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hours. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

14,000 hours. 

• Frequency: Annually. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain or Retain a Benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

Individuals registering for the Foreign 

Service Officer Test will complete a 

Registration Form, asking for their 

name, contact information, ethnicity, 

education and work history, and 

military experience. The information 

will be used to prepare and issue 

admission to the Foreign Service Officer 

Test, to provide data useful for 

improving future tests, and to conduct 

research studies based on the test 

results. 

Methodology 

The registration process, which 

includes concurrent application 

submission and seat selection, opens 

approximately four (4) weeks prior to 

each testing window. To register, 

individuals go to pearsonvue.com/fsot/ 

during the four-week period prior to a 

specific testing window to create an 

account, submit completed eligibility 

verification and application forms, and 

select a location and seat for the specific 

test date. 

David J. Burger, 

Director, GTM/TAC/BEX, Department of 

State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12590] 

Request for Information for the 2025 

Trafficking in Persons Report 

SUMMARY: The Department of State (‘‘the 

Department’’) requests written 

information to assist in reporting on the 

degree to which the United States and 

foreign governments meet the minimum 

standards for the elimination of 

trafficking in persons (‘‘minimum 

standards’’) that are prescribed by the 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000. 

DATES: Submissions must be made in 

writing to the Office to Monitor and 

Combat Trafficking in Persons at the 

Department of State by 5 p.m. EST on 

February 3, 2025. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

written information will assist in the 

preparation of the Trafficking in Persons 

Report (‘‘TIP Report’’) which the 

Department submits annually to the 

U.S. Congress on governments’ concrete 

actions to meet the minimum standards 

for the elimination of trafficking in 

persons (‘‘minimum standards’’) that are 

prescribed by the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000 (Div. A, Pub. L. 

106–386), as amended (‘‘TVPA’’). 

Foreign governments that do not meet 

the minimum standards and are not 

making significant efforts to do so may 

be subject to restrictions on 

nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related 

foreign assistance from the United 

States, as defined by the TVPA. Please 

refer to the Information Sought Relevant 

to the Minimum Standards of this 

Notice for the questionnaire and to the 

Addresses, Scope of Interest, and 

Information Sought sections for 

additional instructions on submission 

requirements. Written submissions and 

supporting documentation may be 

submitted by the following method: 

• Email: tipreport@state.gov for 

submissions related to foreign 

governments and tipreportUS@state.gov 

for submissions related to the United 

States. 

Scope of Interest: The Department 

requests information relevant to 

assessing the United States’ and foreign 

governments’ concrete actions to meet 

the minimum standards for the 

elimination of trafficking in persons 

during the reporting period (April 1, 

2024–March 31, 2025). The minimum 

standards are listed in the Background 

section. Submissions must include 

information relevant to efforts to meet 

the minimum standards and should 

include, but need not be limited to, 

answering the questions in the 

Information Sought section. 

Submissions need not include answers 

to all the questions; only those 

questions for which the submitter has 

direct professional experience should be 

answered, and that experience should 

be noted. For any critique or deficiency 

described, please provide a 

recommendation to remedy it. Note the 

country or countries that are the focus 

of the submission. Submissions may 

include written narratives answering the 

questions presented in this Notice, 

research, studies, statistics, fieldwork, 

training materials, evaluations, 

assessments, and other relevant 

evidence of local, state/provincial, and 

federal/central government efforts. To 

the extent possible, precise dates and 

numbers of officials or individuals 

affected should be included. Questions 

below seek to gather information and 

updates from the details provided and 

assessment on government efforts made 

in the 2024 TIP Report. Furthermore, we 

request information on the government’s 

treatment of vulnerable populations and 

underserved communities, including 

how the government may have 

systemically denied opportunities to a 

community to participate in aspects of 

economic, social, and civic life that has 

led to heighted risk to human trafficking 

or how the government’s anti-trafficking 

response may have treated certain 

groups differently. Written narratives 

providing factual information should 

provide citations of sources, and copies 

of and links to the source material 

should be provided. Please send 

electronic copies of the entire 

submission, including source material. 

If primary sources are used, such as 

research studies, interviews, direct 

observations, or other sources of 

quantitative or qualitative data, provide 

details on the research or data-gathering 

methodology and any supporting 

documentation. The Department only 

includes in the TIP Report information 

related to trafficking in persons as 

defined by the TVPA; it does not 

include, and is therefore not seeking, 

information on commercial sex, migrant 

smuggling, visa fraud, or child abuse, 

unless such crimes also involve the 

elements of sex trafficking or forced 

labor. 

Confidentiality: Please provide the 

name, phone number, and email address 

of a single point of contact for any 

submission. It is Department practice 

not to identify in the TIP Report 

information concerning sources to 

safeguard those sources. Note, however, 

that any information submitted to the 

Department may be releasable pursuant 

to the provisions of the Freedom of 


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Information Act or other applicable law. 

Submissions related to the United States 

will be shared with U.S. government 

agencies, as will submissions relevant to 

efforts by other U.S. government 

agencies. 

Response: This is a request for 

information only; there will be no 

response to submissions. Remuneration 

for responses will not be provided. In 

order to expend appropriated funds, 

there must be specific authority to do 

so. The Department of State has no 

authority to expend funds for this 

purpose. 

Background 

Definitions: The TVPA defines 

‘‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’’ 

as: 

• The recruitment, harboring, 

transportation, provision, obtaining, 

patronizing, or soliciting of a person for 

the purpose of a commercial sex act that 

is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, 

or in which the person induced to 

perform such act has not attained 18 

years of age. 

Æ Persons under age 18 in 

commercial sex are trafficking in 

persons victims regardless of whether 

force, fraud, or coercion were involved. 

• The recruitment, harboring, 

transportation, provision, or obtaining 

of a person for labor or services, through 

the use of force, fraud, or coercion, for 

the purpose of subjection to involuntary 

servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or 

slavery. 

Æ Forced labor may take the form of 

domestic servitude, forced begging, 

forced criminal activity (e.g., drug 

smuggling), and prison labor that is not 

a consequence of a conviction in a court 

of law. 

• Children recruited or used as 

soldiers or for labor or services can be 

a severe form of human trafficking when 

the activity involves force, fraud, or 

coercion. Children may be victims 

regardless of gender. 

The TIP Report: The TIP Report is the 

most comprehensive worldwide report 

assessing governments’ efforts to combat 

trafficking in persons. It represents an 

annually updated global assessment of 

the nature and scope of trafficking in 

persons and the broad range of 

government actions to confront and 

eliminate it. The U.S. government uses 

the TIP Report to inform diplomacy, 

encourage partnership in creating and 

implementing laws and policies to 

combat trafficking, and target resources 

on prevention, protection, and 

prosecution programs. Worldwide, 

international organizations (IOs), foreign 

governments, and nongovernmental 

organizations (NGOs) use the TIP Report 

as a tool to examine where resources are 

most needed. Prosecuting traffickers, 

protecting victims, and preventing 

trafficking are the ultimate goals of the 

TIP Report and of the U.S government’s 

anti-trafficking policy. 

The Department prepares the TIP 

Report with information from across the 

U.S. government, foreign government 

officials, nongovernmental and 

international organizations, survivors of 

trafficking in persons, published 

reports, and research related to every 

region. The TIP Report focuses on 

concrete actions made by governments 

to fight trafficking in persons, including 

prosecutions, convictions, and 

sentences for traffickers, as well as 

victim identification and protection 

measures and prevention efforts. Note 

that rankings only consider government 

actions to combat human trafficking, not 

NGOs’ or IOs’ activities. Each TIP 

Report narrative also includes 

prioritized recommendations for each 

country. These recommendations are 

used to assist the Department in 

measuring governments’ progress from 

one year to the next and determining 

whether governments meet the 

minimum standards for the elimination 

of trafficking in persons or are making 

significant efforts to do so. 

The TVPA creates a four-tier ranking 

system. Tier placement is based 

principally on the extent of concrete 

government action to combat trafficking. 

The Department first evaluates whether 

the government fully meets the TVPA’s 

minimum standards for the elimination 

of trafficking, as set forth in Sec. 108 of 

the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 

as amended (22 U.S.C. 7106). 

Governments that do so are placed on 

Tier 1. For other governments, the 

Department considers the extent of such 

efforts. Governments that are making 

significant efforts to meet the minimum 

standards are placed on Tier 2. 

Governments that do not fully meet the 

minimum standards and are not making 

significant efforts to do so are placed on 

Tier 3. Finally, the Department 

considers Watch List criteria and, when 

applicable, places countries on the Tier 

2 Watch List. For more information, the 

2024 TIP Report can be found at 

www.state.gov/reports/2024-traffickingin-persons-report. 

Since the inception of the TIP Report 

in 2001, the number of countries 

included and ranked has more than 

doubled; the 2024 TIP Report included 

188 countries and territories. Around 

the world, the TIP Report and the 

promising practices reflected therein 

have inspired legislation, national 

action plans, policy implementation, 

program funding, protection 

mechanisms to complement prosecution 

efforts, and a stronger global 

understanding of this crime. 

Since 2003, the primary reporting on 

the United States’ anti-trafficking 

activities has been through the annual 

Attorney General’s Report to Congress 

and Assessment of U.S. Government 

Activities to Combat Human Trafficking 

mandated by section 105 of the TVPA 

(22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)). Since 2010, the 

TIP Report, through a collaborative 

interagency process, has included an 

assessment of U.S. government antitrafficking efforts in light of the 

minimum standards to eliminate 

trafficking in persons set forth by the 

TVPA. 

Information Sought Relevant to the 

Minimum Standards 

Submissions should include, but need 

not be limited to, answers to relevant 

questions below for which the submitter 

has direct professional experience 

within the reporting period (April 1, 

2024–March 31, 2025). Citations to 

source material should also be provided. 

Note the country or countries that are 

the focus of the submission. Please see 

the Scope of Interest section above for 

detailed information regarding 

submission requirements. 

Overview 

1. What were the government’s major 

accomplishments in addressing human 

trafficking since April 1, 2024? In what 

significant ways have the government’s 

efforts to combat trafficking in persons 

changed in the past year? How have 

new laws, regulations, policies, or 

implementation strategies (e.g., 

substantive criminal laws and 

procedures, mechanisms for civil 

remedies, and victim-witness programs, 

generally and in relation to court 

proceedings) affected its anti-trafficking 

response? 

2. Over the past year, what were the 

greatest deficiencies in the government’s 

anti-trafficking efforts? What were the 

limitations on the government’s ability 

to address human trafficking problems 

in practice? 

3. Provide additional information 

and/or recommendations to improve the 

government’s anti-trafficking efforts 

overall. 

4. Highlight effective strategies and 

practices that other governments could 

consider adopting. 

Prosecution 

5. Provide observations regarding the 

implementation of existing laws, 

policies, and procedures. Are there gaps 

in anti-trafficking legislation that could 

be amended to improve the 


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government’s response? Are there any 

government policies that have 

undermined or otherwise negatively 

affected anti-trafficking efforts within 

that country? 

6. Do government officials understand 

the nature of all forms of trafficking? If 

not, provide examples of 

misconceptions or misunderstandings. 

Did the government effectively provide 

or support anti-trafficking trainings for 

officials including on enforcement of 

policies, and laws; and/or on victim 

identification measures or procedures? 

If not, how could it be improved? 

7. Provide observations on overall 

anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts 

and the efforts of police and prosecutors 

to investigate, prosecute, and convict 

traffickers. Is the government equally 

vigorous in pursuing forced labor and 

sex trafficking, domestic and 

transnational trafficking, and crimes 

that involve its own nationals or foreign 

citizens? Were anti-trafficking laws 

equitably enforced, or were certain 

communities disproportionately 

affected? 

8. Does law enforcement pursue 

trafficking cases seeking to hold 

criminally accountable private 

employers or corporations for forced 

labor in supply chains? 

9. Do judges appear appropriately 

knowledgeable and sensitized to 

trafficking cases? Do they implement 

and encourage trauma-informed 

practices in their courts? 

10. Describe any allegations of official 

complicity in trafficking crimes, 

including of state-sponsored forced 

labor. What measures did the 

government take to end such practices? 

What proactive measures did the 

government take to prevent official 

complicity in trafficking in persons 

crimes? How did the government 

respond to reports of complicity during 

the reporting period, including 

investigations, prosecutions, 

convictions, and sentencing of complicit 

officials? Were these efforts sufficient? 

11. Is there evidence nationals of the 

country deployed abroad as part of a 

diplomatic, peacekeeping, or other 

similar mission have engaged in or 

facilitated trafficking, including in 

domestic servitude? Has the government 

vigorously investigated, prosecuted, 

convicted, and sentenced nationals 

engaged in these activities? 

12. If the government has entered into 

a bilateral, multilateral, or regional antitrafficking information-sharing and 

cooperation arrangements, is the 

agreement effective and has it resulted 

in concrete and measurable outcomes? 

Protection 

13. Did the government make a 

coordinated, proactive effort to identify 

victims of all forms of trafficking? If 

there were any new (or changes to 

preexisting) formal/standard procedures 

for screening for trafficking, including of 

individuals in immigration detention or 

removal proceedings, and for victim 

referral to protection services, were 

those procedures sufficient and how did 

the government implement them? 

14. If the government had written 

procedures to guide officials in referring 

potential trafficking victims to services 

(e.g., national referral mechanism, or a 

formal framework to complement victim 

identification procedures a government 

uses to ensure trafficking victims’ 

referral and access to protection 

services), were front-line officials across 

government sectors and other 

responsible stakeholders aware of the 

procedures and how to use them? Did 

officials implement the referral 

procedures and was implementation 

equitable across all affected 

populations? Did officials effectively 

coordinate among one another and with 

relevant NGOs to conduct screenings 

and refer victims to care? Did the 

referral procedures require victims to 

interact with law enforcement before 

being referred to social service 

providers? 

15. Did government policy require a 

person to be formally identified as a 

trafficking victim to receive certain 

services or benefits? If yes, which 

services or benefits were limited to 

persons formally identified as 

trafficking victims? If applicable, which 

officials or entities did the government 

authorize to formally identify 

individuals as trafficking victims? 

16. If commercial sex is legalized or 

decriminalized in the country, how did 

health officials, labor inspectors, or 

police identify trafficking victims 

among persons involved in commercial 

sex? If commercial sex is illegal, did the 

government proactively identify 

trafficking victims during law 

enforcement operations or other 

encounters with commercial sex 

establishments? 

17. Were there any new (or changes to 

preexisting) services available for 

victims and survivors (legal, medical, 

food, shelter, interpretation, mental 

health care, employment, training, etc.)? 

If NGOs provide the services, does the 

government adequately support their 

work either financially or otherwise? 

Did all victims and survivors of both 

labor and sex trafficking—regardless of 

citizenship, gender identity, racial/ 

ethnic identity, sexual orientation, 

religious affiliation, and physical 

ability—receive the same quality and 

level of access to services? 

18. What was the overall quality of 

victim care? How could victim services 

be improved? Are services victimcentered and trauma-informed? Were 

services linked to whether a victim 

assisted law enforcement or participated 

in a trial, or whether a trafficker was 

convicted? Were there populations that 

lacked access to care, including shelter 

and other services? 

19. Where were child victims placed 

(e.g., in shelters, foster care, or juvenile 

justice detention centers), and what 

kind of specialized care did they 

receive? 

20. If the government operates or 

funds any trafficking-specific hotlines 

(including those run by NGOs), did calls 

to those hotlines lead to victim 

identification, victim referral to care, 

and/or criminal investigations? 

21. What is the level of cooperation, 

communication, and trust between 

service providers and law enforcement? 

22. Were there means by which 

victims could obtain restitution from 

defendants in criminal cases or file civil 

suits against traffickers for damages, and 

did this happen in practice? Did 

prosecutors request and/or courts order 

restitution in all cases where it was 

required, and if not, why? 

23. Please provide observations on 

trafficking victims and survivors’ ability 

to access justice, as they define it, and 

the treatment of survivors throughout 

the criminal legal process. How did the 

government support victims who 

assisted in the investigation and 

prosecution of trafficking cases, and did 

it do so in a trauma-informed way? How 

did the government protect victims 

during the trial process and ensure 

victims were not re-traumatized during 

participation in the process? What, if 

any, alternatives were available to 

victims instead of speaking to law 

enforcement during investigations (for 

example, speaking to a victim-witness 

advocate, social worker, psychologist, 

etc.)? Did law enforcement allow a 

representative or advocate to 

accompany victims during interviews? 

In what ways could the government 

increase support for victims in 

prosecutions against traffickers? 

24. Did the government provide, 

through a formal policy or otherwise, 

temporary or permanent residency 

status, or other relief from deportation, 

for foreign national victims of human 

trafficking who may face retribution or 

hardship in the countries to which they 

would be deported? Were foreign 

national victims given the opportunity 

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temporary or permanent residency? 

Were such benefits linked to whether a 

victim assisted law enforcement, 

whether a victim participated in a trial, 

or whether there was a successful 

prosecution? Does the government 

repatriate victims who wish to return 

home or assist with third-country 

resettlement? Are victims awaiting 

repatriation or third-country 

resettlement offered services? Are 

victims indeed repatriated, or are they 

deported? 

25. Does the government effectively 

assist its nationals exploited abroad? 

Does the government work to ensure 

victims receive adequate assistance and 

support for their repatriation while in 

destination countries? Does the 

government provide adequate assistance 

to repatriated victims after their return 

to their countries of origin, and if so, 

what forms of assistance? 

26. Were potential trafficking victims 

incarcerated, fined, or otherwise 

penalized solely for unlawful acts 

committed as a direct result of being 

trafficked (e.g., subject to commercial 

sex, drug-related, or other criminal 

charges, or subject to deportation/ 

immigration enforcement or 

administrative penalties)? If so, do these 

victims disproportionately represent a 

certain gender, race, ethnicity, or other 

group or particular type of trafficking? 

Prevention 

27. What efforts has the government 

made to prevent human trafficking? Did 

the government take new or ongoing 

steps to ensure policies did not further 

marginalize communities already 

overrepresented among trafficking 

victims, increasing their risk to human 

trafficking? If so, did it take efforts to 

implement those policies? 

28. If the government had a national 

action plan to address trafficking, how 

was it implemented in practice? Were 

NGOs and other relevant civil society 

stakeholders consulted in the 

development and implementation of the 

plan? Who will monitor its 

implementation and/or measure its 

impact? 

29. Please describe any governmentfunded anti-trafficking information or 

education campaigns or training, 

whether aimed at the public or at 

specific sectors or stakeholders/actors. 

What strategies did the campaigns 

employ to ensure messaging and images 

did not legitimize and/or perpetuate 

harmful or racialized narratives and/or 

stereotypes about victims, survivors, 

and perpetrators? Were campaign 

materials readily available, cost-free, 

and accessible in various languages, 

including braille? Does the government 

provide financial support to NGOs 

working to promote public awareness? 

30. Did the government seek and 

include the input of survivors in 

crafting or implementing anti-trafficking 

laws, regulations, policies, or programs? 

If so, did the government take steps to 

ensure input was received and 

incorporated from a diverse group of 

survivors? 

31. How did the government regulate, 

oversee, and screen for trafficking 

indicators in the labor recruitment 

process, including for both licensed and 

unlicensed recruitment and placement 

agencies, individual recruiters, and subbrokers? Did the government prohibit 

(in any context) charging workers 

recruitment fees and prohibit the 

recruitment of workers through 

knowingly fraudulent job offers 

(including misrepresenting wages, 

working conditions, location, or nature 

of the job), contract switching, and 

confiscating or otherwise denying 

workers access to their identity 

documents? If there are laws or 

regulations on recruitment, did the 

government effectively enforce them? 

Did the government allow migrant 

workers to change employers in a timely 

manner without obtaining special 

permissions? 

32. Did the government coordinate 

with other governments (e.g., via 

bilateral agreements with migrant labor 

sending or receiving countries) on safe 

and responsible labor recruitment 

including prevention measures to target 

known trafficking indicators? To what 

extent were these implemented? Are 

workers (both nationals of the country 

and foreign nationals) in all industries 

(e.g., domestic work, agriculture, etc.) 

equally and sufficiently protected under 

existing labor laws? 

33. Did government policies, 

regulations, or agreements relating to 

migration, labor, trade, and investment 

facilitate vulnerabilities to, or incidence 

of, forced labor or sex trafficking? If so, 

what actions did the government take to 

ensure that its policies, regulations, and 

agreements relating to migration, labor, 

trade, border security measures, and 

investment did not facilitate trafficking? 

34. Did the government take tangible 

action to prevent forced labor in 

domestic or global supply chains? Did 

the government make any efforts to 

prohibit and prevent trafficking in the 

supply chains of its own public 

procurement? 

35. Did the government provide 

assistance to other governments in 

combating trafficking in persons 

through trainings or other assistance 

programs? 

36. What measures has the 

government taken to reduce its 

nationals’ or foreigners’ participation in 

domestic and extraterritorial child 

sexual exploitation? Note: This was 

previously covered as ‘‘child sex 

tourism.’’ 

Territories and Semi-Autonomous 

Regions 

37. Provide any information about 

trafficking trends and government antitrafficking efforts in dependent 

territories and semi-autonomous regions 

to prosecute traffickers, identify and 

provide services to victims, and prevent 

trafficking. 

Trafficking Profile 

38. Describe human trafficking trends, 

drivers, methods, source/destination 

dynamics, industries and sectors, 

impacted demographics, recruitment 

methods, etc. 

39. What groups, including vulnerable 

populations and underserved 

communities, are at particular risk of 

sex trafficking or forced labor? 

Vulnerable populations and 

underserved communities are 

populations sharing a particular 

characteristic, as well as geographic 

communities, that have been 

systematically denied a full opportunity 

to participate in aspects of economic, 

social, and civic life. This term may 

include, but is not limited to, women 

and girls, persons with disabilities, 

indigenous peoples, people of African 

descent, racial and ethnic minorities, 

refugees and internally displaced 

people, religious minorities, LGBTQI+ 

persons, rural residents, migrants, as 

well as those who are otherwise 

adversely affected by persistent poverty 

or inequality. Please also consider: 

adults arrested for engaging in 

commercial sex acts, undocumented 

migrants, asylum seekers, stateless 

persons, persons with severe mental 

illness, unhoused persons, children in 

welfare systems or aging out of such 

systems, previously incarcerated people, 

members of marginalized racial and 

ethnic communities, people in early or 

forced marriages, people living with 

HIV/AIDS, or individuals or 

communities living in conflict, crisis, or 

post-disaster settings. 

40. Are any Chinese, Cuban, or North 

Korean persons present in the country 

as part of government-to-government 

agreements and/or in foreign 

government-affiliated projects? If 

present, are these individuals subjected 

to or at high risk of forced labor? 

41. Provide any information about 

trafficking trends, general numerical 

data on victims identified, or risk factors 


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stemming from climate-related change 

or disasters, as well as any efforts to 

mitigate these vulnerabilities; emerging 

migration crises and associated 

vulnerabilities to human trafficking; the 

ongoing trafficking risk as a result of 

conflict; and the use of technology to 

recruit and exploit victims, including 

cyber or online scam operations 

involving indicators of trafficking. 

Child Soldiering 

42. Using the definition of ‘‘child 

soldier’’ as defined by the Child 

Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA), 

describe instances, cases, and reports, 

including anecdotal reports, of: 

a. Use of any person under the age of 

18 in direct hostilities as a member of 

governmental armed forces, police, or 

other security forces; 

b. Conscription or forced recruitment 

of persons under the age of 18 into 

governmental armed forces, police, or 

other security forces; 

c. Voluntary recruitment of any 

person under 15 years of age into 

governmental armed forces, police, or 

other security forces; 

d. Recruitment (forced or voluntary) 

or use in hostilities of persons under the 

age of 18 by armed groups distinct from 

the armed forces of a state. 

e. Abuse of male and female children 

recruited by governmental armed forces, 

police, or other security forces, and 

government-supported armed groups 

(e.g., sexual abuse or use for forced 

labor). Describe the manner and age of 

conscription, noting differences in 

treatment or conscription patterns based 

on gender. 

43. Did the government provide 

support to an armed group that recruits 

and/or uses child soldiers? What was 

the extent of the support (e.g., in-kind, 

financial, training, etc.)? Where did the 

provision of support occur (within the 

country or outside of the country)? In 

cases where the government was 

included on the CSPA list in 2024 based 

on its support to non-state armed groups 

that recruit and/or use child soldiers, 

describe whether the government took 

steps to pressure the group to cease its 

recruitment or use of child soldiers, 

publicly disavow the group’s 

recruitment or use of child soldiers, or 

cease its support to that group. 

44. Describe any government efforts to 

prevent or end child soldier recruitment 

or use, including efforts to disarm, 

demobilize, and reintegrate former child 

soldiers. (i.e., enacting any laws or 

regulations, implementing a United 

Nations Action Plan or Roadmap, 

specialized training for officials, 

procedures for age verification, etc.) 

Cynthia D. Dyer, 

Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and 

Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department 

of State. 

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Starship/Super Heavy Vehicle 

Increased Cadence at the Boca Chica 

Launch Site in Cameron County, Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability, notice of 

public comment period, notice of public 

meetings, and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPAimplementing regulations, and FAA 

Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of the 

Revised Draft Tiered Environmental 

Assessment for SpaceX’s proposal to 

increase the number of launches and 

landings of its Starship/Super Heavy 

vehicle at the Boca Chica Launch Site in 

Cameron County, Texas (Revised Draft 

EA), and its intent to hold public 

meetings. The Revised Draft EA 

analyzes SpaceX’s proposal to increase 

launch and landing cadence up to 25 

annual Starship/Super Heavy orbital 

launches, including: up to 25 annual 

landings of Starship (Second stage), and 

up to 25 annual landings of Super 

Heavy (First stage). The Revised Draft 

EA also addresses vehicle upgrades. 

DATES: No registration is required for the 

four in-person public meetings that will 

be held at the following dates and times 

(Central): 

• Tuesday, January 7, 2025; 1 p.m.–3 

p.m. & 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. CT. 

• Thursday, January 9, 2025; 1 p.m.– 

3 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. CT. 

Registration is required for the virtual 

public meeting that will be held on 

Monday, January 13, 2025; 5:30 p.m.– 

7:30 p.m. CT. 

The public comment period for the 

Revised Draft EA will close on January 

17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The locations for the 

meetings are as follows: 

• January 7, 2025; Texas Southmost 

College, Jacob Brown Auditorium, 600 

International Boulevard, Brownsville, 

TX 78520. 

• January 9, 2025; Port Isabel Event & 

Cultural Center, Queen Isabella Room, 

309 E Railroad Avenue, Port Isabel, TX 

78578. 

• January 13, 2025; Registration Link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/ 

register/WN_6f5su5mtTne_

vBr8MqJOLA, Dial-in phone number: 

888–788–0099 (Toll Free), Webinar ID: 

879 9253 6128, Passcode: 900729. 

The Revised Draft EA is available for 

review at https://www.faa.gov/space/ 

stakeholder_engagement/spacex_

starship. The FAA invites interested 

parties to submit comments on the 

Revised Draft EA. Public comments can 

be submitted electronically to 

www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 

FAA–2024–2006, by postal mail to Ms. 

Amy Hanson, FAA Environmental 

Specialist, SpaceX EA, c/o ICF 1902 

Reston Metro Plaza Reston, VA 20190, 

or delivered in written or verbal form 

during a public meeting. Instructions on 

how to submit comments can be found 

on the FAA web page at the address 

listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hanson at 847–243–7609 or 

SpaceXBocaChica@icf.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

will provide a pre-recorded presentation 

during the first half hour of the public 

meetings. The public will also have an 

opportunity to submit comments during 

the meetings. English-Spanish 

translation services will be provided. 

Both English and Spanish versions of 

the presentation will be made available 

to the public on December 16, 2024, on 

this website listed above. More 

information on the public meetings can 

be found at: https://www.faa.gov/space/ 

stakeholder_engagement/spacex_

starship. If any accommodation for the 

public meetings is needed (such as 

additional translation services), please 

submit a request by December 16, 2024, 

to the project email address: 

SpaceXBocaChica@icf.com. For any 

media inquiries, please contact the FAA 

Press Office at pressoffice@faa.gov. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask the FAA in your comment 

to withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, the 


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