H. R. 2200 

One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 

An Act 

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Frederick Douglass Trafficking 

Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES 

Subtitle A—Programs to Support Victims and Persons Vulnerable to Human 

Trafficking 

Sec. 101. Grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking. 

Sec. 102. Preventing future trafficking in the United States through receipt of complaints abroad. Sec. 103. Modification to grants for victims services. 

Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts to Prevent Human Trafficking 

Sec. 111. Required training to prevent human trafficking for certain contracting air 

carriers. 

Sec. 112. Ensuring United States procurement does not fund human trafficking. 

Sec. 113. Training course on human trafficking and government contracting. 

Sec. 114. Modifications to the Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 

Sec. 115. Sense of Congress on the Senior Policy Operating Group. 

Sec. 116. Best practices to prevent forced child labor trafficking. 

Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking in Persons in the United States 

Sec. 121. Demand reduction strategies in the United States. 

Sec. 122. Designation of a labor prosecutor to enhance State and local efforts to 

combat trafficking in persons. 

Sec. 123. Preventing human trafficking in foreign missions and diplomatic households. 

Sec. 124. Actions against significant traffickers in persons. 

Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, Forced, and Slave Labor 

Sec. 131. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 132. Report on the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 

Sec. 133. Modification to list of child-made and slavery-made goods. 

TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

Subtitle A—Efforts to Combat Trafficking 

Sec. 201. Including the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade Representative as a member of the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and 

Combat Trafficking. 

Sec. 202. Encouraging countries to maintain and share data on human trafficking 

efforts. 
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Sec. 203. Appropriate listing of governments involved in human trafficking. 

Sec. 204. Requirements for strategies to prevent trafficking. 

Sec. 205. Briefing on countries with primarily migrant workforces. 

Sec. 206. Report on recipients of funding from the United States Agency for International Development. 

Subtitle B—Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2018 

Sec. 211. Findings. 

Sec. 212. Amendments to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 

TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations under the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000. 

Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations under the International Megan’s Law. 

Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations for airport personnel training to identify 

and report human trafficking victims. 

TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN 

PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES 

Subtitle A—Programs to Support Victims 

and Persons Vulnerable to Human Trafficking 

SEC. 101. GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING. 

(a) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING.—Section 106(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7104(b)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING.— 

‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

‘‘(i) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘elementary school’, 

‘local educational agency’, ‘other staff’, and ‘secondary 

school’ have the meanings given the terms in section 

8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

‘‘(ii) HIGH-INTENSITY CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

AREA.—The term ‘high-intensity child sex trafficking 

area’ means a metropolitan area designated by the 

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as 

having a high rate of children involved in sex trafficking. 

‘‘(iii) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘labor trafficking’ means conduct described in section 103(9)(B) 

of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)). 

‘‘(iv) SCHOOL STAFF.—The term ‘school staff’ means 

teachers, nurses, school leaders and administrators, 

and other staff at elementary schools and secondary 

schools. 

‘‘(v) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex trafficking’ 

means the conduct described in section 103(9)(A) of 

the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)). 
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‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education 

and the Secretary of Labor, may award grants to local 

educational agencies, in partnership with a nonprofit, nongovernmental agency, to establish, expand, and support 

programs— 

‘‘(i) to educate school staff to recognize and respond 

to signs of labor trafficking and sex trafficking; and 

‘‘(ii) to provide age-appropriate information to students on how to avoid becoming victims of labor trafficking and sex trafficking. 

‘‘(C) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts awarded 

under this paragraph shall be used for— 

‘‘(i) education regarding— 

‘‘(I) avoiding becoming victims of labor trafficking and sex trafficking; 

‘‘(II) indicators that an individual is a victim 

or potential victim of labor trafficking or sex trafficking; 

‘‘(III) options and procedures for referring such 

an individual, as appropriate, to information on 

such trafficking and services available for victims 

of such trafficking; 

‘‘(IV) reporting requirements and procedures 

in accordance with applicable Federal and State 

law; and 

‘‘(V) how to carry out activities authorized 

under subparagraph (A)(ii); and 

‘‘(ii) a plan, developed and implemented in consultation with local law enforcement agencies, to 

ensure the safety of school staff and students reporting 

such trafficking. 

‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to local educational 

agencies serving a high-intensity child sex trafficking 

area.’’. 

(b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

113(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7110(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 107(b)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘sections 106(b) and 107(b)’’. 

SEC. 102. PREVENTING FUTURE TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES 

THROUGH RECEIPT OF COMPLAINTS ABROAD. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that 

each diplomatic or consular post or other mission designates an 

employee to be responsible for receiving information from— 

(1) any person who was a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons (as such term is defined in section 103(14) 

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

7102(14))) while present in the United States; or 

(2) any person who has information regarding a victim 

described in paragraph (1). 

(b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Any information received 

pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transmitted to the Department 

of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Department of Homeland 

Security, and to any other relevant Federal agency for appropriate 
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response. The Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other such 

relevant Federal agency shall establish a process to address any 

actions to be taken in response to such information. 

(c) ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—The employee 

designated for receiving information pursuant to subsection (a) 

should coordinate with foreign governments or civil society organizations in the countries of origin of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, with the permission of and without compromising 

the safety of such victims, to ensure that such victims receive 

any additional support available. 

SEC. 103. MODIFICATION TO GRANTS FOR VICTIMS SERVICES. 

Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘programs 

for’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘programs 

for victims of human trafficking, including programs that provide 

trauma-informed care or housing options to such victims who are— 

‘‘(i)(I) between 12 and 24 years of age; and 

‘‘(II) homeless, in foster care, or involved in the 

criminal justice system; 

‘‘(ii) transitioning out of the foster care system; 

or 

‘‘(iii) women or girls in underserved populations.’’. 

Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts to 

Prevent Human Trafficking 

SEC. 111. REQUIRED TRAINING TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTING AIR CARRIERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40118 of title 49, United States Code, 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(g) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator of General 

Services shall ensure that any contract entered into for provision 

of air transportation with a domestic carrier under this section 

requires that the contracting air carrier submits to the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Transportation, the 

Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, the 

Secretary of Labor and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection an annual report regarding— 

‘‘(1) the number of personnel trained in the detection and 

reporting of potential human trafficking (as described in paragraphs (9) and (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)), including the training 

required under section 44734(a)(4); 

‘‘(2) the number of notifications of potential human trafficking victims received from staff or other passengers; and 

‘‘(3) whether the air carrier notified the National Human 

Trafficking Hotline or law enforcement at the relevant airport 

of the potential human trafficking victim for each such notification of potential human trafficking, and if so, when the notification was made.’’. 

(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 

shall apply to any contract entered into after the date of enactment 

of this Act except for contracts entered into by the Secretary of 

Defense. 
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SEC. 112. ENSURING UNITED STATES PROCUREMENT DOES NOT FUND 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(k) AGENCY ACTION TO PREVENT FUNDING OF HUMAN TRAF- FICKING.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of 

the United States Agency for International Development, and 

the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

each submit a report to the Administrator of General Services 

that includes— 

‘‘(A) the name and contact information of the individual 

within the agency’s Office of Legal Counsel or Office of 

Acquisition Policy who is responsible for overseeing the 

implementation of— 

‘‘(i) subsection (g); 

‘‘(ii) title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104a et 

seq.); and 

‘‘(iii) any regulation in the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (48 C.F.R. 1 et seq.) that is related to 

any subject matter referred to in clause (i) or (ii); 

‘‘(B) agency action to ensure that contractors are educated on the applicable laws and regulations listed in 

subparagraph (A); 

‘‘(C) agency action to ensure that the acquisition 

workforce and agency officials understand implementation 

of the laws and regulations listed in subparagraph (A), 

including best practices for— 

‘‘(i) ensuring compliance with such laws and regulations; 

‘‘(ii) assessing the serious, repeated, willful, or 

pervasive nature of any violation of such laws or regulations; and 

‘‘(iii) evaluating steps contractors have taken to 

correct any such violation; 

‘‘(D)(i) the number of contracts containing language 

referring to the laws and regulations listed in subparagraph 

(A); and 

‘‘(ii) the number of contracts that did not contain any 

language referring to such laws and regulations; 

‘‘(E)(i) the number of allegations of severe forms of 

trafficking in persons received; and 

‘‘(ii) the source type of the allegation (such as contractor, subcontractor, employee of contractor or subcontractor, or an individual outside of the contract); 

‘‘(F)(i) the number of such allegations investigated by 

the agency; 

‘‘(ii) a summary of any findings from such investigations; and 

‘‘(iii) any improvements recommended by the agency 

to prevent such conduct from recurring; 

‘‘(G)(i) the number of such allegations referred to the 

Attorney General for prosecution under section 3271 of 

title 18, United States Code; and 

‘‘(ii) the outcomes of such referrals; 
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‘‘(H) any remedial action taken as a result of such 

investigation, including whether— 

‘‘(i) a contractor or subcontractor (at any tier) was 

debarred or suspended due to a violation of a law 

or regulation relating to severe forms of trafficking 

in persons; or 

‘‘(ii) a contract was terminated pursuant to subsection (g) as a result of such violation; 

‘‘(I) any other assistance offered to agency contractors 

to ensure compliance with a law or regulation relating 

to severe forms of trafficking in persons; 

‘‘(J) any interagency meetings or data sharing 

regarding suspended or disbarred contractors or subcontractors (at any tier) for severe forms of trafficking 

in persons; and 

‘‘(K) any contract with a contractor or subcontractor 

(at any tier) located outside the United States and the 

country location, where safe to reveal location, for each 

such contractor or subcontractor. 

‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this 

subsection, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ 

means— 

‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives; 

‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House 

of Representatives; 

‘‘(C) the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

of the House of Representatives; 

‘‘(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

of Representatives; 

‘‘(E) the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform of the House of Representatives; 

‘‘(F) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

‘‘(G) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; 

‘‘(H) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 

and 

‘‘(I) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions of the Senate.’’. 

SEC. 113. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. 

Any curriculum, including any continuing education curriculum, for the acquisition workforce used by the Federal Acquisition Institute established under section 1201 of title 41, United 

States Code, shall include at least 1 course, lasting at least 30 

minutes, regarding the law and regulations relating to human 

trafficking and contracting with the Federal Government. 

SEC. 114. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HUMAN 

TRAFFICKING. 

The Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act (section 

115 of Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (f), by amending paragraph (2) to read 

as follows: 

‘‘(2) shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in 

lieu of subsistence, in accordance with the applicable provisions 

under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

Code.’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘2021’’. 

SEC. 115. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SENIOR POLICY OPERATING 

GROUP. 

It is the sense of Congress that the Senior Policy Operating 

Group established under section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)) should create a working 

group to examine the role of demand reduction, both domestically 

and internationally, in achieving the purposes of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and the 

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (Public Law 114–22; 129 

Stat. 227). 

SEC. 116. BEST PRACTICES TO PREVENT FORCED CHILD LABOR TRAFFICKING. 

It is the sense of the Congress that— 

(1) the United States Government condemns, in the 

strongest terms, forced child labor, including in situations of 

trafficking; and 

(2) the President should work with the private sector to 

develop best practices and guidance for preventing forced child 

labor and indentured servitude, including in situations of trafficking. 

Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking in 

Persons in the United States 

SEC. 121. DEMAND REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN THE UNITED STATES. 

(a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TASK FORCE.—Section 105(d)(7) 

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

7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in subparagraph (R), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(S) tactics and strategies employed by human trafficking task forces sponsored by the Department of Justice 

to reduce demand for trafficking victims.’’. 

(b) REPORT ON STATE ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (e)(1)(A) of 

the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 

20709(e)(1)(A)) is amended— 

(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘rates’’ 

and inserting ‘‘number’’; 

(2) by inserting ‘‘, noting the number of covered offenders’’ 

after ‘‘covered offense’’ each place such term appears; 

(3) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘arrest’’ and inserting ‘‘arrests’’; 

(4) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘prosecution’’ and inserting 

‘‘prosecutions’’; and 

(5) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘conviction’’ and inserting 

‘‘convictions’’. 
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SEC. 122. DESIGNATION OF A LABOR PROSECUTOR TO ENHANCE STATE 

AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

Section 204(a)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20705(a)(1)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(F) as appropriate, to designate at least 1 prosecutor 

for cases of severe forms of trafficking in persons (as such 

term is defined in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)).’’. 

SEC. 123. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN MISSIONS 

AND DIPLOMATIC HOUSEHOLDS. 

Section 203(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1375c(a)) is 

amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘for such period as the Secretary determines necessary’’ and inserting ‘‘for a period of at least 

1 year, except if the Secretary determines and reports 

to the appropriate congressional committees, in advance, 

the reasons a shorter period is in the national interest,’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines’’ and all that 

follows and inserting ‘‘there is an unpaid default or final 

civil judgement directly or indirectly related to human 

trafficking against the employer or a family member 

assigned to the embassy, or the diplomatic mission or international organization hosting the employer or family 

member has not responded affirmatively to a request to 

waive immunity within 6 weeks of the request in a case 

brought by the United States Government and the country 

that accredited the employer or family member or, in the 

case of international organizations, the country of citizenship, has not initiated prosecution against the employer 

or family member.’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘a mechanism is in place’’ 

and inserting ‘‘, as applicable, the unpaid default judgment 

or final civil judgement has been resolved, the diplomatic mission or international organization hosting the employer or 

family member has waived immunity for the employer or family 

member or the country that accredited the employer or family 

member or the country of citizenship of the employer or family 

member completed the prosecution of the employer or family 

member, and the diplomatic mission or international organization hosting the employer or family member has a mechanism 

in place’’. 

SEC. 124. ACTIONS AGAINST SIGNIFICANT TRAFFICKERS IN PERSONS. 

Section 111(a)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7108(a)(1)) is amended— 

(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 

‘‘, or section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 

Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114– 
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328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note),’’ after ‘‘1701)’’ the second place 

it appears; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) Officials of a foreign government who participate 

in, facilitate, or condone severe forms of trafficking in persons for significant financial gain.’’. 

Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, Forced, and 

Slave Labor 

SEC. 131. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) foreign assistance that addresses poverty alleviation 

and humanitarian disasters reduces the vulnerability of men, 

women, and children to human trafficking and is a crucial 

part of the response of the United States to modern-day slavery; 

(2) the Deputy Under Secretary of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor and the 

grant programs administered by the Deputy Under Secretary 

play a critical role in preventing and protecting children from 

the worst forms of child labor, including situations of trafficking, and in reducing the vulnerabilities of men and women 

to situations of forced labor and trafficking; and 

(3) the Secretary of Labor also plays a critical role in 

helping other Federal departments and agencies to prevent 

goods made with forced and child labor from entering the 

United States by consulting with such departments and agencies to reduce forced and child labor internationally and 

ensuring that products made by forced labor and child labor 

in violation of international standards are not imported into 

the United States. 

SEC. 132. REPORT ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 307 OF THE 

TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

States shall submit a report to the committees listed in subsection 

(b) that describes any obstacles or challenges to enforcing section 

307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

(b) COMMITTEES.—The committees listed in this subsection 

are— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

(2) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

Representatives; 

(3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

of Representatives; 

(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 

(5) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

Representatives; 

(6) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(7) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

(8) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; 
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(9) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 

(10) the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) 

shall— 

(1) describe the role and best practices of private sector 

employers in the United States in complying with the provisions 

of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930; 

(2) describe any efforts or programs undertaken by relevant 

Federal, State, or local government agencies to encourage 

employers, directly or indirectly, to comply with such provisions; 

(3) describe the roles of the relevant Federal departments 

and agencies in overseeing and regulating such provisions, 

and the oversight and enforcement mechanisms used by such 

departments or agencies; 

(4) provide concrete, actual case studies or examples of 

how such provisions are enforced; 

(5) identify the number of petitions received and cases 

initiated (whether by petition or otherwise) or investigated 

by each relevant Federal department or agency charged with 

implementing and enforcing such provisions, as well as the 

dates petitions were received or investigations were initiated, 

and their current statuses; 

(6) identify any enforcement actions during the most recent 

10 years, including— 

(A) the issuance of Withhold Release Orders; 

(B) the detention of shipments; 

(C) the issuance of civil penalties; and 

(D) the formal charging with criminal charges relating 

to the forced labor scheme taken as a result of petitions 

and investigations identified pursuant to paragraph (5), 

organized by type of action, date of action, commodity, 

and country of origin; 

(7) with respect to any relevant petition filed during the 

10-year period immediately preceding the date of the enactment 

of this Act with the relevant Federal departments and agencies 

tasked with implementing such provisions, list the specific products, country of origin, manufacturer, importer, end-user or 

retailer, and outcomes of any investigation; 

(8) identify any gaps that may exist in enforcement of 

such provisions; 

(9) describe the engagement of the relevant Federal departments and agencies with stakeholders, including the engagement of importers, forced labor experts, and nongovernmental 

organizations; and 

(10) based on the information required under paragraphs 

(1) through (9)— 

(A) identify any regulatory obstacles or challenges to 

enforcement of such provisions; and 

(B) provide recommendations for actions that could 

be taken by the relevant Federal departments and agencies 

to overcome such obstacles. 

SEC. 133. MODIFICATION TO LIST OF CHILD-MADE AND SLAVERY-MADE 

GOODS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) 

is amended by inserting ‘‘, including, to the extent practicable, 
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goods that are produced with inputs that are produced with forced 

labor or child labor’’ after ‘‘international standards’’. 

(b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under section 113(f) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(f)), as amended by section 301, are 

authorized to be made available to carry out the purposes described 

in section 105(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)), as amended by subsection 

(a). 

TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 

TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

Subtitle A—Efforts to Combat Trafficking 

SEC. 201. INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND THE 

UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE AS A MEMBER 

OF THE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND 

COMBAT TRAFFICKING. 

Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the 

Treasury, the United States Trade Representative,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Education,’’. 

SEC. 202. ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN AND SHARE DATA 

ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING EFFORTS. 

Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘the capacity’’ and inserting ‘‘a demonstrably increasing capacity’’; and 

(B) by striking the last sentence; and 

(2) in paragraph (7)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘consistent with its resources’’ and 

inserting ‘‘, consistent with a demonstrably increasing 

capacity of such government to obtain such data,’’; and 

(B) by striking the last sentence. 

SEC. 203. APPROPRIATE LISTING OF GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED IN 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘absolute’’ and inserting ‘‘estimated’’; 

and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘and the country is not taking 

proportional concrete actions’’ before the semicolon at 

the end; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES ON SPECIAL

WATCH LIST THAT ARE DOWNGRADED AND REINSTATED ON

SPECIAL WATCH LIST.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs (D) 

and (E), a country may not be included on the special 
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watch list described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for more than 

1 consecutive year after the country— 

‘‘(i) was included on the special watch list described 

in subparagraph (A)(iii) for— 

‘‘(I) 2 consecutive years after the date of the 

enactment of subparagraph (D); and 

‘‘(II) any additional years after such date of 

enactment as a result of the President exercising 

the waiver authority under subparagraph (D)(ii); 

and 

‘‘(ii) was subsequently included on the list of countries described in paragraph (1)(C).’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3)— 

(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) 

as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) and moving such clauses 2 

ems to the right; 

(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as redesignated, 

by striking ‘‘In determinations’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In determinations’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) PROOF OF FAILURE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT

EFFORTS.—In addition to the considerations described in 

clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A), in determinations under paragraph (1)(C) as to whether the government 

of a country is not making significant efforts to bring 

itself into compliance with the minimum standards for 

the elimination of trafficking, the Secretary of State shall 

consider, as proof of failure to make significant efforts, 

a government policy or pattern of— 

‘‘(i) trafficking; 

‘‘(ii) trafficking in government-funded programs; 

‘‘(iii) forced labor (in government-affiliated medical 

services, agriculture, forestry, mining, construction, or 

other sectors); 

‘‘(iv) sexual slavery in government camps, compounds, or outposts; or 

‘‘(v) employing or recruiting child soldiers.’’. 

SEC. 204. REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING. 

(a) REPORT ON NEW PRACTICES TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 7 

years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

of the House of Representatives that— 

(A) describes any practices adopted by the Department 

of State or the United States Agency for International 

Development to better combat trafficking in persons, in 

accordance with the report submitted under section 

101(b)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, in order to reduce the risk of trafficking 

in post-conflict or post-disaster areas; or 
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(B) if no practices referred to in subparagraph (A) 

have been adopted, includes a strategy to reduce the risk 

of trafficking in such areas. 

(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each report submitted under 

paragraph (1) shall be posted on a publicly available internet 

website of the Department of State. 

(b) CHILD PROTECTION STRATEGIES IN WATCH LIST COUNTRIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United States 

Agency for International Development shall incorporate into 

the relevant country development cooperation strategy for each 

country on the list described in paragraph (1)(C) of section 

110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7107(b)) or the special watch list described in paragraph 

(2)(A)(iii) of such section, strategies for the protection of children 

and the reduction of the risk of trafficking. 

(2) COMPONENTS.—The child protection and trafficking 

reduction strategies required under paragraph (1) shall— 

(A) address the root causes of insecurity that leave 

children and youth vulnerable to trafficking; and 

(B) include common metrics and indicators to monitor 

progress across Federal agencies to prevent, address, and 

end violence against children and youth globally in postconflict and post-disaster areas. 

SEC. 205. BRIEFING ON COUNTRIES WITH PRIMARILY MIGRANT 

WORKFORCES. 

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide a briefing to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee 

on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the 

Judiciary of the House of Representatives that includes, with 

respect to each country that has a domestic workforce of which 

more than 80 percent are third-country nationals— 

(1) an assessment of the progress made by the government 

of such country toward implementing the recommendations 

with respect to such country contained in the most recent 

Trafficking in Persons Report submitted by the Secretary under 

section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), as amended by section 203 of this Act; 

and 

(2) a description of the efforts made by the United States 

to ensure that any domestic worker brought into the United 

States by an official of such country is not a victim of trafficking. 

SEC. 206. REPORT ON RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING FROM THE UNITED 

STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, and by October 1 of each of the following 4 years, the 

Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign 

Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 

Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that describes, with respect to the prior fiscal year— 
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(1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal funds by the 

Agency for the purpose of combating human trafficking and 

forced labor; and 

(2) with respect to each such obligation or expenditure, 

the program, project, activity, primary recipient, and any subgrantees or subcontractors. 

Subtitle B—Child Soldier Prevention Act 

of 2018 

SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds the following: 

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

is unacceptable for any government or government-supported 

entity receiving United States assistance. 

(2) The recruitment or use of children in armed conflict, 

including direct combat, support roles, and sexual slavery, 

occurred during 2016 or 2017 in Afghanistan, Iran, Mali, Niger, 

South Sudan, Sudan, Burma, the Democratic Republic of the 

Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. 

(3) Entities of the Government of Afghanistan, particularly 

the Afghan Local Police and Afghan National Police, continue 

to recruit children to serve as combatants or as servants, 

including as sex slaves. 

(4) Police forces of the Government of Afghanistan participate in counterterrorism operations, direct and indirect combat, 

security operations, fight alongside regular armies, and are 

targeted for violence by the Taliban and other opposition 

groups. 

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

by the Taliban after he had been publicly honored by Afghan 

local police forces for his assistance in combat operations 

against the Taliban. 

(6) Recruitment and use of children in armed conflict by 

government forces has continued in South Sudan with the 

return to hostilities. 

(7) At least 19,000 children have been recruited since South 

Sudan’s civil war began in 2013. 

SEC. 212. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT 

OF 2008. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 402(2) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c(2)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, police, or other 

security forces’’ after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’ each place 

such term appears; and 

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘clauses’’ and inserting 

‘‘clause’’. 

(b) PROHIBITION.—Section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention 

Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘, police, or other security forces,’’ 

after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘recruit and use child soldiers’’ and 

inserting ‘‘recruit or use child soldiers’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to read 

as follows: 

‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after the 

date on which each report is submitted under section 110(b) 

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

7107(b)), the Secretary of State shall formally notify each 

government included in the list under paragraph (1) that 

such government is included in such list. 

‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—As soon as practicable after making all of the notifications required under 

subparagraph (A) with respect to a report, the Secretary 

of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees that the requirements of subparagraph (A) have been 

met.’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the period at 

the end the following: ‘‘and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of such country is taking 

effective and continuing steps to address the problem of child 

soldiers’’; and 

(4) in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to a country’’ and all that follows through 

‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 541 of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) through the Defense 

Institute for International Legal Studies or the Center for CivilMilitary Relations at the Naval Post-Graduate School, and 

may provide nonlethal supplies (as defined in section 

2557(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code), to a country 

subject to the prohibition under subsection (a)’’. 

(c) REPORTS.—Section 405 of the Child Soldiers Prevention 

Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–2) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘, during any of the 5 years following 

the date of the enactment of this Act,’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘wavier’’ and inserting ‘‘waiver’’; 

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 

paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 

(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 

‘‘(2) a description and the amount of any assistance withheld under this title pursuant to the application to those countries of the prohibition in section 404(a);’’; and 

(D) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by inserting 

‘‘and the amount’’ after ‘‘a description’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

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

IN PERSONS REPORT.—If the Secretary of State notifies a country 

pursuant to section 404(b)(2), or the President grants a waiver 

pursuant to section 404(c)(1), the Secretary of State shall include, 

in each report required under section 110(b) of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), the information 

required to be included in the annual report to Congress under 

paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (c).’’. 

(d) ELIMINATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT BY AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES.— 

(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Department of State and the Department of Defense should 
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fully implement the recommendations in the Special Inspector 

General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s 2017 report on Child 

Sexual Assault in Afghanistan. 

(2) REPORT ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF REC- OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

of Defense shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the status of implementation, within their respective 

departments, of each recommendation included in the report 

referenced in paragraph (1). 

(3) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY EFFORTS TO MONITOR

ABUSES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

of Defense shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the status of interagency efforts to establish effective, 

coherent, and discrete reporting by United States personnel 

on child sexual abuse by Afghan security forces with whom 

they train or advise or to whom they provide assistance. 

(4) PRIORITIZATION AT MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON

AFGHANISTAN.—The Department of State shall ensure that the 

issue of child sexual assault by Afghan security forces is incorporated and elevated as an issue of international concern and 

focus at the next Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan, scheduled for November 27-28, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, with 

the goal of ending the illegal but ongoing practice known as 

‘‘bacha bazi’’. 

(5) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.— In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 

(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 

‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE

TASK FORCE.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

Department of State, for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 

2021, $13,822,000 for Diplomatic and Consular Programs of the 

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, which shall 

be used to carry out sections 105(e), 105(f), and 110, including 

for additional personnel.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘$14,500,000 for each 

of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’ and inserting 

‘‘$19,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, 

of which $3,500,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each 

fiscal year for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.’’; 

(3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (1) to read 

as follows: 
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‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING.—There are 

authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, for 

each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, $65,000,000, which 

shall be used— 

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

‘‘(B) to carry out section 134 of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d); 

‘‘(C) to assist countries in meeting the minimum standards described in section 108; and 

‘‘(D) for programs and activities on prevention, protection, and prosecution to combat all forms of trafficking 

in persons internationally, including training activities for 

law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and members of the 

judiciary with respect to trafficking in persons at the International Law Enforcement Academies.’’; and 

(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021.’’. 

SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child 

Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 21509) is amended 

by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 

SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AIRPORT PERSONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT HUMAN 

TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner 

of U.S. Customs and Border Protection $250,000 for each of the 

fiscal years 2018 through 2021 to expand outreach and live onsite anti-trafficking training for airport and airline personnel. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.