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Calendar No. 311 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1625 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

FEBRUARY 12, 2018 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 

1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons 

within the definition of transnational organized crime 

for purposes of the rewards program of the Department 

of State, 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 ‘‘Targeted Rewards for 

5 the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking’’ or the 

6 ‘‘TARGET Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Trafficking in persons is a major 

4 transnational crime that threatens United States na5 tional security and humanitarian interests. 

6 (2) Trafficking in persons is increasingly per7 petrated by organized, sophisticated criminal enter8 prises. 

9 (3) Combating trafficking in persons requires a 

10 global approach to identifying and apprehending the 

11 world’s worst human trafficking rings. 

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con13 gress that the Department of State’s rewards program is 

14 a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international 

15 crime and that the Department of State and Federal law 

16 enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that 

17 target human traffickers who threaten United States na18 tional security and humanitarian interests by preying on 

19 the most vulnerable people around the world. 

20 SEC. 3. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 

21 Paragraph (5) of section 36(k) of the State Depart22 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)) 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

25 by striking ‘‘means’’; 


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1 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

2 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving 

3 such clauses, as so redesignated, two ems to the 

4 right; 

5 (3) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesig6 nated, the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) means—’’; 

8 (4) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking 

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

10 (5) by adding at the end following new subpara11 graph: 

12 ‘‘(B) includes severe forms of trafficking in 

13 persons, as such term is defined in section 103 

14 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

15 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Targeted Rewards for 

18 the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking’’ or the 

19 ‘‘TARGET Act’’. 

20 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

22 (1) Trafficking in persons is a major 

23 transnational crime, as recognized by the Trafficking 

24 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et 

25 seq.; division A of Public Law 106–386). 


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1 (2) Trafficking in persons is increasingly per2 petrated by organized, sophisticated criminal enter3 prises. 

4 (3) Combating trafficking in persons requires a 

5 global approach to identifying and apprehending the 

6 world’s worst human trafficking rings. 

7 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

8 that the Department of State’s rewards program is a power9 ful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and 

10 that the Department of State and Federal law enforcement 

11 should work in concert to offer rewards that target human 

12 traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around 

13 the world. 

14 SEC. 3. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 

15 Section 36(k)(5) of the State Department Basic Au16 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)(5)) is amended— 

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

18 by striking ‘‘means’’; 

19 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

20 as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving such 

21 clauses, as redesignated, 2 ems to the right; 

22 (3) by inserting before clause (i), as redesignated, 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) means—’’; 


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1 (4) in clause (ii), as redesignated, by striking the 

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

3 (5) by adding at the end following: 

4 ‘‘(B) includes severe forms of trafficking in 

5 persons (as defined in section 103 of the Traf6 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

7 U.S.C. 7102)) involving at least 1 jurisdiction 

8 outside of the United States.’’. 


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Calendar No. 311 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1625 

AN ACT 

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities 

purposes. gram of the Department of State, and for other organized crime for purposes of the rewards proin persons within the definition of transnational Act of 1956 to include severe forms of trafficking 

FEBRUARY 12, 2018 

Reported with an amendment 


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