II 

Calendar No. 628 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2200 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 13, 2017 

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

OCTOBER 10, 2018 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, with an amendment 

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

AN ACT 

To 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’’. 

7 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

8 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 2200 RS

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. Priority for use of funds for lodging expenses at accommodations 

lacking certain policies relating to child sexual exploitation. 

Sec. 113. Ensuring United States procurement does not fund human trafficking. 

Sec. 114. Training course on human trafficking and Government contracting. 

Sec. 115. Modifications to the advisory council on human trafficking. 

Sec. 116. Sense of Congress on strengthening Federal efforts to reduce demand. 

Sec. 117. Sense of Congress on the senior policy operating group. 

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. Ensuring that traffickers help pay for care for victims. 

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. 

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

Sec. 204. Requirements for strategies to prevent trafficking. 

Sec. 205. Expansion of Department of State rewards program. 

Sec. 206. Briefing on countries with primarily migrant workforces. 

Sec. 207. Report on recipients of funding from the United States Agency for 

International Development. 

Subtitle B—Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 2200 RS

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 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. 

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. 101. GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF 

8 TRAFFICKING. 

9 (a) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN RECOGNITION OF TRAF10 FICKING.—Section 106(b) of the Trafficking Victims Pro11 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(b)) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 

13 the following: 

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

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

16 ‘‘(2) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION

17 OF TRAFFICKING.— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

2 Health and Human Services may award grants 

3 to local educational agencies, in partnership 

4 with a nonprofit, nongovernmental agency, to 

5 establish, expand, and support programs— 

6 ‘‘(i) to educate school staff to recog7 nize and respond to signs of labor traf8 ficking and sex trafficking; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) to provide age-appropriate infor10 mation to students on how to avoid becom11 ing victims of labor trafficking and sex 

12 trafficking. 

13 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 Amounts awarded under this paragraph shall 

15 be used for— 

16 ‘‘(i) education on— 

17 ‘‘(I) how to avoid becoming vic18 tims of labor trafficking and sex traf19 ficking; 

20 ‘‘(II) indicators that an indi21 vidual is a victim or potential victim 

22 of labor trafficking or sex trafficking; 

23 ‘‘(III) options and procedures for 

24 referring such an individual, as appro25 priate, to information on such trafVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ficking and services available for vic2 tims of such trafficking; 

3 ‘‘(IV) reporting requirements and 

4 procedures in accordance with applica5 ble Federal and State law; and 

6 ‘‘(V) how to carry out activities 

7 authorized under subparagraph 

8 (A)(ii); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) a plan, developed and imple10 mented in consultation with local law en11 forcement agencies, to ensure the safety of 

12 school staff and students reporting such 

13 trafficking. 

14 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

15 under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give 

16 priority to local educational agencies serving a 

17 high-intensity child sex trafficking area. 

18 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(i) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘ele20 mentary school’, ‘local educational agency’, 

21 ‘other staff’, and ‘secondary school’ have 

22 the meanings given the terms in section 

23 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

24 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
6 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(ii) HIGH-INTENSITY CHILD SEX

2 TRAFFICKING AREA.—The term ‘high-in3 tensity child sex trafficking area’ means a 

4 metropolitan area designated by the Direc5 tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

6 as a high-intensity child prostitution area. 

7 ‘‘(iii) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The 

8 term ‘labor trafficking’ means conduct de9 scribed in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf10 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

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

12 ‘‘(iv) SCHOOL STAFF.—The term 

13 ‘school staff’ means teachers, nurses, 

14 school leaders and administrators, and 

15 other staff at elementary schools and sec16 ondary schools. 

17 ‘‘(v) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term 

18 ‘sex trafficking’ means the conduct de19 scribed in section 103(9)(A) of the Traf20 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

21 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)).’’. 

22 (b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA23 TIONS.—Section 113(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Pro24 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(b)(1)) is amended 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
7 

•HR 2200 RS

1 by striking ‘‘section 107(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 

2 106(b) and 107(b)’’. 

3 SEC. 102. PREVENTING FUTURE TRAFFICKING IN THE 

4 UNITED STATES THROUGH RECEIPT OF COM5 PLAINTS ABROAD. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall en7 sure that each diplomatic or consular post or other mission 

8 designates an employee to be responsible for receiving in9 formation from any person who was a victim of a severe 

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

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

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

13 United States, or any person who has information regard14 ing such a victim. 

15 (b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Any information 

16 received pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transmitted 

17 to the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, 

18 the Department of Homeland Security, and to any other 

19 relevant Federal agency for appropriate response. The At20 torney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the head of 

21 any other such relevant Federal agency shall establish a 

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

23 such information. 

24 (c) ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.— 

25 The employee designated for receiving information pursuVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
8 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ant to subsection (a) should coordinate with foreign gov2 ernments or civil society organizations in the countries of 

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

4 with the permission of and without compromising the safe5 ty of such victims, to ensure that such victims receive any 

6 additional support available. 

7 SEC. 103. MODIFICATION TO GRANTS FOR VICTIMS SERV8 ICES. 

9 Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro10 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘programs for’’ and all that follows and insert12 ing the following: ‘‘programs for victims of human traf13 ficking, including programs that provide trauma-informed 

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

15 are— 

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

17 and who are homeless, in foster care, or in18 volved in the criminal justice system; 

19 ‘‘(ii) transitioning out of the foster 

20 care system; or 

21 ‘‘(iii) women or girls in underserved 

22 populations.’’. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
9 

•HR 2200 RS

1 Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts 

2 To Prevent Human Trafficking 

3 SEC. 111. 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 with a domestic 

12 carrier under this section requires that the contracting air 

13 carrier provides to the Administrator of General Services, 

14 the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the 

15 Transportation Security Administration, and the Commis16 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection an annual 

17 report regarding— 

18 ‘‘(1) the number of personnel trained in the de19 tection and reporting of potential human trafficking 

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

21 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

22 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)), including the training re23 quired under section 44734(a)(4); 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
10 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 human trafficking victims received from staff or 

3 other passengers; and 

4 ‘‘(3) whether the air carrier notified the Na5 tional Human Trafficking Hotline or law enforce6 ment at the relevant airport of the potential human 

7 trafficking victim for each such notification of poten8 tial human trafficking, and if so, when the notifica9 tion was made.’’. 

10 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub11 section (a) shall apply to any contract entered into after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 (c) EXCEPTION.—The amendment made by sub14 section (a) shall not apply to any contract entered into 

15 by the Secretary of Defense. 

16 SEC. 112. PRIORITY FOR USE OF FUNDS FOR LODGING EX17 PENSES AT ACCOMMODATIONS LACKING 

18 CERTAIN POLICIES RELATING TO CHILD SEX19 UAL EXPLOITATION. 

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

21 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

22 the following: 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
11 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘§ 5713. Priority for use of funds for lodging expenses 

2 at accommodations lacking certain poli3 cies relating to child sexual exploitation. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of making pay5 ments under this chapter for lodging expenses each agency 

6 shall ensure that, to the extent practicable and within the 

7 United States, any commercial-lodging room nights for 

8 employees of that agency are booked in a preferred place 

9 of accommodation. 

10 ‘‘(b) PREFERRED PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION DE11 FINED.—In this section, ‘preferred place of accommoda12 tion’ means a commercial place of accommodation that— 

13 ‘‘(1) has a zero-tolerance policy in place regard14 ing the sexual exploitation of children (as described 

15 in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro16 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A))) within 

17 the accommodation; 

18 ‘‘(2) has procedures in place to identify and re19 port any such exploitation to the appropriate au20 thorities; 

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

22 employees to prevent such exploitation; 

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

24 identification of possible cases of such exploitation 

25 and procedures to report suspected abuse to the ap26 propriate authorities; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
12 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(5) protects employees who report suspected 

2 cases of such exploitation according to the protocol 

3 identified in training; and 

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

5 cases of such exploitation, including the reasons for 

6 suspicion, title of employee who reported the sus7 picion, and where the report was made. 

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

9 of General Services shall— 

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

11 accommodation; and 

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

13 carry out this section.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec15 tions for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing new item: 

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

certain policies relating to child sexual exploitation.’’. 

18 SEC. 113. ENSURING UNITED STATES PROCUREMENT DOES 

19 NOT FUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

20 Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

22 end the following new subsection: 

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

24 HUMAN TRAFFICKING.— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
13 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 Secretary of Labor, Administrator of the United 

3 States Agency for International Development, and 

4 Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

5 shall each submit to the Administrator of General 

6 Services (who shall submit the reports to the appro7 priate congressional committees), at the end of each 

8 fiscal year, a report that includes each of the fol9 lowing: 

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

11 the individual within the agency’s office of legal 

12 counsel or office of acquisition policy who is re13 sponsible for overseeing the implementation of 

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

15 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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

17 related regulation in the Federal Acquisition 

18 Regulation (including the Federal Acquisition 

19 Regulation; Ending Trafficking in Persons (48 

20 CFR Parts 1, 2, 9, 12, 22, 42, and 52)). 

21 ‘‘(B) Agency action to ensure contractors 

22 are educated on the applicable laws and regula23 tions listed in subparagraph (A). 

24 ‘‘(C) Agency action to ensure the acquisi25 tion workforce and agency officials understand 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
14 

•HR 2200 RS

1 implementation of the laws and regulations list2 ed in subparagraph (A), including best practices 

3 for— 

4 ‘‘(i) ensuring compliance with such 

5 laws and regulations; 

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

7 willful, or pervasive nature of any violation 

8 of such laws or regulations; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) evaluating steps contractors 

10 have taken to correct any such violation. 

11 ‘‘(D) The number of contracts containing 

12 language referring to the laws and regulations 

13 listed in subparagraph (A) and the number of 

14 contracts that did not contain any language re15 ferring to the laws and regulations listed in 

16 subparagraph (A). 

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

18 forms of trafficking in persons received and the 

19 source type of the allegation (contractor, sub20 contractor, employee of contractor or subcon21 tractor, or an individual outside of the con22 tract). 

23 ‘‘(F) The number of such allegations inves24 tigated by the agency, a summary of any find25 ings of such investigation, and any improveVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
15 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ments recommended by the agency to prevent 

2 such conduct from recurring. 

3 ‘‘(G) The number of such allegations re4 ferred to the Attorney General for prosecution 

5 under section 3271 of title 18, United States 

6 Code, and the outcomes of such referrals. 

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

8 of such investigation, including whether— 

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

10 any tier) was debarred or suspended due to 

11 a violation of a law or regulation relating 

12 to severe forms of trafficking in persons; 

13 or 

14 ‘‘(ii) a contract was terminated pursu15 ant to subsection (g) as a result of such 

16 violation. 

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

18 contractors to ensure compliance with a law or 

19 regulation relating to severe forms of traf20 ficking in persons. 

21 ‘‘(J) Any interagency meetings or data 

22 sharing regarding suspended or disbarred con23 tractors or subcontractors (at any tier) for se24 vere forms of trafficking in persons. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
16 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 subcontractor (at any tier) located outside the 

3 United States and the country location for each 

4 such contractor or subcontractor. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 

7 congressional committees’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

9 the Committee on Armed Services, the Com10 mittee on Education and the Workforce, the 

11 Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com12 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of 

13 the House of Representatives; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

15 the Committee on Armed Services, the Com16 mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 

17 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

18 Senate.’’. 

19 SEC. 114. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 

20 GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. 

21 Any curriculum (including any continuing education 

22 curriculum) for the acquisition workforce used by the Fed23 eral Acquisition Institute established under section 1201 

24 of title 41, United States Code, shall include at least one 

25 course, which shall be at least 30 minutes, on the law and 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
17 

•HR 2200 RS

1 regulations relating to human trafficking and Government 

2 contracting. 

3 SEC. 115. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

4 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

5 Section 115 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

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

7 amended— 

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

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

10 diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with the 

11 applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 

12 57 of title 5, United States Code.’’; and 

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

14 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

15 SEC. 116. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING FED16 ERAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE DEMAND. 

17 It is the sense of Congress that— 

18 (1) all Federal anti-trafficking training (includ19 ing training under section 114(c) of the Justice for 

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

21 14044g(c)) and under section 107(c)(4) of the Traf22 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

23 7105(c)(4))) provided to Federal judges, prosecu24 tors, and State and local law enforcement officials 

25 should— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
18 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (A) explain the circumstances under which 

2 sex buyers are considered parties to the crime 

3 of trafficking; 

4 (B) provide best practices for arresting or 

5 prosecuting buyers of illegal sex acts as a form 

6 of sex trafficking prevention; and 

7 (C) specify that any comprehensive ap8 proach to eliminating sex and labor trafficking 

9 must include a demand reduction component; 

10 and 

11 (2) any request for proposals for grants or co12 operative agreement opportunities issued by the At13 torney General with respect to the prevention of 

14 trafficking should include specific language with re15 spect to demand reduction. 

16 SEC. 117. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SENIOR POLICY OP17 ERATING GROUP. 

18 It is the sense of Congress that the Senior Policy Op19 erating Group established under section 105(g) of the 

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

21 7103(g)) should create a working group to examine the 

22 role of demand reduction, both domestically and inter23 nationally, in achieving the purposes of the Justice for 

24 Victims of Trafficking Act (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
19 

•HR 2200 RS

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. 121. 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— 

23 (1) by inserting ‘‘, noting the number of cov24 ered offenders’’ after ‘‘covered offense’’ in each place 

25 it occurs; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
20 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (2) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik2 ing ‘‘rates’’ and inserting ‘‘number’’; 

3 (3) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘arrest’’ and in4 serting ‘‘arrests’’; 

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

6 inserting ‘‘prosecutions’’; and 

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

8 inserting ‘‘convictions’’. 

9 SEC. 122. DESIGNATION OF A LABOR PROSECUTOR TO EN10 HANCE STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COM11 BAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

12 Section 204(a)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protec13 tion Reauthorization Act of 2005 is amended— 

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

15 the end; 

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

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

18 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub19 paragraph: 

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

21 least one prosecutor for cases of severe forms of 

22 trafficking in persons (as such term is defined 

23 in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims 

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


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
21 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 123. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN 

2 MISSIONS AND DIPLOMATIC HOUSEHOLDS. 

3 Subsection (a) of section 203 of the William Wilber4 force Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

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

6 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

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

8 Secretary determines necessary’’ and inserting 

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

10 the Secretary determines a longer period is nec11 essary’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines 

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

14 of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘there is an un15 paid default judgement directly or indirectly re16 lated to human trafficking against the employer 

17 or a family member accredited by the embassy, 

18 the employer or family member has refused to 

19 agree to a voluntary interview with United 

20 States law enforcement, or the diplomatic mis21 sion or international organization hosting the 

22 employer or family member has refused to 

23 waive immunity in a human trafficking case 

24 brought by the United States Government or to 

25 agree to prosecute the case in the country that 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
22 

•HR 2200 RS

1 accredited the employer or family member.’’; 

2 and 

3 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

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

5 (B) by inserting ‘‘, as applicable, the de6 fault judgment has been resolved, the employer 

7 or family member has agreed to meet with 

8 United States law enforcement, the diplomatic 

9 mission or international organization hosting 

10 the employer or family member has waived im11 munity for the employer or family member or 

12 agreed to prosecute the case in the country that 

13 accredited the employer or family member, or 

14 the diplomatic mission or international organi15 zation hosting the employer or family member 

16 has in place’’ after ‘‘appropriate congressional 

17 committees that’’. 

18 SEC. 124. ENSURING THAT TRAFFICKERS HELP PAY FOR 

19 CARE FOR VICTIMS. 

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

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

22 Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, 

23 Forced, and Slave Labor 

24 SEC. 131. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

25 It is the sense of Congress that— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
23 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (1) foreign assistance that addresses poverty al2 leviation and humanitarian disasters reduces the vul3 nerability of men, women, and children to human 

4 trafficking and is a crucial part of the response of 

5 the United States to modern-day slavery; 

6 (2) the Deputy Under Secretary of the Bureau 

7 of International Labor Affairs of the Department of 

8 Labor and the grant programs administered by the 

9 Deputy Under Secretary play a critical role in pre10 venting and protecting children from the worst 

11 forms of child labor, including situations of traf12 ficking, and in reducing the vulnerabilities of men 

13 and women to situations of forced labor and traf14 ficking; and 

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

16 role in helping other Federal departments and agen17 cies to prevent goods made with forced and child 

18 labor from entering the United States by consulting 

19 with such departments and agencies to reduce forced 

20 and child labor internationally and ensuring that 

21 products made by forced labor and child labor in vio22 lation of international standards are not imported 

23 into the United States. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
24 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 

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

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

5 of the United States shall submit to the committees listed 

6 in subsection (b) a report describing any obstacles or chal7 lenges to enforcing section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

8 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

9 (b) COMMITTEES.—The committees listed in this sub10 section are— 

11 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

12 Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 

13 Energy and Commerce, the Committee on the Judi14 ciary, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

15 House of Representatives; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

17 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen18 sions, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

19 Transportation, the Committee on the Judiciary, 

20 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

21 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under sub22 section (a) shall— 

23 (1) describe the role and best practices of pri24 vate-sector employers in the United States in com25 plying with the provisions of section 307 of the Tar26 iff Act of 1930; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
25 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (2) describe any efforts or programs under2 taken by relevant Federal, State, or local govern3 ment agencies to encourage employers, directly or 

4 indirectly, to comply with such provisions; 

5 (3) describe the roles of the relevant Federal 

6 departments and agencies in overseeing and regu7 lating such provisions, and the oversight and en8 forcement mechanisms used by such departments or 

9 agencies; 

10 (4) provide concrete, actual case studies or ex11 amples of how such provisions are enforced; 

12 (5) identify the number of petitions received 

13 and cases initiated (whether by petition or other14 wise) or investigated by each relevant Federal de15 partment or agency charged with implementing and 

16 enforcing such provisions, as well as the dates peti17 tions were received or investigations were initiated, 

18 and their current statuses; 

19 (6) identify any enforcement actions, including, 

20 but not limited to, the issuance of Withhold Release 

21 Orders, the detention of shipments, the issuance of 

22 civil penalties, and the formal charging with criminal 

23 charges relating to the forced labor scheme, taken as 

24 a result of these petitions and investigations by type 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
26 

•HR 2200 RS

1 of action, date of action, commodity, and country of 

2 origin in the past 10 years; 

3 (7) with respect to any relevant petition filed 

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

5 enactment of this Act with the relevant Federal de6 partments and agencies tasked with implementing 

7 such provisions, list the specific products, country of 

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

9 and outcomes of any investigation; 

10 (8) identify any gaps that may exist in enforce11 ment of such provisions; 

12 (9) describe the engagement of the relevant 

13 Federal departments and agencies with stakeholders, 

14 including the engagement of importers, forced labor 

15 experts, and nongovernmental organizations; and 

16 (10) based on the information required by para17 graphs (1) through (9), identify any regulatory ob18 stacles or challenges to enforcement of such provi19 sions and provide recommendations for actions that 

20 could be taken by the relevant Federal departments 

21 and agencies to overcome these obstacles. 

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

23 SLAVERY-MADE GOODS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Traf25 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
27 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, in2 cluding, to the extent practicable, goods that are produced 

3 with inputs that are produced with forced labor or child 

4 labor’’ after ‘‘international standards’’. 

5 (b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA6 TIONS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authoriza7 tion of appropriations under section 113(f) of the Traf8 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

9 7110(f)), as amended by section 301(a) of this Act, are 

10 authorized to be made available to carry out the purposes 

11 described in section 105(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims 

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

13 7112(b)(2)), as amended by subsection (a). 

14 TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 

15 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

16 Subtitle A—Efforts To Combat 

17 Trafficking 

18 SEC. 201. INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 

19 AND THE UNITED STATES TRADE REP20 RESENTATIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE INTER21 AGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COM22 BAT TRAFFICKING. 

23 Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
28 

•HR 2200 RS

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

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

3 SEC. 202. ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN AND 

4 SHARE DATA ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING EF5 FORTS. 

6 Paragraphs (1) and (7) of section 108(b) of the Traf7 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

8 7106(b)(1) and (b)(7)) are each amended by striking the 

9 final sentence of such paragraphs. 

10 SEC. 203. APPROPRIATE LISTING OF GOVERNMENTS IN11 VOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

12 Subsection (b) of section 110 of the Trafficking Vic13 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is 

14 amended as follows: 

15 (1) In paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (C)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘and whose govern18 ments do not’’ and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘and whose governments— 

20 ‘‘(i) do not’’; and 

21 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

22 new clauses: 

23 ‘‘(ii) tolerate trafficking in govern24 ment-funded programs; or 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
29 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(iii) have a government-supported 

2 practice of— 

3 ‘‘(I) trafficking; 

4 ‘‘(II) facilitating the use of 

5 forced labor (such as in agriculture, 

6 forestry, mining, or construction); 

7 ‘‘(III) permitting sexual slavery 

8 in government camps, compounds, or 

9 outposts; or 

10 ‘‘(IV) employing child soldiers;’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (C) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 

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

15 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(H) for each country included in a dif17 ferent list than the country had been placed in 

18 the previous annual report, a detailed expla19 nation of how the concrete actions (or lack of 

20 such actions) undertaken by the country during 

21 the previous reporting period contributed to 

22 such change, including a clear linkage between 

23 such actions and the minimum standards enu24 merated in section 108.’’. 

25 (2) In paragraph (2)— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
30 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)— 

2 (i) in subclause (I)— 

3 (I) by inserting ‘‘and the country 

4 is not taking steps commensurate with 

5 the size of the trafficking problem’’ 

6 before the semicolon at the end; and 

7 (II) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

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

9 or’’ and inserting a period; and 

10 (iii) by striking subclause (III); 

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

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

13 the previous year’’; 

14 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

15 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the date 

16 of the enactment of this subparagraph,’’ 

17 and all that follows and inserting— 

18 ‘‘the date of the enactment of this 

19 subparagraph— 

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

21 of countries described in paragraph 

22 (1)(C); and 

23 ‘‘(II) shall be required to meet 

24 the requirements specified in para25 graph (1)(B) before the country may 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
31 

•HR 2200 RS

1 be removed from the list of countries 

2 described in paragraph (1)(C).’’; 

3 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

4 (I) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and in5 serting ‘‘1 year’’; 

6 (II) in subclause (II), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’; 

8 (III) in subclause (III), by strik9 ing the period at the end and insert10 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (IV) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(IV) the country has taken con14 crete actions to implement the prin15 cipal recommendations of the most re16 cent annual report on trafficking in 

17 persons with respect to that coun18 try.’’; and 

19 (iii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(iii) WRITTEN PLAN.—The Secretary 

22 of State shall endeavor to work with each 

23 country that receives a waiver under clause 

24 (ii) and with civil society organizations in 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
32 

•HR 2200 RS

1 each country to draft and implement a 

2 written plan described in such clause.’’; 

3 (D) in subparagraph (E)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘through (III)’’ and in5 serting ‘‘through (IV)’’; and 

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

7 that follows and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘shall provide, on a publicly available 

9 website maintained by the Department of 

10 State— 

11 ‘‘(i) a detailed description of the cred12 ible evidence supporting such determina13 tion; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the written plan submitted by 

15 the country under subparagraph (D)(ii)(I); 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(iii) supporting documentation pro18 viding credible evidence of— 

19 ‘‘(I) each concrete action by the 

20 country to bring itself into compliance 

21 with the minimum standards for the 

22 elimination of trafficking, including 

23 copies of relevant laws or regulations 

24 adopted or modified; and 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
33 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(II) any actions taken by that 

2 country to enforce the minimum 

3 standards for the elimination of traf4 ficking, as appropriate.’’. 

5 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

6 subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN COUN8 TRIES ON SPECIAL WATCH LIST THAT ARE

9 DOWNGRADED AND REINSTATED ON SPECIAL

10 WATCH LIST.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs 

11 (D) and (E), a country that— 

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

13 list described in subparagraph (A) for— 

14 ‘‘(I) two consecutive years after 

15 the date of the enactment of subpara16 graph (D); and 

17 ‘‘(II) any additional years after 

18 such date of enactment by reason of 

19 the President exercising the waiver 

20 authority under clause (ii) of subpara21 graph (D); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) was subsequently included on the 

23 list of countries described in paragraph 

24 (1)(C), 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
34 

•HR 2200 RS

1 may not thereafter be included on the special 

2 watch list described in subparagraph (A) for 

3 more than 1 consecutive year.’’. 

4 (3) In paragraph (3)— 

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

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

8 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

9 and 

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

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

12 of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary 

13 resources— 

14 ‘‘(i) to investigate and prosecute acts 

15 of severe trafficking in persons; 

16 ‘‘(ii) to convict and sentence persons 

17 responsible for such acts; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) to obtain restitution for victims 

19 of human trafficking; 

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

21 of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary 

22 resources— 

23 ‘‘(i) to protect and rehabilitate victims 

24 of trafficking in persons; and 

25 ‘‘(ii) to prevent trafficking in persons; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
35 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 the country has consulted with domestic and 

3 international civil society organizations to im4 prove the provision of services to victims of 

5 trafficking in persons; and 

6 ‘‘(G) whether— 

7 ‘‘(i) government officials participate in 

8 or facilitate forced labor and human traf9 ficking; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the government maintains poli11 cies that provide incentives for or otherwise 

12 support the participation in or facilitation 

13 of forced labor and human trafficking by 

14 officials at any level of government.’’. 

15 (4) By adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR CHANGES IN CERTAIN

17 DETERMINATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 

18 the submission of each annual report under para19 graph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a de20 tailed description of the credible evidence supporting 

21 a change in listing of a country, accompanied by 

22 copies of documents providing such evidence, as ap23 propriate, to the appropriate congressional commit24 tees not later than 90 days after the submission of 

25 that report if— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
36 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(A) a country is included on a list of 

2 countries described in paragraph (1)(C) in an 

3 annual report submitted in calendar year 2015 

4 or in any calendar year thereafter; and 

5 ‘‘(B) in the annual report submitted in the 

6 next calendar year, the country is listed on a 

7 list of countries described in paragraph (1)(B). 

8 ‘‘(5) WRITTEN PLAN.—The Secretary of State 

9 shall endeavor to work with each country that has 

10 been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) in the 

11 most recent annual report and civil society organiza12 tions to draft and implement the written plan de13 scribed in paragraph (2)(D)(ii). 

14 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

15 ‘‘(A) CONCRETE ACTIONS.—The term ‘con16 crete actions’ means any of the following ac17 tions that demonstrably improve the condition 

18 of a substantial number of victims of human 

19 trafficking and persons vulnerable to human 

20 trafficking: 

21 ‘‘(i) Enforcement actions taken. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Investigations actively underway. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Prosecutions conducted. 

24 ‘‘(iv) Convictions attained. 

25 ‘‘(v) Training provided. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
37 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(vi) Programs and partnerships ac2 tively underway. 

3 ‘‘(vii) Victim services offered, includ4 ing immigration services and restitution. 

5 ‘‘(viii) The amount of money the gov6 ernment in question has committed to the 

7 actions described in clauses (i) through 

8 (vii). 

9 ‘‘(ix) An assessment of the impact of 

10 such actions on the prevalence of human 

11 trafficking in the country. 

12 ‘‘(B) CREDIBLE EVIDENCE.—The term 

13 ‘credible evidence’ means information relied 

14 upon by the Department of State to make de15 terminations relating to the provisions set forth 

16 in this division, including— 

17 ‘‘(i) reports by the Department of 

18 State; 

19 ‘‘(ii) reports of other Federal agen20 cies, including the Department of Labor’s 

21 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or 

22 Forced Labor and List of Products Pro23 duced by Forced Labor or Indentured 

24 Child Labor; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
38 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(iii) documentation provided by a 

2 foreign country, including copies of rel3 evant laws, regulations, policies adopted or 

4 modified, enforcement actions taken and 

5 judicial proceedings, training conducted, 

6 consultations conducted, programs and 

7 partnerships launched, and services pro8 vided; 

9 ‘‘(iv) materials developed by civil soci10 ety organizations; 

11 ‘‘(v) information from survivors of 

12 human trafficking, vulnerable persons, and 

13 whistleblowers; 

14 ‘‘(vi) all relevant media and academic 

15 reports that, in light of reason and com16 mon sense, are worthy of belief; and 

17 ‘‘(vii) information developed by multi18 lateral institutions.’’. 

19 SEC. 204. REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT 

20 TRAFFICKING. 

21 (a) REPORT ON NEW PRACTICES TO COMBAT TRAF22 FICKING.— 

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

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an25 nually thereafter for 7 years, the Secretary of State, 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
39 

•HR 2200 RS

1 in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

2 States Agency for International Development, shall 

3 submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

5 Foreign Relations of the Senate a report— 

6 (A) describing any practices adopted by 

7 the Department or the Agency to better combat 

8 trafficking in persons, in accordance with the 

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

10 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

11 Act of 2005, in order to reduce the risk of traf12 ficking in post-conflict or post-disaster areas; or 

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

14 including a strategy to reduce the risk of traf15 ficking in such areas. 

16 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each report sub17 mitted under paragraph (1) shall be posted on a 

18 publicly available internet website of the Department 

19 of State. 

20 (b) CHILD PROTECTION STRATEGIES IN WATCH

21 LIST COUNTRIES.—The Administrator of the United 

22 States Agency for International Development shall incor23 porate into the relevant country development cooperation 

24 strategy for each country on the special watch list de25 scribed in section 110(b)(2)(A) or the list described in secVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
40 

•HR 2200 RS

1 tion 110(b)(1)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

3 amended by section 203 of this Act, strategies for the pro4 tection of children and the reduction of the risk of traf5 ficking. 

6 SEC. 205. EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RE7 WARDS PROGRAM. 

8 Paragraph (5) of section 36(k) of the State Depart9 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)) 

10 is amended— 

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

12 by striking ‘‘means’’; 

13 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

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

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

16 right; 

17 (3) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesig18 nated, the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) means—’’; 

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

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

22 (5) by adding at the end following new subpara23 graph: 

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

25 persons, as such term is defined in section 103 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
41 

•HR 2200 RS

1 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 

3 SEC. 206. BRIEFING ON COUNTRIES WITH PRIMARILY MI4 GRANT WORKFORCES. 

5 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide to 

7 the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 

8 the Judiciary of the House and the Committee on Foreign 

9 Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen10 ate a briefing that includes, with respect to each country 

11 that has a domestic workforce of which more than 80 per12 cent are third-country nationals, each of the following: 

13 (1) An assessment of the progress made by the 

14 government of such country toward implementing 

15 the recommendations with respect to such country 

16 contained in the most recent ‘‘Trafficking in Persons 

17 Report’’ submitted by the Secretary under section 

18 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

19 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), as amended by section 

20 203 of this Act. 

21 (2) A description of the efforts made by the 

22 United States to ensure that any domestic worker 

23 brought into the United States by an official of such 

24 country is not a victim of trafficking. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
42 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 207. REPORT ON RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING FROM THE 

2 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER3 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, and by October 1 of each of the following 

6 4 years, the Administrator of the United States Agency 

7 for International Development shall submit to the Com8 mittee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appro9 priations of the House and the Committee on Foreign Re10 lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen11 ate a report describing, with respect to the prior fiscal 

12 year— 

13 (1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal 

14 funds by the Agency for the purpose of combating 

15 human trafficking and forced labor; and 

16 (2) with respect to each such obligation or ex17 penditure, the program, project, activity, primary re18 cipient, and any sub-grantees or sub-contractors. 

19 Subtitle B—Child Soldier 

20 Prevention Act of 2017 

21 SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 

22 Congress finds the following: 

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

24 conflict is unacceptable for any government or gov25 ernment-supported entity receiving United States as26 sistance. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
43 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 conflict, including direct combat, support roles, and 

3 sexual slavery, occurred during 2015–2016 in Af4 ghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Burma, the Demo5 cratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, Rwanda, 

6 Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. 

7 (3) Entities of the Government of Afghanistan, 

8 particularly the Afghan Local Police and Afghan 

9 National Police, continue to recruit children to serve 

10 as combatants or as servants, including as sex 

11 slaves. 

12 (4) Police forces of the Government of Afghani13 stan participate in counterterrorism operations, di14 rect and indirect combat, security operations, fight 

15 alongside regular armies, and are targeted for vio16 lence by the Taliban as well as by other opposition 

17 groups. 

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

19 assassinated by the Taliban after he had been pub20 lically honored by Afghan local police forces for his 

21 assistance in combat operations against the Taliban. 

22 (6) Recruitment and use of children in armed 

23 conflict by government forces has continued in 2016 

24 in South Sudan with the return to hostilities. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
44 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (7) At least 650 children have been recruited 

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

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

4 country’s civil war began in 2013. 

5 SEC. 212. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVEN6 TION ACT OF 2008. 

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

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

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

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

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

12 Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

17 (B) by striking ‘‘recruit and use child sol18 diers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit or use child sol19 diers’’; 

20 (2) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as 

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.— 

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

24 days after the date of submission of each report 

25 required under section 110(b) of the TrafVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
45 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, the Sec2 retary of State shall formally notify each gov3 ernment included in the list required under 

4 paragraph (1) that such government is so in5 cluded. 

6 ‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—As 

7 soon as practicable after making all of the noti8 fications required under subparagraph (A) with 

9 respect to a report, the Secretary of State shall 

10 notify the appropriate congressional committees 

11 that the requirements of subparagraph (A) have 

12 been met.’’; 

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

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

15 appropriate congressional committees that the gov16 ernment of such country is taking effective and con17 tinuing steps to address the problem of child sol18 diers’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘to a coun20 try’’ and all that follows through ‘‘subsection (a)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘under section 541 of the Foreign As22 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) through the 

23 Defense Institute for International Legal Studies or 

24 the Center for Civil-Military Relations at the Naval 

25 Post-Graduate School, and may provide nonlethal 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
46 

•HR 2200 RS

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

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

3 subsection (a)’’. 

4 (c) REPORTS.—Section 405 of the Child Soldiers Pre5 vention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–2) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (c)— 

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

8 by striking ‘‘, during any of the 5 years fol9 lowing the date of the enactment of this Act,’’; 

10 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

11 through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re12 spectively; 

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

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(2) a description and the amount of any as16 sistance withheld under this title pursuant to the ap17 plication to those countries of the prohibition in sec18 tion 404(a);’’; and 

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

20 by inserting ‘‘and the amount’’ after ‘‘a descrip21 tion’’; and 

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

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

24 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT.—If a country is noti25 fied pursuant to section 404(b)(2), or a waiver is granted 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
47 

•HR 2200 RS

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

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

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

4 7107(b)) the information required to be included in the 

5 annual report to Congress under paragraphs (1) through 

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

7 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

8 APPROPRIATIONS 

9 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 

10 THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION 

11 ACT OF 2000. 

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

13 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is 

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

15 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

16 (b) HUMAN SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING CEN17 TER.—Section 112A(b)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Pro18 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7109a(b)(4)) is amended 

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

20 SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 

21 THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION RE22 AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 201(c)(2) of the Traf24 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
48 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (42 U.S.C. 14044(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

3 (b) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS

4 SUBJECT TO TRAFFICKING.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(i) of the Traf6 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

7 2005 is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘2021’’. 

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

10 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 

11 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 149) is amend12 ed— 

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

14 (B) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Sec15 tion 202’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 202’’. 

16 (c) CHILD TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE PROGRAM.— 

17 Section 203(i) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau18 thorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amended 

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

20 (d) ENHANCING STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS.—Sec21 tion 204(e) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau22 thorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is amended 

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


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
49 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EN2 HANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE TRAF3 FICKING OF CHILDREN. 

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

5 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

6 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)) is amended— 

7 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert8 ing ‘‘of Health’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

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

10 inserting ‘‘through 2021’’. 

11 SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 

12 THE INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

13 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre14 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

15 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (42 

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

17 inserting ‘‘through 2021’’. 

18 SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AIR19 PORT PERSONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY 

20 AND REPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 

21 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Com22 missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

23 $250,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to 

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

25 for airport and airline personnel. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
50 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Frederick Douglass Traf3 ficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 

4 Act of 2018’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 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. Priority for accommodation in places with certain policies relating to 

child sexual exploitation. 

Sec. 113. Ensuring United States procurement does not fund human trafficking. 

Sec. 114. Training course on human trafficking and government contracting. 

Sec. 115. Modifications to the Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 

Sec. 116. Sense of Congress on strengthening Federal efforts to reduce demand. 

Sec. 117. Sense of Congress on the Senior Policy Operating Group. 

Sec. 118. 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. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
51 

•HR 2200 RS

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. 

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. 

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. 101. GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF 

8 TRAFFICKING. 

9 (a) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN RECOGNITION OF TRAF10 FICKING.—Section 106(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protec11 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(b)) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 

13 the following: 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
52 

•HR 2200 RS

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

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

3 ‘‘(2) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF

4 TRAFFICKING.— 

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

6 ‘‘(i) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘ele7 mentary school’, ‘local educational agency’, 

8 ‘other staff’, and ‘secondary school’ have the 

9 meanings given the terms in section 8101 of 

10 the Elementary and Secondary Education 

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

12 ‘‘(ii) HIGH-INTENSITY CHILD SEX

13 TRAFFICKING AREA.—The term ‘high-inten14 sity child sex trafficking area’ means a met15 ropolitan area designated by the Director of 

16 the Federal Bureau of Investigation as hav17 ing a high rate of children involved in sex 

18 trafficking. 

19 ‘‘(iii) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The term 

20 ‘labor trafficking’ means conduct described 

21 in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Vic22 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

23 7102(9)(B)). 

24 ‘‘(iv) SCHOOL STAFF.—The term 

25 ‘school staff’ means teachers, nurses, school 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
53 

•HR 2200 RS

1 leaders and administrators, and other staff 

2 at elementary schools and secondary schools. 

3 ‘‘(v) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex 

4 trafficking’ means the conduct described in 

5 section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims 

6 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

7 7102(9)(A)). 

8 ‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

9 Health and Human Services may award grants 

10 to local educational agencies, in partnership 

11 with a nonprofit, nongovernmental agency, to es12 tablish, expand, and support programs— 

13 ‘‘(i) to educate school staff to recognize 

14 and respond to signs of labor trafficking 

15 and sex trafficking; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) to provide age-appropriate infor17 mation to students on how to avoid becom18 ing victims of labor trafficking and sex traf19 ficking. 

20 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts 

21 awarded under this paragraph shall be used 

22 for— 

23 ‘‘(i) education regarding— 

24 ‘‘(I) avoiding becoming victims of 

25 labor trafficking and sex trafficking; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
54 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(II) indicators that an indi2 vidual is a victim or potential victim 

3 of labor trafficking or sex trafficking; 

4 ‘‘(III) options and procedures for 

5 referring such an individual, as appro6 priate, to information on such traf7 ficking and services available for vic8 tims of such trafficking; 

9 ‘‘(IV) reporting requirements and 

10 procedures in accordance with applica11 ble Federal and State law; and 

12 ‘‘(V) how to carry out activities 

13 authorized under subparagraph (A)(ii); 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(ii) a plan, developed and imple16 mented in consultation with local law en17 forcement agencies, to ensure the safety of 

18 school staff and students reporting such 

19 trafficking. 

20 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 

21 this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority 

22 to local educational agencies serving a high-in23 tensity child sex trafficking area.’’. 

24 (b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA25 TIONS.—Section 113(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
55 

•HR 2200 RS

1 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(b)(1)) is amended by 

2 striking ‘‘section 107(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 106(b) 

3 and 107(b)’’. 

4 SEC. 102. PREVENTING FUTURE TRAFFICKING IN THE 

5 UNITED STATES THROUGH RECEIPT OF COM6 PLAINTS ABROAD. 

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

8 that each diplomatic or consular post or other mission des9 ignates an employee to be responsible for receiving informa10 tion from— 

11 (1) any person who was a victim of a severe 

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

13 in section 103(14) of the Trafficking Victims Protec14 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(14))) while present 

15 in the United States; or 

16 (2) any person who has information regarding a 

17 victim described in paragraph (1). 

18 (b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Any information 

19 received pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transmitted to 

20 the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the 

21 Department of Homeland Security, and to any other rel22 evant Federal agency for appropriate response. The Attor23 ney General, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Home24 land Security, and the head of any other such relevant FedVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
56 

•HR 2200 RS

1 eral agency shall establish a process to address any actions 

2 to be taken in response to such information. 

3 (c) ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—The 

4 employee designated for receiving information pursuant to 

5 subsection (a) should coordinate with foreign governments 

6 or civil society organizations in the countries of origin of 

7 victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, with the 

8 permission of and without compromising the safety of such 

9 victims, to ensure that such victims receive any additional 

10 support available. 

11 SEC. 103. MODIFICATION TO GRANTS FOR VICTIMS SERV12 ICES. 

13 Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protec14 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by 

15 striking ‘‘programs for’’ and all that follows and inserting 

16 the following: ‘‘programs for victims of human trafficking, 

17 including programs that provide trauma-informed care or 

18 housing options to such victims who are— 

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

20 and 

21 ‘‘(II) homeless, in foster care, or in22 volved in the criminal justice system; 

23 ‘‘(ii) transitioning out of the foster 

24 care system; or 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
57 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(iii) women or girls in underserved 

2 populations.’’. 

3 Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts to 

4 Prevent Human Trafficking 

5 SEC. 111. REQUIRED TRAINING TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAF6 FICKING FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTING AIR 

7 CARRIERS. 

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

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

11 of General Services shall ensure that any contract entered 

12 into for provision of air transportation with a domestic car13 rier under this section requires that the contracting air car14 rier submits to the Administrator of General Services, the 

15 Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the 

16 Transportation Security Administration, and the Commis17 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection an annual 

18 report regarding— 

19 ‘‘(1) the number of personnel trained in the de20 tection and reporting of potential human trafficking 

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

22 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

23 (22 U.S.C. 7102)), including the training required 

24 under section 44734(a)(4); 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
58 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 human trafficking victims received from staff or other 

3 passengers; and 

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

5 Human Trafficking Hotline or law enforcement at the 

6 relevant airport of the potential human trafficking 

7 victim for each such notification of potential human 

8 trafficking, and if so, when the notification was 

9 made.’’. 

10 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub11 section (a) shall apply to any contract entered into after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act except for contracts entered 

13 into by the Secretary of Defense. 

14 SEC. 112. PRIORITY FOR ACCOMMODATION IN PLACES WITH 

15 CERTAIN POLICIES RELATING TO CHILD SEX16 UAL EXPLOITATION. 

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

18 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘§ 5712. Priority for accommodation in places with 

21 certain policies relating to child sexual 

22 exploitation. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of making pay24 ments under this chapter for lodging expenses, each agency 

25 shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that commercial-lodgVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
59 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ing room nights in the United States for employees of that 

2 agency are booked in a preferred place of accommodation. 

3 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY AS A PREFERRED PLACE OF ACCOM4 MODATION.—A hotel, motel, or another place of public ac5 commodation shall be considered a preferred place of accom6 modation if it— 

7 ‘‘(1) enforces a zero-tolerance policy regarding 

8 the sexual exploitation of children (as described in 

9 section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protec10 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A))) developed by 

11 the Administrator of General Services under sub12 section (c)(1), or a similar zero-tolerance policy devel13 oped by the place of accommodation, which shall be 

14 demonstrated by— 

15 ‘‘(A) attesting through the General Services 

16 Administration’s website of the use of such zero17 tolerance policy; 

18 ‘‘(B) posting such policy in a nonpublic 

19 space within the place of accommodation that is 

20 accessible by all employees; or 

21 ‘‘(C) including such policy in the employee 

22 handbook; 

23 ‘‘(2) has procedures in place for employees to 

24 identify and report any such exploitation to the apVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
60 

•HR 2200 RS

1 propriate law enforcement authorities and hotel man2 agement; 

3 ‘‘(3) posts the informational materials developed 

4 under subsection (c)(3) in an appropriate nonpublic 

5 space within the place of accommodation that is ac6 cessible by all employees; 

7 ‘‘(4) requires each employee who is physically lo8 cated at the place of accommodation and is likely to 

9 interact with guests, including security, front desk, 

10 housekeeping, room service, and bell staff, to complete 

11 the training described in subsection (c)(2), (c)(3), or 

12 (d), which shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) take place— 

14 ‘‘(i) not later than 180 days after the 

15 starting date of the employee; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an employee start17 ing employment before the effective date of 

18 this section, not later than 180 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this section; 

20 ‘‘(B) include training on— 

21 ‘‘(i) the identification of possible cases 

22 of sexual exploitation of children; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) procedures to report suspected 

24 abuse to the appropriate authorities; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
61 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(5) includes a notice to all independent contrac2 tors in any agreement negotiated or renewed on or 

3 after the date of the enactment of this section that 

4 states ‘Federal law prohibits the trafficking of hu5 mans under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

6 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.)’; 

7 ‘‘(6) ensures that the place of accommodation 

8 does not retaliate against employees for reporting sus9 pected cases of such exploitation if reported according 

10 to the protocol identified in the employee training; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(7) keeps records, to the extent permissible by 

13 law and on an individual hotel property basis, of 

14 each suspected case of such exploitation that is re15 ported to accommodation management or law enforce16 ment, including the date and approximate time of 

17 such report, and the name of the accommodation 

18 manager or law enforcement agency to which the re19 port was made. 

20 ‘‘(c) GSA REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator of 

21 General Services shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) develop, and make available on the General 

23 Services Administration publicly accessible website, a 

24 zero-tolerance policy for places of accommodation re25 garding the sexual exploitation of children (as deVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
62 

•HR 2200 RS

1 scribed in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims 

2 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A))), in3 cluding informational materials regarding such pol4 icy that could be posted in places of accommodation 

5 in nonpublic spaces; 

6 ‘‘(2) make available on the website described in 

7 paragraph (1) a list of Federal Government and pri8 vately developed training programs that address— 

9 ‘‘(A) the identification of possible cases of 

10 sexual exploitation of children; and 

11 ‘‘(B) reporting such cases to law enforce12 ment authorities; 

13 ‘‘(3) coordinate with the Department of Home14 land Security’s Blue Campaign to develop— 

15 ‘‘(A) training materials on preventing the 

16 sexual exploitation of children; and 

17 ‘‘(B) informational materials to be posted 

18 in nonpublic spaces in places of accommodation 

19 on spotting the signs of sexual exploitation of 

20 children and reporting possible incidences of 

21 such exploitation; and 

22 ‘‘(4) identify, and maintain a list of, each pre23 ferred place of accommodation that meets the require24 ments described in subsection (b) by examining places 

25 of accommodation that— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
63 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(A) are enrolled in Federal Government 

2 travel programs, such as FedRooms; 

3 ‘‘(B) are included on the Federal Emer4 gency Management Agency’s Hotel-Motel Na5 tional Master List (commonly known as the 

6 ‘Fire Safe List’); or 

7 ‘‘(C) received Federal Government travel 

8 business during the 2-year period immediately 

9 preceding the date of the enactment of this sec10 tion. 

11 ‘‘(d) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—A place of accommoda12 tion or lodging company may use a training program de13 veloped or acquired by such place of accommodation or com14 pany to satisfy the requirements under subsection (b)(4) if 

15 such training program— 

16 ‘‘(1) focuses on identifying and reporting sus17 pected cases of sexual exploitation of children; and 

18 ‘‘(2) was developed in consultation with a glob19 ally or nationally recognized organization with exper20 tise in anti-trafficking initiatives. 

21 ‘‘(e) PREVIOUSLY TRAINED EMPLOYEES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) PRIOR TRAINING.—Any employee of a place 

23 of accommodation who was trained to identify and 

24 report potential sexual exploitation of children before 

25 the effective date of this section shall be considered to 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
64 

•HR 2200 RS

1 have met the training requirement under subsection 

2 (b)(4) with respect to any employment at that place 

3 of accommodation or at any other place of accommo4 dation managed by the same entity. 

5 ‘‘(2) TRAINING PRIOR TO TRANSFER OF EMPLOY6 MENT.—Any employee of a place of accommodation 

7 who has met the training requirements under sub8 section (b)(4) shall be considered to have met such re9 quirements with respect to any employment at a 

10 place of accommodation managed by the same entity. 

11 ‘‘(f) PROPERTY-BY-PROPERTY IMPLEMENTATION.— 

12 Compliance with the requirements under this section shall 

13 be assessed and enforced separately for each place of accom14 modation. Lack of compliance by 1 place of accommodation 

15 shall not impact the eligibility of affiliated places of accom16 modation to receive funds for Federal employee travel. Lack 

17 of compliance by a franchisee shall not impact the eligi18 bility of the respective franchisor for other places of accom19 modation affiliated with that franchisor. 

20 ‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec21 tion that applies to an employee of a place of accommoda22 tion may be construed to apply to an individual who is 

23 an independent contractor or otherwise not directly em24 ployed by a place of accommodation.’’. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
65 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 

3 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘5712. Priority for accommodation in places with certain policies relating to child 

sexual exploitation.’’. 

4 (c) RULEMAKING.—The Administrator of General 

5 Services shall issue such regulations as are necessary to 

6 carry out section 5712 of title 5, United States Code, as 

7 added by subsection (a). 

8 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5712(a) of title 5, 

9 United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take 

10 effect on the later of— 

11 (1) the date that is 1 year after the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act; and 

13 (2) 60 days after the completion of the require14 ments under subsection (c) of such section. 

15 SEC. 113. ENSURING UNITED STATES PROCUREMENT DOES 

16 NOT FUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

17 Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

19 the following: 

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

21 HUMAN TRAFFICKING.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the end of each fiscal 

23 year, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, 

24 the Administrator of the United States Agency for 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
66 

•HR 2200 RS

1 International Development, and the Director of the 

2 Office of Management and Budget shall each submit 

3 a report to the Administrator of General Services that 

4 includes— 

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

6 the individual within the agency’s Office of 

7 Legal Counsel or Office of Acquisition Policy 

8 who is responsible for overseeing the implementa9 tion of— 

10 ‘‘(i) subsection (g); 

11 ‘‘(ii) title XVII of the National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 

13 U.S.C. 7104a et seq.); and 

14 ‘‘(iii) any regulation in the Federal 

15 Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. 1 et seq.) 

16 that is related to any subject matter referred 

17 to in clause (i) or (ii); 

18 ‘‘(B) agency action to ensure that contrac19 tors are educated on the applicable laws and reg20 ulations listed in subparagraph (A); 

21 ‘‘(C) agency action to ensure that the acqui22 sition workforce and agency officials understand 

23 implementation of the laws and regulations list24 ed in subparagraph (A), including best practices 

25 for— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
67 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(i) ensuring compliance with such 

2 laws and regulations; 

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

4 willful, or pervasive nature of any violation 

5 of such laws or regulations; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) evaluating steps contractors have 

7 taken to correct any such violation; 

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

9 language referring to the laws and regulations 

10 listed in subparagraph (A); and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the number of contracts that did not 

12 contain any language referring to such laws and 

13 regulations; 

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

15 forms of trafficking in persons received; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the source type of the allegation (such 

17 as contractor, subcontractor, employee of con18 tractor or subcontractor, or an individual out19 side of the contract); 

20 ‘‘(F)(i) the number of such allegations in21 vestigated by the agency; 

22 ‘‘(ii) a summary of any findings from such 

23 investigations; and 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
68 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(iii) any improvements recommended by 

2 the agency to prevent such conduct from recur3 ring; 

4 ‘‘(G)(i) the number of such allegations re5 ferred to the Attorney General for prosecution 

6 under section 3271 of title 18, United States 

7 Code; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the outcomes of such referrals; 

9 ‘‘(H) any remedial action taken as a result 

10 of such investigation, including whether— 

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

12 any tier) was debarred or suspended due to 

13 a violation of a law or regulation relating 

14 to severe forms of trafficking in persons; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) a contract was terminated pursu16 ant to subsection (g) as a result of such vio17 lation; 

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

19 contractors to ensure compliance with a law or 

20 regulation relating to severe forms of trafficking 

21 in persons; 

22 ‘‘(J) any interagency meetings or data 

23 sharing regarding suspended or disbarred con24 tractors or subcontractors (at any tier) for severe 

25 forms of trafficking in persons; and 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
69 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(K) any contract with a contractor or sub2 contractor (at any tier) located outside the 

3 United States and the country location, where 

4 safe to reveal location, for each such contractor 

5 or subcontractor. 

6 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate con8 gressional committees’ means— 

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

10 the House of Representatives; 

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

12 the House of Representatives; 

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

14 Workforce of the House of Representatives; 

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

16 House of Representatives; 

17 ‘‘(E) the Committee on Oversight and Gov18 ernment Reform of the House of Representatives; 

19 ‘‘(F) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

20 the Senate; 

21 ‘‘(G) the Committee on Armed Services of 

22 the Senate; 

23 ‘‘(H) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

24 Senate; and 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
70 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ‘‘(I) the Committee on Health, Education, 

2 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.’’. 

3 SEC. 114. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 

4 GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. 

5 Any curriculum, including any continuing education 

6 curriculum, for the acquisition workforce used by the Fed7 eral Acquisition Institute established under section 1201 of 

8 title 41, United States Code, shall include at least 1 course, 

9 lasting at least 30 minutes, regarding the law and regula10 tions relating to human trafficking and contracting with 

11 the Federal Government. 

12 SEC. 115. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

13 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

14 The Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment 

15 Act (section 115 of Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243) is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (f), by amending paragraph (2) 

18 to read as follows: 

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

20 diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with the 

21 applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 

22 57 of title 5, United States Code.’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and in24 serting ‘‘2021’’. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
71 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 116. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING FED2 ERAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE DEMAND. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that— 

4 (1) all Federal anti-trafficking training, includ5 ing training under subsection (c) of the Combat 

6 Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20709(c)) 

7 and section 107(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Pro8 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) provided 

9 to Federal judges, prosecutors, and State and local 

10 law enforcement officials, should— 

11 (A) explain the circumstances under which 

12 sex buyers are considered parties to the crime of 

13 trafficking; 

14 (B) provide best practices for arresting or 

15 prosecuting buyers of illegal sex acts as a form 

16 of sex trafficking prevention; and 

17 (C) specify that any comprehensive ap18 proach to eliminating sex and labor trafficking 

19 must include a demand reduction component; 

20 and 

21 (2) any request for proposals for grants or coop22 erative agreement opportunities issued by the Attor23 ney General with respect to the prevention of traf24 ficking should include specific language with respect 

25 to demand reduction. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
72 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 117. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SENIOR POLICY OP2 ERATING GROUP. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that the Senior Policy Oper4 ating Group established under section 105(g) of the Traf5 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)) 

6 should create a working group to examine the role of de7 mand reduction, both domestically and internationally, in 

8 achieving the purposes of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

9 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and the Justice for 

10 Victims of Trafficking Act (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 

11 227). 

12 SEC. 118. BEST PRACTICES TO PREVENT FORCED CHILD 

13 LABOR TRAFFICKING. 

14 It is the sense of the Congress that— 

15 (1) the United States Government condemns, in 

16 the strongest terms, forced child labor, including in 

17 situations of trafficking; and 

18 (2) the President should work with the private 

19 sector to develop best practices and guidance for pre20 venting forced child labor and indentured servitude, 

21 including in situations of trafficking. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
73 

•HR 2200 RS

1 Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking 

2 in Persons in the United States 

3 SEC. 121. DEMAND REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN THE 

4 UNITED STATES. 

5 (a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TASK FORCE.—Section 

6 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

7 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

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

9 at the end; 

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

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

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

13 ‘‘(S) tactics and strategies employed by 

14 human trafficking task forces sponsored by the 

15 Department of Justice to reduce demand for traf16 ficking victims.’’. 

17 (b) REPORT ON STATE ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection 

18 (e)(1)(A) of the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 

19 (34 U.S.C. 20709(e)(1)(A)) is amended— 

20 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik21 ing ‘‘rates’’ and inserting ‘‘number’’; 

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

23 offenders’’ after ‘‘covered offense’’ each place such term 

24 appears; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
74 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (3) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘arrest’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘arrests’’; 

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

4 inserting ‘‘prosecutions’’; and 

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

6 inserting ‘‘convictions’’. 

7 SEC. 122. DESIGNATION OF A LABOR PROSECUTOR TO EN8 HANCE STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COM9 BAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

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

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

12 amended— 

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

14 the end; 

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

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

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

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

19 prosecutor for cases of severe forms of trafficking 

20 in persons (as such term is defined in section 

21 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

22 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)).’’. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
75 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 123. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN 

2 MISSIONS AND DIPLOMATIC HOUSEHOLDS. 

3 Section 203(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

4 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 

5 1375c(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘for such period as the Sec8 retary determines necessary’’ and inserting ‘‘for 

9 a period of at least 1 year, except if the Sec10 retary determines and reports to the appropriate 

11 congressional committees, in advance, the reasons 

12 a shorter period is in the national interest,’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines’’ 

14 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘there is an 

15 unpaid default or final civil judgement directly 

16 or indirectly related to human trafficking 

17 against the employer or a family member as18 signed to the embassy, or the diplomatic mission 

19 or international organization hosting the em20 ployer or family member has not responded af21 firmatively to a request to waive immunity 

22 within 6 weeks of the request in a case brought 

23 by the United States Government and the coun24 try that accredited the employer or family mem25 ber or, in the case of international organizations, 

26 the country of citizenship, has not initiated prosVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
76 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ecution against the employer or family mem2 ber.’’; and 

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

4 is in place’’ and inserting ‘‘, as applicable, the un5 paid default judgment or final civil judgement has 

6 been resolved, the diplomatic mission or international 

7 organization hosting the employer or family member 

8 has waived immunity for the employer or family 

9 member or the country that accredited the employer 

10 or family member or the country of citizenship of the 

11 employer or family member completed the prosecution 

12 of the employer or family member, and the diplomatic 

13 mission or international organization hosting the em14 ployer or family member has a mechanism in place’’. 

15 SEC. 124. ACTIONS AGAINST SIGNIFICANT TRAFFICKERS IN 

16 PERSONS. 

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

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

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

20 by inserting ‘‘, or section 1263 of the Global 

21 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub22 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 

23 2656 note),’’ after ‘‘1701)’’ the second place it ap24 pears; and 

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


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
77 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 participate in, facilitate, or condone severe forms 

3 of trafficking in persons for significant financial 

4 gain.’’. 

5 Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, 

6 Forced, and Slave Labor 

7 SEC. 131. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that— 

9 (1) foreign assistance that addresses poverty alle10 viation and humanitarian disasters reduces the vul11 nerability of men, women, and children to human 

12 trafficking and is a crucial part of the response of the 

13 United States to modern-day slavery; 

14 (2) the Deputy Under Secretary of the Bureau of 

15 International Labor Affairs of the Department of 

16 Labor and the grant programs administered by the 

17 Deputy Under Secretary play a critical role in pre18 venting and protecting children from the worst forms 

19 of child labor, including situations of trafficking, and 

20 in reducing the vulnerabilities of men and women to 

21 situations of forced labor and trafficking; and 

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

23 role in helping other Federal departments and agen24 cies to prevent goods made with forced and child labor 

25 from entering the United States by consulting with 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
78 

•HR 2200 RS

1 such departments and agencies to reduce forced and 

2 child labor internationally and ensuring that prod3 ucts made by forced labor and child labor in violation 

4 of international standards are not imported into the 

5 United States. 

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

7 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 

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

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

10 of the United States shall submit a report to the committees 

11 listed in subsection (b) that describes any obstacles or chal12 lenges to enforcing section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

13 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

14 (b) COMMITTEES.—The committees listed in this sub15 section are— 

16 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

17 House of Representatives; 

18 (2) the Committee on Financial Services of the 

19 House of Representatives; 

20 (3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

21 the House of Representatives; 

22 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

23 of Representatives; 

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

25 House of Representatives; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
79 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (6) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

2 Senate; 

3 (7) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

4 and Pensions of the Senate; 

5 (8) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

6 Transportation of the Senate; 

7 (9) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen8 ate; and 

9 (10) the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

10 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under sub11 section (a) shall— 

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

13 sector employers in the United States in complying 

14 with the provisions of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 

15 1930; 

16 (2) describe any efforts or programs undertaken 

17 by relevant Federal, State, or local government agen18 cies to encourage employers, directly or indirectly, to 

19 comply with such provisions; 

20 (3) describe the roles of the relevant Federal de21 partments and agencies in overseeing and regulating 

22 such provisions, and the oversight and enforcement 

23 mechanisms used by such departments or agencies; 

24 (4) provide concrete, actual case studies or exam25 ples of how such provisions are enforced; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
80 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (5) identify the number of petitions received and 

2 cases initiated (whether by petition or otherwise) or 

3 investigated by each relevant Federal department or 

4 agency charged with implementing and enforcing 

5 such provisions, as well as the dates petitions were re6 ceived or investigations were initiated, and their cur7 rent statuses; 

8 (6) identify any enforcement actions during the 

9 most recent 10 years, including— 

10 (A) the issuance of Withhold Release Orders; 

11 (B) the detention of shipments; 

12 (C) the issuance of civil penalties; and 

13 (D) the formal charging with criminal 

14 charges relating to the forced labor scheme taken 

15 as a result of petitions and investigations identi16 fied pursuant to paragraph (5), organized by 

17 type of action, date of action, commodity, and 

18 country of origin; 

19 (7) with respect to any relevant petition filed 

20 during the 10-year period immediately preceding the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act with the relevant 

22 Federal departments and agencies tasked with imple23 menting such provisions, list the specific products, 

24 country of origin, manufacturer, importer, end-user 

25 or retailer, and outcomes of any investigation; 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
81 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (8) identify any gaps that may exist in enforce2 ment of such provisions; 

3 (9) describe the engagement of the relevant Fed4 eral departments and agencies with stakeholders, in5 cluding the engagement of importers, forced labor ex6 perts, and nongovernmental organizations; and 

7 (10) based on the information required under 

8 paragraphs (1) through (9)— 

9 (A) identify any regulatory obstacles or 

10 challenges to enforcement of such provisions; and 

11 (B) provide recommendations for actions 

12 that could be taken by the relevant Federal de13 partments and agencies to overcome such obsta14 cles. 

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

16 SLAVERY-MADE GOODS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Traf18 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 

19 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including, 

20 to the extent practicable, goods that are produced with in21 puts that are produced with forced labor or child labor’’ 

22 after ‘‘international standards’’. 

23 (b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA24 TIONS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authoriza25 tion of appropriations under section 113(f) of the TrafVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
82 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(f)), 

2 as amended by section 301, are authorized to be made avail3 able to carry out the purposes described in section 105(b)(2) 

4 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

5 of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)), as amended by subsection 

6 (a). 

7 TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 

8 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

9 Subtitle A—Efforts to Combat 

10 Trafficking 

11 SEC. 201. INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 

12 AND THE UNITED STATES TRADE REP13 RESENTATIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE INTER14 AGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COM15 BAT TRAFFICKING. 

16 Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

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

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

20 SEC. 202. ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN AND 

21 SHARE DATA ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING EF22 FORTS. 

23 Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

25 (1) in paragraph (1)— 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
83 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (A) by striking ‘‘the capacity’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘a demonstrably increasing capacity’’; and 

3 (B) by striking the last sentence; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (7)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘consistent with its re6 sources’’ and inserting ‘‘, consistent with a de7 monstrably increasing capacity of such govern8 ment to obtain such data,’’; and 

9 (B) by striking the last sentence. 

10 SEC. 203. APPROPRIATE LISTING OF GOVERNMENTS IN11 VOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

12 Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

14 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘absolute’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘estimated’’; and 

18 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and the country is 

19 not taking proportional concrete actions’’ 

20 before the semicolon at the end; and 

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

22 ‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN COUN23 TRIES ON SPECIAL WATCH LIST THAT ARE DOWN24 GRADED AND REINSTATED ON SPECIAL WATCH

25 LIST.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs (D) and 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
84 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (E), a country may not be included on the spe2 cial watch list described in subparagraph 

3 (A)(iii) for more than 1 consecutive year after 

4 the country— 

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

6 list described in subparagraph (A)(iii) 

7 for— 

8 ‘‘(I) 2 consecutive years after the 

9 date of the enactment of subparagraph 

10 (D); and 

11 ‘‘(II) any additional years after 

12 such date of enactment as a result of 

13 the President exercising the waiver au14 thority under subparagraph (D)(ii); 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(ii) was subsequently included on the 

17 list of countries described in paragraph 

18 (1)(C).’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

20 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

21 (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) and 

22 moving such clauses 2 ems to the right; 

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

24 redesignated, by striking ‘‘In determinations’’ 

25 and inserting the following: 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
85 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 and 

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

4 ‘‘(B) PROOF OF FAILURE TO MAKE SIGNIFI5 CANT EFFORTS.—In addition to the consider6 ations described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of 

7 subparagraph (A), in determinations under 

8 paragraph (1)(C) as to whether the government 

9 of a country is not making significant efforts to 

10 bring itself into compliance with the minimum 

11 standards for the elimination of trafficking, the 

12 Secretary of State shall consider, as proof of fail13 ure to make significant efforts, a government 

14 policy or pattern of— 

15 ‘‘(i) trafficking; 

16 ‘‘(ii) trafficking in government-funded 

17 programs; 

18 ‘‘(iii) forced labor (in government-af19 filiated medical services, agriculture, for20 estry, mining, construction, or other sec21 tors); 

22 ‘‘(iv) sexual slavery in government 

23 camps, compounds, or outposts; or 

24 ‘‘(v) employing or recruiting child sol25 diers.’’. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
86 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 204. 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 after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

7 thereafter for 7 years, the Secretary of State, in con8 sultation with the Administrator of the United States 

9 Agency for International Development, shall submit a 

10 report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

11 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

12 House of Representatives that— 

13 (A) describes any practices adopted by the 

14 Department of State or the United States Agency 

15 for International Development to better combat 

16 trafficking in persons, in accordance with the re17 port 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 practices referred to in subpara22 graph (A) have been adopted, includes a strategy 

23 to reduce the risk of trafficking in such areas. 

24 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each report sub25 mitted under paragraph (1) shall be posted on a pubVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
87 

•HR 2200 RS

1 licly available internet website of the Department of 

2 State. 

3 (b) CHILD PROTECTION STRATEGIES IN WATCH LIST

4 COUNTRIES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

6 United States Agency for International Development 

7 shall incorporate into the relevant country develop8 ment cooperation strategy for each country on the list 

9 described in paragraph (1)(C) of section 110(b) of the 

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

11 7107(b)) or the special watch list described in para12 graph (2)(A)(iii) of such section, strategies for the 

13 protection of children and the reduction of the risk of 

14 trafficking. 

15 (2) COMPONENTS.—The child protection and 

16 trafficking reduction strategies required under para17 graph (1) shall— 

18 (A) address the root causes of insecurity 

19 that leave children and youth vulnerable to traf20 ficking; and 

21 (B) include common metrics and indicators 

22 to monitor progress across Federal agencies to 

23 prevent, address, and end violence against chil24 dren and youth globally in post-conflict and 

25 post-disaster areas. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
88 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 205. BRIEFING ON COUNTRIES WITH PRIMARILY MI2 GRANT WORKFORCES. 

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

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

5 to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 

6 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee 

7 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 

8 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

9 that includes, with respect to each country that has a do10 mestic workforce of which more than 80 percent are third11 country nationals— 

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

13 government of such country toward implementing the 

14 recommendations with respect to such country con15 tained in the most recent Trafficking in Persons Re16 port submitted by the Secretary under section 110(b) 

17 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

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

19 Act; and 

20 (2) a description of the efforts made by the 

21 United States to ensure that any domestic worker 

22 brought into the United States by an official of such 

23 country is not a victim of trafficking. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
89 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER3 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

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

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

6 years, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

7 International Development shall submit a report to the 

8 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Com9 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 

10 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 

11 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa12 tives that describes, with respect to the prior fiscal year— 

13 (1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal 

14 funds by the Agency for the purpose of combating 

15 human trafficking and forced labor; and 

16 (2) with respect to each such obligation or ex17 penditure, the program, project, activity, primary re18 cipient, and any subgrantees or subcontractors. 

19 Subtitle B—Child Soldier 

20 Prevention Act of 2018 

21 SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 

22 Congress finds the following: 

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

24 conflict is unacceptable for any government or govern25 ment-supported entity receiving United States assist26 ance. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
90 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 conflict, including direct combat, support roles, and 

3 sexual slavery, occurred during 2016 or 2017 in Af4 ghanistan, Iran, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Sudan, 

5 Burma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, 

6 Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. 

7 (3) Entities of the Government of Afghanistan, 

8 particularly the Afghan Local Police and Afghan Na9 tional Police, continue to recruit children to serve as 

10 combatants or as servants, including as sex slaves. 

11 (4) Police forces of the Government of Afghani12 stan participate in counterterrorism operations, di13 rect and indirect combat, security operations, fight 

14 alongside regular armies, and are targeted for vio15 lence by the Taliban and other opposition groups. 

16 (5) In February 2016, a 10-year-old boy was as17 sassinated by the Taliban after he had been publicly 

18 honored by Afghan local police forces for his assist19 ance in combat operations against the Taliban. 

20 (6) Recruitment and use of children in armed 

21 conflict by government forces has continued in South 

22 Sudan with the return to hostilities. 

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

24 since South Sudan’s civil war began in 2013. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
91 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 212. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVEN2 TION ACT OF 2008. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 402(2) of the Child Sol4 diers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c(2)) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, police, 

7 or other security forces’’ after ‘‘governmental armed 

8 forces’’ each place such term appears; and 

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

10 and inserting ‘‘clause’’. 

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

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

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

15 forces,’’ after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘recruit and use child sol17 diers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit or use child sol18 diers’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 

20 (2) to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.— 

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

23 after the date on which each report is submitted 

24 under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 

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

26 Secretary of State shall formally notify each govVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Oct 10, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2200.RS H2200

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
92 

•HR 2200 RS

1 ernment included in the list under paragraph 

2 (1) that such government is included in such list. 

3 ‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—As 

4 soon as practicable after making all of the notifi5 cations required under subparagraph (A) with 

6 respect to a report, the Secretary of State shall 

7 notify the appropriate congressional committees 

8 that the requirements of subparagraph (A) have 

9 been met.’’; 

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

11 period at the end the following: ‘‘and certifies to the 

12 appropriate congressional committees that the govern13 ment of such country is taking effective and con14 tinuing steps to address the problem of child soldiers’’; 

15 and 

16 (4) in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding 

17 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to a country’’ and all 

18 that follows through ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘under section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

20 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) through the Defense Institute 

21 for International Legal Studies or the Center for 

22 Civil-Military Relations at the Naval Post-Graduate 

23 School, and may provide nonlethal supplies (as de24 fined in section 2557(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
93 

•HR 2200 RS

1 States Code), to a country subject to the prohibition 

2 under subsection (a)’’. 

3 (c) REPORTS.—Section 405 of the Child Soldiers Pre4 vention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–2) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (c)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

7 (1)— 

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

9 years following the date of the enactment of 

10 this Act,’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘wavier’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘waiver’’; 

13 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 

14 and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec15 tively; 

16 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(2) a description and the amount of any assist19 ance withheld under this title pursuant to the appli20 cation to those countries of the prohibition in section 

21 404(a);’’; and 

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

23 inserting ‘‘and the amount’’ after ‘‘a descrip24 tion’’; and 

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


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
94 

•HR 2200 RS

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

2 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT.—If the Secretary of 

3 State notifies a country pursuant to section 404(b)(2), or 

4 the President grants a waiver pursuant to section 404(c)(1), 

5 the Secretary of State shall include, in each report required 

6 under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

7 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), the information required 

8 to be included in the annual report to Congress under para9 graphs (1) through (5) of subsection (c).’’. 

10 (d) ELIMINATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT BY AF11 GHAN SECURITY FORCES.— 

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

13 Congress that the Department of State and the De14 partment of Defense should fully implement the rec15 ommendations in the Special Inspector General for 

16 Afghanistan Reconstruction’s 2017 report on Child 

17 Sexual Assault in Afghanistan. 

18 (2) REPORT ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF

19 RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

21 State and the Secretary of Defense shall report to the 

22 appropriate congressional committees on the status of 

23 implementation, within their respective departments, 

24 of each recommendation included in the report ref25 erenced in paragraph (1). 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
95 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (3) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY EFFORTS TO MON2 ITOR ABUSES.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

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

4 and the Secretary of Defense shall report to the ap5 propriate congressional committees on the status of 

6 interagency efforts to establish effective, coherent, and 

7 discrete reporting by United States personnel on child 

8 sexual abuse by Afghan security forces with whom 

9 they train or advise or to whom they provide assist10 ance. 

11 (4) PRIORITIZATION AT MINISTERIAL CON12 FERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN.—The Department of 

13 State shall ensure that the issue of child sexual as14 sault by Afghan security forces is incorporated and 

15 elevated as an issue of international concern and 

16 focus at the next Ministerial Conference on Afghani17 stan, scheduled for November 27-28, 2018, in Geneva, 

18 Switzerland, with the goal of ending the illegal but 

19 ongoing practice known as ‘‘bacha bazi’’. 

20 (5) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

21 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

22 congressional committees’’ means— 

23 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

24 and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

25 Senate; and 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
96 

•HR 2200 RS

1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

2 the Committee on Armed Services of the House 

3 of Representatives. 

4 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

5 APPROPRIATIONS 

6 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 

7 THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT 

8 OF 2000. 

9 Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act 

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

11 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS IN SUP14 PORT OF THE TASK FORCE.—There are authorized to be 

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

16 fiscal years 2018 through 2021, $13,822,000 for Diplomatic 

17 and Consular Programs of the Office to Monitor and Com18 bat Trafficking in Persons, which shall be used to carry 

19 out sections 105(e), 105(f), and 110, including for addi20 tional personnel.’’; 

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

22 for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘$19,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 

24 2018 through 2021, of which $3,500,000 is authorized 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
97 

•HR 2200 RS

1 to be appropriated for each fiscal year for the Na2 tional Human Trafficking Hotline.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 

4 (1) to read as follows: 

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

6 There are authorized to be appropriated to the De7 partment of State, for each of the fiscal years 2018 

8 through 2021, $65,000,000, which shall be used— 

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

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

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

12 ‘‘(C) to assist countries in meeting the min13 imum standards described in section 108; and 

14 ‘‘(D) for programs and activities on preven15 tion, protection, and prosecution to combat all 

16 forms of trafficking in persons internationally, 

17 including training activities for law enforcement 

18 officers, prosecutors, and members of the judici19 ary with respect to trafficking in persons at the 

20 International Law Enforcement Academies.’’; 

21 and 

22 (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

23 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021.’’. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
98 

•HR 2200 RS

1 SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 

2 THE INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

3 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre4 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

5 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 

6 U.S.C. 21509) is amended by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 

8 SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AIR9 PORT PERSONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY 

10 AND REPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 

11 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commis12 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection $250,000 for 

13 each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021 to expand out14 reach and live on-site anti-trafficking training for airport 

15 and airline personnel. 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS

daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
Calendar No. 628 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2200 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 

OCTOBER 10, 2018 

Reported with an amendment 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS