 

12 the requirements specified in para13 graph (1)(B) before the country may 

14 be removed from the list of countries 

15 described in paragraph (1)(C).’’; and 

16 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2 

17 years’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year’’; and 

18 (D) in subparagraph (E)— 

19 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

20 striking ‘‘PUBLIC’’ and inserting ‘‘CON21 GRESSIONAL’’; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘shall provide’’ and all 

23 that follows and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) provide a detailed description of 

2 the credible evidence supporting such de3 termination on a publicly available website 

4 maintained by the Department of State; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(ii) offer to brief the Committee on 

7 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

8 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

9 House of Representatives on any written 

10 plan submitted by the country under sub11 paragraph (D)(ii)(I), with an opportunity 

12 to review the written plan.’’; 

13 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

17 semicolon at the end and inserting a period; 

18 and 

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

20 ‘‘(D) the extent to which the government 

21 of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary 

22 resources— 

23 ‘‘(i) to investigate and prosecute acts 

24 of severe trafficking in persons; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) to convict and sentence persons 

2 responsible for such acts; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) to obtain restitution for victims 

4 of human trafficking; 

5 ‘‘(E) the extent to which the government 

6 of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary 

7 resources— 

8 ‘‘(i) to protect and rehabilitate victims 

9 of trafficking in persons; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) to prevent severe forms of traf11 ficking in persons; and 

12 ‘‘(F) the extent to which the government of 

13 the country has consulted with domestic and 

14 international civil society organizations to im15 prove the provision of services to victims of 

16 trafficking in persons.’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(4) ACTION PLANS FOR COUNTRIES UPGRADED

19 TO TIER 2 WATCHLIST.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

21 days after the release of the annual Trafficking 

22 in Persons Report, the Ambassador-at-Large of 

23 the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 

24 and the Assistant Secretary of the appropriate 

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1 priate officials from the government of each 

2 country described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) prepare an action plan for each 

5 country upgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 2 

6 Watchlist to further improve such coun7 try’s tier ranking under this subsection; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(ii) present the relevant action plan 

10 to the government of each such country. 

11 ‘‘(B) COORDINATION.—The United States 

12 Ambassador or Charge d’Affaires of the country 

13 for which an action plan is being prepared, in 

14 consultation with the Ambassador-at-Large of 

15 the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 

16 in Persons, shall be responsible for coordinating 

17 all necessary diplomatic engagement to prepare 

18 such plan. 

19 ‘‘(C) CONTENTS.—Each action plan pre20 pared under this paragraph— 

21 ‘‘(i) shall include specific concrete ac22 tions to be taken by the country to sub23 stantively address deficiencies preventing 

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1 ‘‘(ii) should be focused on short-term 

2 and multiyear goals. 

3 ‘‘(D) BRIEFINGS.—The Ambassador-at4 Large of the Office to Monitor and Combat 

5 Trafficking and all appropriate regional Assist6 ant Secretaries shall make themselves available 

7 to brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

8 the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 

9 the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

10 of the House of Representatives, and the Com11 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep12 resentatives on the implementation of each ac13 tion plan prepared under this paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(E) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in 

15 this paragraph may be construed as modi16 fying— 

17 ‘‘(i) minimum standards for the elimi18 nation of trafficking under section 108; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) the actions against governments 

20 failing to meet minimum standards under 

21 this section or the criteria for placement 

22 on the Special Watch List under para23 graph (2).’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. COMMUNICATION WITH GOVERNMENTS OF COUN2 TRIES DESIGNATED AS TIER 2 WATCH LIST 

3 COUNTRIES ON THE TRAFFICKING IN PER4 SONS REPORT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not less than annually, the Sec6 retary of State shall provide, to the foreign minister of 

7 each country that has been downgraded to a ‘‘Tier 2 

8 Watch List’’ country pursuant to the Trafficking in Per9 sons report submitted under section 110(b) of the Traf10 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

11 7107(b))— 

12 (1) a copy of the annual Trafficking in Persons 

13 report; and 

14 (2) information pertinent to that country’s 

15 downgrade, including— 

16 (A) confirmation of the country’s designa17 tion to the Tier 2 Watch List; 

18 (B) the implications associated with such 

19 designation and the consequences for the coun20 try of a downgrade to Tier 3; 

21 (C) the factors that contributed to the 

22 downgrade; and 

23 (D) the steps that the country must take 

24 to be considered for an upgrade in status of 

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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COMMUNICA2 TIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that, given the gravity 

3 of a Tier 2 Watch List designation, the Secretary of State 

4 should communicate the information described in sub5 section (a) to the foreign minister of any country down6 graded to the Tier 2 Watch List. 

7 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Prevention 

9 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS IN SUP13 PORT OF THE TASK FORCE.—There are authorized to be 

14 appropriated to the Department of State, for each of the 

15 fiscal years 2018 through 2023, $12,500,000 for Diplo16 matic and Consular Programs of the Office to Monitor and 

17 Combat Trafficking in Persons, which shall be used to 

18 carry out sections 105(e), 105(f), and 110, including for 

19 additional personnel.’’; 

20 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE

23 DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 

24 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING.— 

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1 partment of State, for each of the fiscal years 2018 

2 through 2023, $64,800,000, which shall be used— 

3 ‘‘(A) to carry out sections 106 and 107(a); 

4 ‘‘(B) to carry out section 134 of the For5 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d); 

6 ‘‘(C) to assist countries in meeting the 

7 minimum standards described in section 108; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(D) for programs and activities on pre10 vention, protection, and prosecution to combat 

11 all forms of trafficking in persons internation12 ally, including training activities for law en13 forcement officers, prosecutors, and members of 

14 the judiciary with respect to trafficking in per15 sons at the International Law Enforcement 

16 Academies. 

17 ‘‘(2) END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 

19 to be appropriated to the Department of State, 

20 for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2023, 

21 $37,500,000, which shall be used to reduce the 

22 prevalence of modern slavery globally. 

23 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 

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1 suant to subparagraph (A), on an incremental 

2 basis— 

3 ‘‘(i) to carry out the grant program 

4 authorized under section 1298(b) of the 

5 National Defense Authorization Act for 

6 Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114 note); 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii) to ensure the effective and effi9 cient implementation of program activi10 ties.’’; 

11 (3) by striking subsection (e); and 

12 (4) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), 

13 and (i) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respec14 tively. 

15 SEC. 9. REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT 

16 TRAFFICKING. 

17 (a) REPORT ON NEW PRACTICES TO COMBAT TRAF18 FICKING.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an21 nually thereafter for 7 years, the Secretary of State, 

22 in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

23 States Agency for International Development, shall 

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1 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 

2 Affairs of the House of Representatives that— 

3 (A) describes any practices adopted by the 

4 Department or the Agency— 

5 (i) to better combat trafficking in per6 sons, in accordance with the results of the 

7 study conducted under section 101(b) of 

8 the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau9 thorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

10 164); and 

11 (ii) to reduce the risk of trafficking in 

12 post-conflict or post-disaster areas; or 

13 (B) includes a strategy to reduce the risk 

14 of trafficking in the areas referred to in sub15 paragraph (A)(ii), if none of the practices re16 ferred to in subparagraph (A) have been adopt17 ed. 

18 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each report sub19 mitted under paragraph (1) shall be posted on a 

20 publicly available website of the Department of 

21 State. 

22 (b) CHILD PROTECTION STRATEGIES IN WATCH

23 LIST COUNTRIES.—The Administrator of the United 

24 States Agency for International Development shall incor25 porate into the relevant country development cooperation 


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1 strategy for each country on the special watch list de2 scribed in paragraph (2)(A) of section 110(b) of the Traf3 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

4 7107(b)) or on the list described in paragraph (1)(C) of 

5 such section, strategies for the protection of children and 

6 the reduction of the risk of trafficking. 

7 SEC. 10. CHILD SOLDIER PREVENTION. 

8 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

9 ‘‘Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017’’. 

10 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

11 (1) The recruitment or use of children in armed 

12 conflict is unacceptable for any government or gov13 ernment-supported entity receiving United States as14 sistance. 

15 (2) The recruitment or use of children in armed 

16 conflict, including direct combat, support roles, and 

17 sexual slavery, occurred during 2015 and 2016 in 

18 Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Burma, the 

19 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, 

20 Rwanda, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. 

21 (3) Entities of the Government of Afghanistan, 

22 particularly the Afghan Local Police and the Afghan 

23 National Police, continue to recruit children to serve 

24 as combatants or as servants, including as sex 

25 slaves. 


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1 (4) Police forces of the Government of Afghani2 stan participate in counterterrorism operations, di3 rect and indirect combat, and security operations, 

4 fight alongside regular armies, and are targeted for 

5 violence by the Taliban and by other opposition 

6 groups. 

7 (5) In February 2016, a 10-year-old boy was 

8 assassinated by the Taliban after he had been pub9 lically honored by Afghan local police forces for his 

10 assistance in combat operations against the Taliban. 

11 (6) The recruitment and use of children in 

12 armed conflict by government forces continued dur13 ing 2016 in South Sudan with the return to hos14 tilities. 

15 (7) At least 650 children have been recruited 

16 and used in armed conflict in South Sudan during 

17 2016, and at least 16,000 children have been re18 cruited since that country’s civil war began in 2013. 

19 (c) AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD SOLDIERS PRE20 VENTION ACT OF 2008.— 

21 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 402 of the Child 

22 Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c) 

23 is amended— 

24 (A) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

2 ‘‘, police, or other security forces’’ after 

3 ‘‘governmental armed forces’’ each place 

4 such phrase appears; and 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

6 ‘‘clauses’’ and inserting ‘‘clause’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(3) NONLETHAL SUPPLIES.—The term ‘non9 lethal supplies’ means property, other than real 

10 property, of the Department of Defense that is not 

11 a weapon, ammunition, or other equipment or mate12 rial that is designed to inflict serious bodily harm or 

13 death.’’. 

14 (2) PROHIBITION.—Section 404 of such Act 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) is amended— 

16 (A) in subsection (a)— 

17 (i) by inserting ‘‘, police, other secu18 rity forces,’’ after ‘‘governmental armed 

19 forces’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘recruit and use child 

21 soldiers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit or use 

22 child soldiers’’; 

23 (B) in subsection (b), by amending para24 graph (2) to read as follows: 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 

2 days after the submission of each report re3 quired under section 110(b) of the Trafficking 

4 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

5 7107(b)), the Secretary of State shall formally 

6 notify each government included in the list re7 quired under paragraph (1) of its inclusion on 

8 such list. 

9 ‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—As 

10 soon as practicable after making all of the noti11 fications required under subparagraph (A) with 

12 respect to a report, the Secretary of State shall 

13 notify the appropriate congressional committees 

14 that the requirements under subparagraph (A) 

15 have been completed.’’; and 

16 (C) in subsection (e)(1), in the matter pre17 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to a 

18 country’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sub19 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 541 

20 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

21 U.S.C. 2347) through the Defense Institute for 

22 International Legal Studies or the Center for 

23 Civil-Military Relations at the Naval Post-Grad24 uate School, and may provide nonlethal supplies 


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1 to a country subject to the prohibition under 

2 subsection (a)’’. 

3 (3) REPORTS.—Section 405 of such Act (22 

4 U.S.C. 2370c–2) is amended— 

5 (A) in subsection (c)— 

6 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

7 (1)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘, during any of 

9 the 5 years following the date of the 

10 enactment of this Act,’’; and 

11 (II) by striking ‘‘wavier’’ and in12 serting ‘‘waiver’’; 

13 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2), 

14 (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and 

15 (5), respectively; 

16 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(2) a description and the amount of any as19 sistance withheld under this title pursuant to the ap20 plication of the prohibition under section 404(a) to 

21 those countries;’’; and 

22 (iv) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, 

23 by inserting ‘‘and the amount’’ after ‘‘a de24 scription’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(d) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL

2 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT.—If a country is noti3 fied pursuant to section 404(b)(2), or if a waiver is grant4 ed pursuant to section 404(c)(1), the Secretary of State 

5 shall include, in each report required under section 110(b) 

6 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

7 U.S.C. 7107(b)), the information required to be included 

8 in the annual report under subsection (c).’’. 

9 SEC. 11. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF 

10 ANTI-TRAFFICKING INTERVENTIONS IN MUL11 TILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS. 

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

13 in consultation with the Department of State’s Ambas14 sador at Large for Monitoring and Combating Trafficking 

15 in Persons, shall instruct the United States Executive Di16 rector of each multilateral development bank to initiate 

17 discussions with the other executive directors and manage18 ment of the respective multilateral development bank to— 

19 (1) further develop anti-human trafficking pro20 visions in relevant project development, safeguards, 

21 procurement, and evaluation policies; 

22 (2) employing a risk-based approach, require 

23 human trafficking risk assessments and integration 

24 plans as a routine part of developing projects 


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1 through existing, forthcoming or new mechanisms 

2 and processes; 

3 (3) support analyses of the impact of severe 

4 forms of trafficking in persons on key indicators of 

5 economic and social development and of the benefits 

6 of reducing human trafficking on economic and so7 cial development; 

8 (4) support the proactive integration of effective 

9 anti-trafficking interventions into projects with the 

10 objectives of enhancing development outcomes and 

11 reducing the incidence of severe forms of trafficking 

12 in project areas; 

13 (5) increase the capacity of multilateral devel14 opment banks and of recipient governments to con15 duct human trafficking risk assessments and inte16 grate anti-trafficking interventions into projects; 

17 (6) support the development of meaningful risk 

18 mitigation and reduction policies, regulations, and 

19 strategies within the multilateral development banks 

20 to reduce the incidence and prevalence of severe 

21 forms of trafficking in persons and enhance develop22 ment outcomes that may be improved by reducing 

23 the incidence and prevalence of human trafficking; 

24 and 


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1 (7) support the inclusion of human trafficking 

2 risk analysis in the development of relevant country 

3 strategies by each multilateral development bank. 

4 (b) BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

5 make relevant officials available to brief the Committee 

6 on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropria7 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

8 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

9 Representatives on the implementation of this section. 


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Calendar No. 225 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1848 

A BILL 

To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

ficking, and for other purposes. standards for the elimination of human trafwhether countries are meeting the minimum 2000 to modify the criteria for determining 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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