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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1876 

To rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department 

of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons 

and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2015 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. STABENOW, 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. REED, Mr. BENNET, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. COONS, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. FRANKEN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 

of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and 

Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an 

Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, 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. REDESIGNATION OF OFFICE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(e) of the Trafficking 

5 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(e)) is 

6 amended— 


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1 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘OF2 FICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘BUREAU TO MONITOR AND COMBAT

4 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS’’; 

5 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Of7 fice to Monitor and Combat Trafficking’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘Bureau to Monitor and Combat 

9 Trafficking in Persons’’; 

10 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

11 ‘‘Office’’ and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’; and 

12 (C) in the sixth sentence, by striking ‘‘Of13 fice’’ and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’; and 

14 (3) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘Office to 

15 Monitor and Combat Trafficking’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Per17 sons’’. 

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 

19 112A(b)(3) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

20 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7109a(b)(3)) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons’’. 

23 (2) Section 113(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protec24 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(a)) is amended by strik25 ing ‘‘Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking’’ and inVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:48 Jul 29, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1876.IS S1876

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1 serting ‘‘Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in 

2 Persons’’. 

3 (3) Section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

4 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7112) is amended— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘Office to Monitor and Combat 

6 Trafficking’’ both places it appears and inserting 

7 ‘‘Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Per8 sons’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘focus of 

10 the Office’’ and inserting ‘‘focus of the Bureau’’. 

11 (4) Section 708(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

12 (22 U.S.C. 4028(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Office to 

13 Monitor and Combat Trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘Bureau 

14 to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons’’. 

15 SEC. 2. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE BUREAU TO MON16 ITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER17 SONS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(e) of the Trafficking 

19 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(e)), as 

20 amended by section 1(a), is further amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it 

23 appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’; 

24 and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘, with the rank of Ambas2 sador-at-Large’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Director’’ 

4 both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec5 retary’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 

7 112A(b)(3) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

8 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7109a(b)(3)), as amended by section 

9 1(b)(1), is further amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ and in10 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’. 

11 (2) Section 105(a)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Pro12 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7112(a)(2)), as amended 

13 by section 1(b)(3), is further amended by striking ‘‘Direc14 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’. 

15 (3) Section 708(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

16 (22 U.S.C. 4028(a)), as amended by section 1(b)(4), is 

17 further amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’. 

19 (c) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED ASSISTANT SEC20 RETARY POSITIONS.—(1) Section 1(c)(1) of the State De21 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

22 2651a(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘not more than 24 

23 Assistant Secretaries’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 25 

24 Assistant Secretaries’’. 


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1 (2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is 

2 amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of State (24)’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of State (25)’’. 

4 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

5 (a) OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAF6 FICKING.—Any reference to the Office to Monitor and 

7 Combat Trafficking in any law, regulation, map, docu8 ment, record, or other paper of the United States shall 

9 be deemed to be a reference to the Bureau to Monitor 

10 and Combat Trafficking in Persons. 

11 (b) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE BUREAU TO

12 MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Any 

13 reference to the Director of the Office to Monitor and 

14 Combat Trafficking in any law, regulation, map, docu15 ment, record, or other paper of the United States shall 

16 be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary 

17 of the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Per18 sons. 

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