115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2200 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthor4 ization Act of 2017’’. 

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 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 
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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 

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

2 the following: 

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

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

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

6 OF TRAFFICKING.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

8 Health and Human Services may award grants 

9 to local educational agencies, in partnership 

10 with a nonprofit, nongovernmental agency, to 

11 establish, expand, and support programs— 

12 ‘‘(i) to educate school staff to recog13 nize and respond to signs of labor traf14 ficking and sex trafficking; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) to provide age-appropriate infor16 mation to students on how to avoid becom17 ing victims of labor trafficking and sex 

18 trafficking. 

19 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 Amounts awarded under this paragraph shall 

21 be used for— 

22 ‘‘(i) education on— 

23 ‘‘(I) how to avoid becoming vic24 tims of labor trafficking and sex traf25 ficking; 
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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 

14 (A)(ii); 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 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

21 under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give 

22 priority to local educational agencies serving a 

23 high-intensity child sex trafficking area. 

24 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
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1 ‘‘(i) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘ele2 mentary school’, ‘local educational agency’, 

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

4 the meanings given the terms in section 

5 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

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

7 ‘‘(ii) HIGH-INTENSITY CHILD SEX

8 TRAFFICKING AREA.—The term ‘high-in9 tensity child sex trafficking area’ means a 

10 metropolitan area designated by the Direc11 tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

12 as a high-intensity child prostitution area. 

13 ‘‘(iii) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The 

14 term ‘labor trafficking’ means conduct de15 scribed in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf16 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

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

18 ‘‘(iv) SCHOOL STAFF.—The term 

19 ‘school staff’ means teachers, nurses, 

20 school leaders and administrators, and 

21 other staff at elementary schools and sec22 ondary schools. 

23 ‘‘(v) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term 

24 ‘sex trafficking’ means the conduct de25 scribed in section 103(9)(A) of the Traf-
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1 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

2 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)).’’. 

3 (b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA4 TIONS.—Section 113(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Pro5 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(b)(1)) is amended 

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

7 106(b) and 107(b)’’. 

8 SEC. 102. PREVENTING FUTURE TRAFFICKING IN THE 

9 UNITED STATES THROUGH RECEIPT OF COM10 PLAINTS ABROAD. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall en12 sure that each diplomatic or consular post or other mission 

13 designates an employee to be responsible for receiving in14 formation from any person who was a victim of a severe 

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

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

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

18 United States, or any person who has information regard19 ing such a victim. 

20 (b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Any information 

21 received pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transmitted 

22 to the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, 

23 the Department of Homeland Security, and to any other 

24 relevant Federal agency for appropriate response. The At25 torney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the head of 
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1 any other such relevant Federal agency shall establish a 

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

3 such information. 

4 (c) ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.— 

5 The employee designated for receiving information pursu6 ant to subsection (a) should coordinate with foreign gov7 ernments or civil society organizations in the countries of 

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

9 with the permission of and without compromising the safe10 ty of such victims, to ensure that such victims receive any 

11 additional support available. 

12 SEC. 103. MODIFICATION TO GRANTS FOR VICTIMS SERV13 ICES. 

14 Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro15 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended 

16 by striking ‘‘programs for’’ and all that follows and insert17 ing the following: ‘‘programs for victims of human traf18 ficking, including programs that provide trauma-informed 

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

20 are— 

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

22 and who are homeless, in foster care, or in23 volved in the criminal justice system; 

24 ‘‘(ii) transitioning out of the foster 

25 care system; or 
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1 ‘‘(iii) women or girls in underserved 

2 populations.’’. 

3 Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts 

4 To 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 fol10 lowing: 

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

12 of General Services shall ensure that any contract entered 

13 into for provision of air transportation with a domestic 

14 carrier under this section requires that the contracting air 

15 carrier provides to the Administrator of General Services, 

16 the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the 

17 Transportation Security Administration, and the Commis18 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection an annual 

19 report regarding— 

20 ‘‘(1) the number of personnel trained in the de21 tection and reporting of potential human trafficking 

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

23 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

24 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)), including the training re25 quired under section 44734(a)(4); 
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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: 
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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; 
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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.— 
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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 
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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 improve-
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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. 
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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 
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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— 
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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. 
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1 227) and Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

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

3 Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking 

4 in Persons in the United States 

5 SEC. 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; 
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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)).’’. 
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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 
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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— 
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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. 
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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; 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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)— 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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), 
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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; 
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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— 
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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. 

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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; 
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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, 
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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 sec-
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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 

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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. 
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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. 
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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. 
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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 Traf-
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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’’. 
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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 
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1 expand outreach and live on-site anti-trafficking training 

2 for airport and airline personnel. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2017. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2200 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000, and for other purposes.