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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2200 

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

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2017 

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. ROYCE of California, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, 

Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. POE of Texas, and Mr. COSTELLO

of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 

Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, 

and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000, 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 ‘‘Frederick Douglass 

5 Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthor6 ization Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 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. 111. Ensuring children are educated to avoid traffickers. 

Sec. 112. Preventing future trafficking in the United States through receipt of 

complaints abroad. 

Sec. 113. Human Trafficking Victims Reintegration Through Employment Program. 

Sec. 114. Modification to grants for victims services. 

Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts To Prevent Human Trafficking 

Sec. 121. Required training to prevent human trafficking for certain contracting air carriers. 

Sec. 122. Priority for use of funds for lodging expenses at accommodations 

lacking certain policies relating to child sexual exploitation. 

Sec. 123. Ensuring United States procurement does not fund human trafficking. 

Sec. 124. Training course on human trafficking and Government contracting. 

Sec. 125. Modifications to the Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 

Sec. 126. Sense of Congress on strengthening Federal efforts to reduce demand. 

Sec. 127. Sense of Congress on the Senior Policy Operating Group. 

Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking in Persons in the United States 

Sec. 131. Demand reduction strategies in the United States. 

Sec. 132. Designation of a labor prosecutor to enhance State and local efforts 

to combat trafficking in persons. 

Sec. 133. Preventing human trafficking in foreign missions and diplomatic 

households. 

Sec. 134. Encouraging State and local crime-tip organization to reward tips 

fighting human trafficking. 

Sec. 135. Ensuring that traffickers help pay for care for victims. 

Sec. 136. Exempting from Federal income taxation civil damages awarded 

under section 1595 of title 18, United States Code. 

Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, Forced, and Slave Labor 

Sec. 141. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 142. Report on the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 

Sec. 143. Modification to list of child-made and slavery-made goods. 

TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

Subtitle A—Monitoring Efforts To Combat Trafficking 


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Sec. 211. 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. 212. Encouraging countries to maintain and share data on human trafficking efforts. 

Sec. 213. Appropriate listing of governments involved in human trafficking. 

Sec. 214. Requirements for strategies to prevent trafficking. 

Subtitle B—Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017 

Sec. 221. Findings. 

Sec. 222. 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 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005. 

Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations for enhancing efforts to combat the 

trafficking of children. 

Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations under the International Megan’s 

Law. 

Sec. 305. Authorization of appropriations for airport personnel training to identify and report human trafficking victims. 

Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations in support of the United State Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 

Sec. 307. Transparency in anti-trafficking expenditures. 

1 TITLE I—COMBATING TRAF2 FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE 

3 UNITED STATES 

4 Subtitle A—Programs To Support 

5 Victims and Persons Vulnerable 

6 to Human Trafficking 

7 SEC. 111. ENSURING CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED TO AVOID 

8 TRAFFICKERS. 

9 Paragraph (5) of section 4108 of the Elementary and 

10 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7118) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

13 the end; 


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1 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 

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

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(J) educating children on the signs and 

6 dangers of severe forms of trafficking in per7 sons (as such term is defined in section 103(9) 

8 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

9 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))).’’. 

10 SEC. 112. PREVENTING FUTURE TRAFFICKING IN THE 

11 UNITED STATES THROUGH RECEIPT OF COM12 PLAINTS ABROAD. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall en14 sure that each diplomatic or consular post or other mission 

15 designates an employee to be responsible for receiving in16 formation from any person who was a victim of a severe 

17 form of trafficking in persons (as such term is defined 

18 in section 103(14) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

19 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(14))) while present in the 

20 United States, or any person who has information regard21 ing such a victim. 

22 (b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Any information 

23 received pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transmitted 

24 to the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, 

25 the Department of Homeland Security, and to any other 


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1 relevant Federal agency for appropriate response. The At2 torney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the head of 

3 any other such relevant Federal agency shall establish a 

4 process to address any actions to be taken in response to 

5 such information. 

6 (c) ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.— 

7 The employee designated for receiving information pursu8 ant to subsection (a) should coordinate with foreign gov9 ernments or civil society organizations in the countries of 

10 origin of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, 

11 with the permission of and without compromising the safe12 ty of such victims, to ensure that such victims receive any 

13 additional support available. 

14 SEC. 113. HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS REINTEGRATION 

15 THROUGH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—For the purpose described in 

17 subsection (b), the Secretary of Health and Human Serv18 ices may carry out a Human Trafficking Victims Re19 integration Through Employment Program. 

20 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Program shall be 

21 to prevent the re-exploitation of eligible individuals who 

22 have been removed from trafficking situations, by assist23 ing such individuals to integrate or reintegrate into society 

24 through the attainment of employment skills necessary to 

25 achieve self-sufficiency. 


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1 (c) SERVICES PROVIDED.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Services provided and fund3 ed by the Program shall include— 

4 (A) enrollment and participation in— 

5 (i) basic education, including literacy 

6 education and English as a second lan7 guage education; 

8 (ii) job-related skills training; 

9 (iii) vocational and certificate pro10 grams; and 

11 (iv) programs for attaining a regular 

12 high school diploma or its recognized 

13 equivalent; 

14 (B) life-skill training programs, including 

15 management of personal finances, self-care, and 

16 parenting classes; 

17 (C) re ́sume ́ creation and review; 

18 (D) interview coaching and counseling; 

19 (E) assistance with expungement of crimi20 nal records when such records are for non21 violent crimes that were committed as a con22 sequence of the eligible individual’s victimiza23 tion; 

24 (F) assistance with enrollment in college or 

25 technical school; and 


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1 (G) other programs and services that help 

2 eligible individuals to achieve self-sufficiency. 

3 (2) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may 

4 receive services through the Program for a period of 

5 not more than three years. 

6 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 

7 availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Health and 

8 Human Services shall enter into cooperative agreements 

9 with one or more eligible organizations to carry out this 

10 section. 

11 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘eligible individual’’ means a do13 mestic or foreign victim of human trafficking who is 

14 eligible to receive services under section 107 of the 

15 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

16 U.S.C. 7105), as amended by section 115 of this 

17 Act. 

18 (2) The ‘‘eligible organization’’ means a service 

19 provider meeting the following: 

20 (A) With respect to a service provider for 

21 trafficking victims served by the Program who 

22 are not United States citizens, the provider 

23 has— 

24 (i) expertise in serving foreign-born 

25 victims of human trafficking; 


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1 (ii) a national presence with local 

2 reach and strong local connections; and 

3 (iii) experience in utilizing national 

4 networks to serve victims and collecting 

5 data from local programs. 

6 (B) With respect to a service provider for 

7 trafficking victims served by the Program who 

8 are United States citizens, the provider has ex9 perience working with trafficking victims who 

10 are United States citizens, including those who 

11 have been identified as the victims of commer12 cial sexual exploitation as children. 

13 (3) The term ‘‘Program’’ means the Human 

14 Trafficking Victims Stabilization and Reintegration 

15 Through Employment Program under this section. 

16 (4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

17 of Health and Human Services. 

18 (f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—In allocating amounts 

19 made available for cooperative agreements under this sec20 tion between victims of human trafficking who are United 

21 States citizens and those who are not, the Secretary shall 

22 take into account the eligibility of victims for other Fed23 eral, State, and local services and funding. 

24 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

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1 (22 U.S.C. 7110(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘To carry out 

2 the purposes of section 107(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘To carry 

3 out the purposes of section 107(b) of this Act and section 

4 114 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Pre5 vention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 114. MODIFICATION TO GRANTS FOR VICTIMS SERV7 ICES. 

8 Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro9 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘programs for’’ and all that follows and insert11 ing the following: ‘‘programs for victims of human traf12 ficking, including programs that provide trauma-informed 

13 care or long-term housing options to such victims who 

14 are— 

15 ‘‘(i) between the ages of 12 and 24 

16 and who are homeless, in foster care, or in17 volved in the criminal justice system; 

18 ‘‘(ii) transitioning out of the foster 

19 care system; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) women or girls in underserved 

21 populations.’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts 

2 To Prevent Human Trafficking 

3 SEC. 121. REQUIRED TRAINING TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAF4 FICKING FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTING AIR 

5 CARRIERS. 

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

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(g) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator 

10 of General Services shall ensure that any contract entered 

11 into for provision of air transportation under this section 

12 requires that the contracting air carrier provides to the 

13 Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Trans14 portation, the Administrator of the Transportation Secu15 rity Administration, and the Commissioner of U.S. Cus16 toms and Border Protection an annual report regarding— 

17 ‘‘(1) the number of personnel trained in the de18 tection and reporting of potential human trafficking 

19 (as described in paragraphs (9) and (10) of section 

20 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

21 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)), including the training re22 quired under section 44734(a)(4); 

23 ‘‘(2) the number of notifications of potential 

24 human trafficking victims received from staff or 

25 other passengers; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) whether the air carrier notified law en2 forcement at the relevant airport of the potential 

3 human trafficking victim for each such notification 

4 of potential human trafficking, and if so, when the 

5 notification was made.’’. 

6 (b) TRAINING OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND PI7 LOTS.—Section 44734 of title 49, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in the heading by inserting ‘‘and pilots’’ 

10 after ‘‘flight attendants’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘and pilots’’ after ‘‘flight 

13 attendants’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘airline-industry-specific’’ 

15 after ‘‘annual’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘and pilots’’ 

17 after ‘‘flight attendants’’. 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec19 tions for chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is 

20 amended by striking the item related to section 44734 and 

21 inserting the following: 

‘‘44734. Training of flight attendants and pilots.’’. 

22 (d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub23 section (a) shall apply to any contract entered into after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 122. PRIORITY FOR USE OF FUNDS FOR LODGING EX2 PENSES AT ACCOMMODATIONS LACKING 

3 CERTAIN POLICIES RELATING TO CHILD SEX4 UAL EXPLOITATION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 

6 5, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 

7 the end the following: 

8 ‘‘§ 5713. Priority for use of funds for lodging expenses 

9 at accommodations lacking certain poli10 cies relating to child sexual exploitation. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of making pay12 ments under this chapter for lodging expenses each agency 

13 shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, any commer14 cial-lodging room nights for employees of that agency are 

15 booked in a preferred place of accommodation. 

16 ‘‘(b) PREFERRED PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION DE17 FINED.—In this section, ‘preferred place of accommoda18 tion’ means a commercial place of accommodation that— 

19 ‘‘(1) has a zero-tolerance policy in place regard20 ing the sexual exploitation of children (as described 

21 in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro22 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A))) within 

23 the accommodation; 

24 ‘‘(2) has procedures in place to identify and re25 port any such exploitation to the appropriate au26 thorities; 


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1 ‘‘(3) makes training materials available to all 

2 employees to prevent such exploitation; 

3 ‘‘(4) has trained all employees annually on the 

4 identification of possible cases of such exploitation 

5 and procedures to report suspected abuse to the ap6 propriate authorities; 

7 ‘‘(5) protects employees who report suspected 

8 cases of such exploitation according to the protocol 

9 identified in training; and 

10 ‘‘(6) keeps records of the number of suspected 

11 cases of such exploitation, including the reasons for 

12 suspicion, title of employee who reported the sus13 picion, and where the report was made. 

14 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Administrator 

15 of General Services shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) maintain a list of each preferred place of 

17 accommodation; and 

18 ‘‘(2) issue such regulations as are necessary to 

19 carry out this section.’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec21 tions for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 

22 States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 

23 following new item: 

‘‘5713. Priority for use of funds for lodging expenses at accommodations lacking 

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1 SEC. 123. ENSURING UNITED STATES PROCUREMENT DOES 

2 NOT FUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

3 Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

4 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(k) AGENCY ACTION TO PREVENT FUNDING OF

7 HUMAN TRAFFICKING.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 

9 Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Labor, Adminis10 trator of the United States Agency for International 

11 Development, and Director of the Office of Manage12 ment and Budget shall each submit to the Adminis13 trator of General Services (who shall submit the re14 ports to the appropriate congressional committees), 

15 at the end of each fiscal year, a report that includes 

16 each of the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) The name and contact information of 

18 the individual within the agency’s office of legal 

19 counsel or office of acquisition policy who is re20 sponsible for overseeing the implementation of 

21 subsection (g) of this section, title XVII of the 

22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

23 Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104a et seq.), and any 

24 related regulation in the Federal Acquisition 

25 Regulation (including the Federal Acquisition 


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1 Regulation; Ending Trafficking in Persons (48 

2 C.F.R. Parts 1, 2, 9, 12, 22, 42, and 52)). 

3 ‘‘(B) Agency action to ensure contractors 

4 are educated on the applicable laws and regula5 tions listed in subparagraph (A). 

6 ‘‘(C) Agency action to ensure the acquisi7 tion workforce and agency officials understand 

8 implementation of the laws and regulations list9 ed in subparagraph (A), including best practices 

10 for— 

11 ‘‘(i) ensuring compliance with such 

12 laws and regulations; 

13 ‘‘(ii) assessing the serious, repeated, 

14 willful, or pervasive nature of any violation 

15 of such laws or regulations; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) evaluating steps contractors 

17 have taken to correct any such violation. 

18 ‘‘(D) The number of contracts containing 

19 language referring to the laws and regulations 

20 listed in subparagraph (A) and the number of 

21 contracts that did not contain any language re22 ferring to the laws and regulations listed in 

23 subparagraph (A). 

24 ‘‘(E) The number of allegations of severe 

25 forms of trafficking in persons received and the 


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1 source of the allegation (contractor, subcon2 tractor, employee of contractor or subcon3 tractor, or an individual outside of the con4 tract). 

5 ‘‘(F) The number of such allegations inves6 tigated by the agency, a summary of any find7 ings of such investigation, and any improve8 ments recommended by the agency to prevent 

9 such conduct from recurring. 

10 ‘‘(G) The number of such allegations re11 ferred to the Attorney General for prosecution 

12 under section 3271 of title 18, United States 

13 Code, and the outcomes of such referrals. 

14 ‘‘(H) Any remedial action taken as a result 

15 of such investigation, including whether— 

16 ‘‘(i) a contractor or subcontractor (at 

17 any tier) was debarred or suspended due to 

18 a violation of a law or regulation relating 

19 to severe forms of trafficking in persons; 

20 or 

21 ‘‘(ii) a contract was terminated pursu22 ant to subsection (g) as a result of such 

23 violation. 

24 ‘‘(I) Any other assistance offered to agency 

25 contractors to ensure compliance with a law or 


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1 regulation relating to severe forms of traf2 ficking in persons. 

3 ‘‘(J) Any interagency meetings or data 

4 sharing regarding suspended or disbarred con5 tractors or subcontractors (at any tier) for se6 vere forms of trafficking in persons. 

7 ‘‘(K) Any contract with a contractor or 

8 subcontractor (at any tier) located outside the 

9 United States and the country location for each 

10 such contractor or subcontractor. 

11 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 

13 congressional committees’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 

15 Armed Services, and Education and the Work16 force of the House of Representatives; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 

18 Armed Services, and Health, Education, Labor, 

19 and Pensions of the Senate.’’. 

20 SEC. 124. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 

21 GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. 

22 Any curriculum (including any continuing education 

23 curriculum) for the acquisition workforce used by the Fed24 eral Acquisition Institute established under section 1201 

25 of title 41, United States Code, or the Defense Acquisition 


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1 University established under section 1746 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, shall include a 30-minute course on 

3 the law and regulations relating to human trafficking and 

4 Government contracting. 

5 SEC. 125. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

6 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

7 Section 115 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

8 Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (f)(2), to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(2) shall receive travel expenses, including per 

12 diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with the 

13 applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 

14 57 of title 5, United States Code.’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

17 SEC. 126. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING FED18 ERAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE DEMAND. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that— 

20 (1) all Federal anti-trafficking training (includ21 ing training under section 114(c) of the Justice for 

22 Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 

23 14044g(c)) and under section 107(c)(4) of the Traf24 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

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1 tors, and State and local law enforcement officials 

2 should— 

3 (A) explain the circumstances under which 

4 sex buyers are considered parties to the crime 

5 of trafficking; 

6 (B) provide best practices for arresting or 

7 prosecuting buyers of illegal sex acts as a form 

8 of sex trafficking prevention; and 

9 (C) specify that any comprehensive ap10 proach to eliminating trafficking must include a 

11 demand reduction component; and 

12 (2) any request for proposals for grants or co13 operative agreement opportunities issued by the At14 torney General with respect to the prevention of 

15 trafficking should include specific language with re16 spect to demand reduction. 

17 SEC. 127. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SENIOR POLICY OP18 ERATING GROUP. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that the Senior Policy Op20 erating Group established under section 105(g) of the 

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

22 7103(g)) should create a working group to examine the 

23 role of demand reduction, both domestically and inter24 nationally, in achieving the purposes of the Justice for 

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1 227) and Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

2 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

3 Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking 

4 in Persons in the United States 

5 SEC. 131. DEMAND REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN THE 

6 UNITED STATES. 

7 (a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TASK FORCE.—Sec8 tion 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

9 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

11 at the end; 

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

13 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(S) tactics and strategies employed by 

17 human trafficking task forces sponsored by the 

18 Department of Justice to reduce demand for 

19 trafficking victims.’’. 

20 (b) REPORT ON STATE ENFORCEMENT.—Section 

21 114(e)(1)(A) of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act 

22 of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 14044g(e)(1)(A)) is amended by in23 serting ‘‘, noting the number of buyers of trafficked per24 sons included in the rate’’ after ‘‘covered offense’’ in each 

25 place it occurs. 


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1 (c) UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS.—Section 237(b) of 

2 the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 

3 Reauthorization Act of 2008 (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

6 end; 

7 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

8 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

10 ‘‘(4) incidents of assisting or promoting pros11 titution, as described in paragraph (1), of a person 

12 under the age of 18; and 

13 ‘‘(5) incidents of purchasing or soliciting com14 mercial sex acts, as described in paragraph (2), with 

15 an individual under the age of 18.’’. 

16 SEC. 132. DESIGNATION OF A LABOR PROSECUTOR TO EN17 HANCE STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COM18 BAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

19 Section 204(a)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protec20 tion Reauthorization Act of 2005 is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; 

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

24 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(F) where appropriate, to designate at 

4 least one prosecutor for cases of severe forms of 

5 trafficking in persons (as such term is defined 

6 in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims 

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

8 SEC. 133. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN 

9 MISSIONS AND DIPLOMATIC HOUSEHOLDS. 

10 Subsection (a) of section 203 of the William Wilber11 force Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

12 of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1375c) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘for such period as the 

15 Secretary determines necessary’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘for the period of at least one year or longer if 

17 the Secretary determines a longer period is nec18 essary’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines 

20 that there is’’ and all that follows until the end 

21 of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘there is an un22 paid default judgement directly or indirectly re23 lated to human trafficking against the employer 

24 or a family member accredited by the embassy, 

25 the employer or family member has refused to 


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1 agree to a voluntary interview with United 

2 States law enforcement, or the diplomatic mis3 sion or international organization hosting the 

4 employer or family member has refused to 

5 waive immunity in a human trafficking case 

6 brought by the United States Government or to 

7 agree to prosecute the case in the country that 

8 accredited the employer or family member.’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘is in place’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘, as applicable, the de13 fault judgment has been resolved, the employer 

14 or family member has agreed to meet with 

15 United States law enforcement, the diplomatic 

16 mission or international organization hosting 

17 the employer or family member has waived im18 munity for the employer or family member or 

19 agreed to prosecute the case in the country that 

20 accredited the employer or family member, or 

21 the diplomatic mission or international organi22 zation hosting the employer or family member 

23 has in place’’ after ‘‘appropriate congressional 

24 committees that’’. 


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1 SEC. 134. ENCOURAGING STATE AND LOCAL CRIME-TIP OR2 GANIZATION TO REWARD TIPS FIGHTING 

3 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

4 Section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

7 the end; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 

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

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(J) at the discretion of the Attorney Gen13 eral, payments to reimburse operating expenses 

14 and program costs incurred by crime tip organi15 zations that annually waive their qualification 

16 for awards for information leading to forfeiture 

17 under subparagraph (C), and annually waive 

18 their qualification for receiving payment from 

19 equitably shared forfeiture funds, and offer re20 wards for information about violations of Fed21 eral criminal laws against human trafficking.’’. 

22 SEC. 135. ENSURING THAT TRAFFICKERS HELP PAY FOR 

23 CARE FOR VICTIMS. 

24 Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

25 amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 136. EXEMPTING FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION 

2 CIVIL DAMAGES AWARDED UNDER SECTION 

3 1595 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap5 ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 

6 by inserting after section 139F the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 139G. CERTAIN AMOUNT RECEIVED AS CIVIL DAM8 AGES AS RECOMPENSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN 

9 PERSONS. 

10 ‘‘(a) EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME.—Gross in11 come shall not include any civil damages, restitution, or 

12 other monetary award (including compensatory or statu13 tory damages and restitution imposed in a criminal mat14 ter) awarded in an action under section 1595 of title 18, 

15 United States Code.’’. 

16 Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, 

17 Forced, and Slave Labor 

18 SEC. 141. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that— 

20 (1) foreign assistance that addresses poverty-al21 leviation and humanitarian disasters reduces the vul22 nerability of men, women, and children to human 

23 trafficking and is a crucial part of the response of 

24 the United States to modern-day slavery; 

25 (2) the Deputy Undersecretary of the Bureau 

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1 Labor plays a critical role in preventing and pro2 tecting children from the worst forms of child labor, 

3 including situations of trafficking, and in reducing 

4 the vulnerabilities of men and women to situations 

5 of forced labor and trafficking; and 

6 (3) the Secretary of Labor also plays a critical 

7 role in helping other Federal departments and agen8 cies to prevent goods made with forced and child 

9 labor from entering the United States by consulting 

10 with such departments and agencies to reduce forced 

11 and child labor internationally and ensuring that 

12 products made by forced labor and child labor in vio13 lation of international standards are not imported 

14 into the United States. 

15 SEC. 142. REPORT ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 307 

16 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

19 of the United States shall submit to the committees listed 

20 in subsection (b) a report describing any obstacles or chal21 lenges to enforcing section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

22 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

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1 (1) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Finan2 cial Services, Energy and Commerce, and the Judici3 ary of the House of Representatives; and 

4 (2) the Committees on the Judiciary, Health, 

5 Education, Labor, and Pensions, Foreign Relations, 

6 Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Fi7 nance of the Senate. 

8 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under sub9 section (a) shall— 

10 (1) describe the role and best practices of pri11 vate-sector employers in the United States in enforc12 ing the provisions of section 307 of the Tariff Act 

13 of 1930; 

14 (2) describe any efforts or programs under15 taken by relevant Federal, State, or local govern16 ment agencies to encourage employers, directly or 

17 indirectly, to comply with such provisions; 

18 (3) describe the roles of the relevant Federal 

19 departments and agencies in overseeing and regu20 lating such provisions, and the oversight and en21 forcement mechanisms used by such departments or 

22 agencies; 

23 (4) provide concrete, actual case studies or ex24 amples of how such provisions are enforced; 


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1 (5) identify the number of petitions received 

2 and cases initiated (whether by petition or other3 wise) or investigated by each relevant Federal de4 partment or agency charged with implementing and 

5 enforcing such provisions, as well as the dates peti6 tions were received or investigations were initiated, 

7 and their current statuses; 

8 (6) identify any enforcement actions, including, 

9 but not limited to, the issuance of Withhold Release 

10 Orders, the detention of shipments, the issuance of 

11 civil penalties, and the formal charging with criminal 

12 charges relating to the forced labor scheme, taken as 

13 a result of these petitions and investigations by type 

14 of action, date of action, commodity, and country of 

15 origin in the past 10 years; 

16 (7) with respect to any relevant petition filed 

17 during the 10-year period prior to the date of the 

18 enactment of this Act with the relevant Federal de19 partments and agencies tasked with implementing 

20 such provisions, list the specific products, country of 

21 origin, manufacturer, importer, end-user or retailer, 

22 and outcomes of any investigation; 

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1 (9) describe the engagement of the relevant 

2 Federal departments and agencies with stakeholders, 

3 including the engagement of importers, forced labor 

4 experts, and nongovernmental organizations; and 

5 (10) based on the information required by para6 graphs (1) through (9), identify any regulatory ob7 stacles or challenges to enforcement of such provi8 sions and provide recommendations for actions that 

9 could be taken by the relevant Federal departments 

10 and agencies to overcome these obstacles. 

11 SEC. 143. MODIFICATION TO LIST OF CHILD-MADE AND 

12 SLAVERY-MADE GOODS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Traf14 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 

15 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, in16 cluding, to the extent practicable, goods that are produced 

17 with inputs that are produced with forced labor or child 

18 labor’’ after ‘‘international standards’’. 

19 (b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA20 TIONS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authoriza21 tion of appropriations under section 113(f) of the Traf22 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

23 7110(f)), as amended by section 301(a) of this Act, are 

24 authorized to be made available to carry out the purposes 

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1 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 

2 7112(b)(2)), as amended by subsection (a). 

3 TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 

4 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

5 Subtitle A—Monitoring Efforts To 

6 Combat Trafficking 

7 SEC. 211. INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 

8 AND THE UNITED STATES TRADE REP9 RESENTATIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE INTER10 AGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COM11 BAT TRAFFICKING. 

12 Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

13 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by inserting 

14 ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Trade 

15 Representative,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Education,’’. 

16 SEC. 212. ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN AND 

17 SHARE DATA ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING EF18 FORTS. 

19 Paragraphs (1) and (7) of section 108(b) of the Traf20 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106 

21 (b)(1) and (b)(7)) are each amended by striking the final 

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1 SEC. 213. APPROPRIATE LISTING OF GOVERNMENTS IN2 VOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

3 Subsection (b) of section 110 of the Trafficking Vic4 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is 

5 amended as follows: 

6 (1) In paragraph (1)(C)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘and whose governments 

8 do not’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘and whose 

9 governments— 

10 ‘‘(i) do not’’; and 

11 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

12 clauses: 

13 ‘‘(ii) tolerate trafficking in govern14 ment-funded programs; or 

15 ‘‘(iii) have a government-supported 

16 practice of trafficking, including, for exam17 ple, by using forced labor in agriculture, 

18 forestry, mining, or construction, permit19 ting sexual slavery in government camps, 

20 compounds, or outposts, or employing child 

21 soldiers;’’. 

22 (2) In paragraph (2)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I), by insert24 ing ‘‘and the country is not taking steps com25 mensurate with the size of the trafficking prob26 lem’’ before the semicolon at the end; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking ‘‘2 

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

3 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

4 subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN COUN6 TRIES ON SPECIAL WATCH LIST THAT ARE

7 DOWNGRADED AND REINSTATED ON SPECIAL

8 WATCH LIST.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs 

9 (D) and (E), a country that— 

10 ‘‘(i) was included on the special watch 

11 list described in subparagraph (A) for— 

12 ‘‘(I) two consecutive years after 

13 the date of the enactment of subpara14 graph (D); and 

15 ‘‘(II) any additional years after 

16 such date of enactment by reason of 

17 the President exercising the waiver 

18 authority under clause (ii) of subpara19 graph (D); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) was subsequently included on the 

21 list of countries described in paragraph 

22 (1)(C), 

23 may not thereafter be included on the special 

24 watch list described in subparagraph (A) for 

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1 SEC. 214. REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT 

2 TRAFFICKING. 

3 (a) REPORT ON NEW PRACTICES TO COMBAT TRAF4 FICKING.— 

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

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an7 nually thereafter for seven years, the Secretary of 

8 State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

9 United States Agency for International Develop10 ment, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Af11 fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com12 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a re13 port— 

14 (A) describing any practices adopted by 

15 the Department or the Agency to better combat 

16 trafficking in persons, in accordance with the 

17 report submitted under section 101(b)(4) of the 

18 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

19 Act of 2005, in order to reduce the risk of traf20 ficking in post-conflict or post-disaster areas; or 

21 (B) if no such practices have been adopted, 

22 including a strategy to reduce the risk of traf23 ficking in such areas. 

24 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each report sub25 mitted under paragraph (1) shall be posted on a 


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1 publicly available Internet Web site of the Depart2 ment of State. 

3 (b) CHILD PROTECTION STRATEGIES IN WATCH

4 LIST COUNTRIES.—The Administrator of the United 

5 States Agency for International Development shall incor6 porate into the relevant country development cooperation 

7 strategy for each country on the special watch list de8 scribed in section 110(b)(2)(A) or the list described in sec9 tion 110(b)(1)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

10 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107 (b)(2)(A) and (b)(1)(C)), 

11 as amended by section 213 of this Act, strategies for the 

12 protection of children and the reduction of the risk of traf13 ficking. 

14 Subtitle B—Child Soldier 

15 Prevention Act of 2017 

16 SEC. 221. FINDINGS. 

17 Congress finds the following: 

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

19 conflict is unacceptable for any government or gov20 ernment supported entity receiving United States as21 sistance. 

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

23 conflict, including direct combat, support roles, and 

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1 cratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, Rwanda, So2 malia, Syria, and Yemen. 

3 (3) Entities of the Government of Afghanistan, 

4 particularly the Afghan Local Police and Afghan 

5 National Police, continue to recruit children to serve 

6 as combatants or as servants, including as sex 

7 slaves. 

8 (4) Police forces of the Government of Afghani9 stan participate in counter-terrorism operations, di10 rect and indirect combat, security operations, fight 

11 alongside regular armies, and are targeted for vio12 lence by the Taliban as well as by other opposition 

13 groups. 

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

15 assassinated by the Taliban after he had been pub16 lically honored by Afghan local police forces for his 

17 assistance in combat operations against the Taliban. 

18 (6) Recruitment and use of children in armed 

19 conflict by government forces has continued in 2016 

20 in South Sudan with the return to hostilities. 

21 (7) At least 650 children have been recruited 

22 and used in armed conflict in South Sudan in 2016, 

23 and at least 16,000 have been recruited since that 

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1 SEC. 222. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVEN2 TION ACT OF 2008. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 402(2)(A) of the Child 

4 Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c(2)(A)) 

5 is amended by inserting ‘‘, police, or other security forces’’ 

6 after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’ each place it appears. 

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

8 Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘, police, or other security 

12 forces’’ after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘recruit and use child sol14 diers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit or use child sol15 diers’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b)(2), to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.— 

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

19 days after the date of submission of each report 

20 required under section 110(b) of the Traf21 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, the Sec22 retary of State shall formally notify each gov23 ernment included in the list required under 

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1 ‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—As 

2 soon as practicable after making all of the noti3 fications required under subparagraph (A) with 

4 respect to a report, the Secretary of State shall 

5 notify the appropriate congressional committees 

6 that the requirements of subparagraph (A) have 

7 been met.’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 

9 before the period the following: ‘‘and certifies to the 

10 appropriate congressional committees that the gov11 ernment of such country is taking effective and con12 tinuing steps to address the problem of child sol13 diers’’; and 

14 (4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘to a coun15 try’’ and all that follows through ‘‘subsection (a)’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘under section 541 of the Foreign As17 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) through the 

18 Defense Institute for International Legal Studies or 

19 the Center for Civil-Military Relations at the Naval 

20 Post-Graduate School, and may provide nonlethal 

21 supplies (as defined in section 2557(d)(1)(B) of title 

22 10), to a country subject to the prohibition under 

23 subsection (a)’’. 

24 (c) REPORTS.—Section 405 of the Child Soldiers Pre25 vention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–2) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (c)— 

2 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

3 by striking ‘‘, during any of the 5 years fol4 lowing the date of the enactment of this Act,’’; 

5 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

6 through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re7 spectively; 

8 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(2) a description and the amount of any as11 sistance withheld under this title pursuant to the ap12 plication to those countries of the prohibition in sec13 tion 404(a);’’; and 

14 (D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 

15 by inserting ‘‘and the amount’’ after ‘‘a descrip16 tion’’; and 

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

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

19 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT.—If a country is noti20 fied pursuant to section 404(b)(2), or a waiver is granted 

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

22 include in each report required under section 110(b) of 

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

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1 annual report to Congress under paragraphs (1) through 

2 (5) of subsection (c) of this section.’’. 

3 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

4 APPROPRIATIONS 

5 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 

6 THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION 

7 ACT OF 2000. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of the Trafficking 

9 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110), as 

10 amended by sections 114 and 143 of this Act, is further 

11 amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ each place it appears and 

12 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

13 (b) HUMAN SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING CEN14 TER.—Section 112A(b)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Pro15 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7109a(b)(4)) is amended 

16 by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

17 SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 

18 THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION RE19 AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 201(c)(2) of the Traf21 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 

22 (42 U.S.C. 14044(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

24 (b) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Traf2 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

3 2005 is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘2021’’. 

5 (2) REPEAL OF SUNSET.—Section 1241 of the 

6 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 

7 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 149) is amend8 ed— 

9 (A) by striking subsection (b); and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Sec11 tion 202’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 202’’. 

12 (c) CHILD TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE PROGRAM.— 

13 Section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau14 thorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amended 

15 by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

16 (d) ENHANCING STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS.—Sec17 tion 204(e) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau18 thorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is amended 

19 by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

20 SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EN21 HANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE TRAF22 FICKING OF CHILDREN. 

23 Section 235(c)(6)(F) of the William Wilberforce 

24 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

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1 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert2 ing ‘‘of Health’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

3 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and 2017’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘through 2021’’. 

5 SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 

6 THE INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

7 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre8 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

9 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (42 

10 U.S.C. 16935h) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2018’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘through 2021’’. 

12 SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AIR13 PORT PERSONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY 

14 AND REPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 

15 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Com16 missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

17 $250,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to 

18 expand outreach and live on-site anti-trafficking training 

19 for airport and airline personnel. 

20 SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS IN SUP21 PORT OF THE UNITED STATES ADVISORY 

22 COUNCIL ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

23 Section 115 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

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1 amended by section 125, is further amended by adding 

2 at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

5 to carry out this section $250,000 for each of fiscal years 

6 2018 through 2021, including to provide compensation to 

7 members of the Council in accordance with subsection 

8 (f).’’. 

9 SEC. 307. TRANSPARENCY IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING EXPENDI10 TURES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts made available to 

12 the United States Agency for International Development 

13 for a fiscal year under an anti-trafficking law may only 

14 be obligated or expended after the Administrator of the 

15 Agency— 

16 (1) submits to Congress a list of each con17 tractor and subcontractor (at any tier) that received 

18 funds from the Agency under anti-trafficking laws in 

19 the prior fiscal year and the amount of funds so re20 ceived; and 

21 (2) publishes such list on a publicly available 

22 Internet Web site of the Agency that is dedicated to 

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1 (b) ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW DEFINED.—For pur2 poses of this section, the term ‘‘anti-trafficking law’’ 

3 means— 

4 (1) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

5 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), as amended by this 

6 Act; 

7 (2) the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau8 thorization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–193); 

9 (3) the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau10 thorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164), as 

11 amended by this Act; 

12 (4) the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

13 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 

14 110–457), as amended by this Act; 

15 (5) the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza16 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4), as amended 

17 by this Act; 

18 (6) the International Megan’s Law to Prevent 

19 Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes 

20 Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Of21 fenders (42 U.S.C. 16935 et seq.), as amended by 

22 this Act; or 

23 (7) any other law authorizing programs, 

24 projects, or activities addressing severe forms of 

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1 terms are defined in section 103 of the Trafficking 

2 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The limitation under sub4 section (a) shall apply with respect to amounts made avail5 able for any fiscal year beginning after the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act. 

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