117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4171 

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 ‘‘International Traf3 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022.’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

Sec. 101. United States support for integration of anti-trafficking in persons 

interventions in multilateral development banks. 

Sec. 102. Expanding prevention efforts at the United States Agency for International Development. 

Sec. 103. Counter-trafficking in persons efforts in development cooperation and 

assistance policy. 

Sec. 104. Technical amendments to tier rankings. 

Sec. 105. Modifications to the program to end modern slavery. 

Sec. 106. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance. 

Sec. 107. Expanding protections for domestic workers of official and diplomatic 

visa holders. 

Sec. 108. Effective dates. 

TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 201. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. 

Sec. 202. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan’s Law. 

TITLE III—BRIEFINGS 

Sec. 301. Briefing on annual trafficking in person’s report. 

Sec. 302. Briefing on use and justification of waivers. 

6 TITLE I—COMBATING HUMAN 

7 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

8 SEC. 101. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF 

9 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INTERVEN10 TIONS IN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT 

11 BANKS. 

12 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury, 

13 in consultation with the Secretary of State acting through 
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1 the Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Traf2 ficking in Persons, shall instruct the United States Execu3 tive Director of each multilateral development bank (as 

4 defined in section 110(d) of the Trafficking Victims Pro5 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d))) to encourage 

6 the inclusion of a counter-trafficking strategy, including 

7 risk assessment and mitigation efforts as needed, in pro8 posed projects in countries listed— 

9 (1) on the Tier 2 Watch List (required under 

10 section 110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro11 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A)), as 

12 amended by section 104(a)); 

13 (2) under subparagraph (C) of section 

14 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

15 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) (commonly referred 

16 to as ‘‘tier 3’’); and 

17 (3) as Special Cases in the most recent report 

18 on trafficking in persons required under such section 

19 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trafficking in Per20 sons Report’’). 

21 (b) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

23 Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 

24 brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding 

25 the implementation of this section. 
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1 (c) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

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

3 of the United States shall submit to the appropriate con4 gressional committees a report that details the activities 

5 of the United States relating to combating human traf6 ficking, including forced labor, within multilateral develop7 ment projects. 

8 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

9 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con10 gressional committees’’ means— 

11 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

12 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

13 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

14 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives. 

16 SEC. 102. EXPANDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AT THE 

17 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER18 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to strengthen prevention 

20 efforts by the United States abroad, the Administrator of 

21 the United States Agency for International Development 

22 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall, 

23 to the extent practicable and appropriate— 

24 (1) encourage the integration of activities to 

25 counter trafficking in persons (referred to in this 
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1 section as ‘‘C-TIP’’) into broader assistance pro2 gramming; 

3 (2) determine a reasonable definition for the 

4 term ‘‘C-TIP Integrated Development Programs,’’ 

5 which shall include any programming to address 

6 health, food security, economic development, edu7 cation, democracy and governance, and humani8 tarian assistance that includes a sufficient C-TIP 

9 element; and 

10 (3) ensure that each mission of the United 

11 States Agency for International Development (re12 ferred to in this section as ‘‘USAID’’)— 

13 (A) integrates a C-TIP component into de14 velopment programs, project design, and meth15 ods for program monitoring and evaluation, as 

16 necessary and appropriate, when addressing 

17 issues, including— 

18 (i) health; 

19 (ii) food security; 

20 (iii) economic development; 

21 (iv) education; 

22 (v) democracy and governance; and 

23 (vi) humanitarian assistance; 

24 (B) continuously adapts, strengthens, and 

25 implements training and tools related to the in-
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1 tegration of a C-TIP perspective into the work 

2 of development actors; and 

3 (C) encourages USAID Country Develop4 ment Cooperation Strategies to include C-TIP 

5 components in project design, implementation, 

6 monitoring, and evaluation, as necessary and 

7 appropriate. 

8 (b) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 the date of the enactment of an Act making appro11 priations for the Department of State, Foreign Op12 erations, and Related Programs through fiscal year 

13 2026, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

14 the Administrator, shall submit to the appropriate 

15 congressional committees a report on obligations and 

16 expenditures of all funds managed by the Depart17 ment of State and USAID in the prior fiscal year 

18 to combat human trafficking and forced labor, in19 cluding integrated C-TIP activities. 

20 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para21 graph (1) shall include— 

22 (A) a description of funding aggregated by 

23 program, project, and activity; and 
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1 (B) a description of the management 

2 structure at the Department of State and 

3 USAID used to manage such programs. 

4 (3) BIENNIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 6 

5 months of after the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act, and every 2 years thereafter through fiscal year 

7 2026, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

8 the Administrator, shall brief the Committee on For9 eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

10 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on 

11 the implementation of subsection (a). 

12 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres14 sional committees’’ means— 

15 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

16 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

18 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep19 resentatives. 

20 SEC. 103. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN 

21 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND ASSIST22 ANCE POLICY. 

23 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 

24 et seq.) is amended— 
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1 (1) in section 102(b)(4)(22 U.S.C. 2151– 

2 1(b)(4))— 

3 (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 

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

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

8 ‘‘(H) effective counter-trafficking in per9 sons policies and programs.’’; and 

10 (2) in section 492(d)(1)(22 U.S.C. 

11 2292a(d)(1))— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘that the funds’’ and in13 serting the following: ‘‘that— 

14 ‘‘(A) the funds’’; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (A), as added by sub16 paragraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 

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

18 and 

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

20 ‘‘(B) in carrying out the provisions of this 

21 chapter, the President shall, to the greatest ex22 tent possible— 

23 ‘‘(i) ensure that assistance made 

24 available under this section does not create 

25 or contribute to conditions that can be rea-
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1 sonably expected to result in an increase in 

2 trafficking in persons who are in condi3 tions of heightened vulnerability as a result 

4 of natural and manmade disasters; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) integrate appropriate protections 

6 into the planning and execution of activi7 ties authorized under this chapter.’’. 

8 SEC. 104. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TIER RANKINGS. 

9 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST.—Sec10 tion 110(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

11 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)), is amended— 

12 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘SPE13 CIAL’’ and inserting ‘‘TIER 2’’; and 

14 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘of the following countries’’ 

16 and all that follows through ‘‘annual report, 

17 where—’’and inserting ‘‘of countries that have 

18 been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) pur19 suant to the current annual report, in which— 

20 ’’; and 

21 (B) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 

22 (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 

23 moving such clauses (as so redesignated) 2 ems 

24 to the left. 
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1 (b) MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL RULE FOR DOWN2 GRADED AND REINSTATED COUNTRIES.—Section 

3 110(b)(2)(F) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(F)) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik6 ing ‘‘special watch list described in subparagraph 

7 (A)(iii) for more than 1 consecutive year after the 

8 country’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch list described 

9 in subparagraph (A) for more than one year imme10 diately after the country consecutively’’; 

11 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub12 clause (I), by striking ‘‘special watch list described 

13 in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 

14 watch list described in subparagraph (A)’’; and 

15 (3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the year fol16 lowing such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)’’ 

17 after ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’. 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (1) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF

20 2000.—Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 

21 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), as 

22 amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further 

23 amended— 

24 (A) in paragraph (2)— 
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1 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘special watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 

3 watch list’’; 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

5 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

6 by striking ‘‘SPECIAL WATCH LIST’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘TIER 2 WATCH LIST’’; 

8 and 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘special watch 

10 list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

11 list’’; and 

12 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

13 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

14 by striking ‘‘SPECIAL WATCH LIST’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘TIER 2 WATCH LIST’’; 

16 and 

17 (II) in clause (i), by striking 

18 ‘‘special watch list’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘Tier 2 watch list’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter 

21 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘clauses (i), 

22 (ii), and (iii) of’’; and 

23 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

24 (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 

25 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘each 
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1 country described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘each country described in 

3 paragraph (2)(A)’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by strik5 ing ‘‘the Special Watch List’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘the Tier 2 watch list’’. 

7 (2) FREDERICK DOUGLASS TRAFFICKING VIC8 TIMS PREVENTION AND PROTECTION REAUTHORIZA9 TION ACT OF 2018.—Section 204(b)(1) of the Fred10 erick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and 

11 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 

12 115–425) is amended by striking ‘‘special watch 

13 list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch list’’. 

14 (3) BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL TRADE PRIOR15 ITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2015.—Section 

16 106(b)(6)(E)(iii) of the Bipartisan Congressional 

17 Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 

18 U.S.C. 4205(b)(6)(E)(iii) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘under section’’ and all that follows and inserting 

20 ‘‘under section 110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Vic21 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

22 7107(b)(2)(A))’’. 
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1 SEC. 105. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM TO END MOD2 ERN SLAVERY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De4 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 

5 7114) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

7 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

8 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 90 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of the International Traf10 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

11 2022’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (g)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS’’ in the 

14 heading and all that follows through ‘‘There is 

15 authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS

16 .—There is authorized’’; and 

17 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

18 (3) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

19 than September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2020’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30, 2022, 

21 and September 30, 2026’’. 

22 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for funding under 

23 the Program to End Modern Slavery of the Office to Mon24 itor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, a grant recipient 

25 shall— 
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1 (1) publish the names of all subgrantee organi2 zations on a publicly available website; or 

3 (2) if the subgrantee organization expresses a 

4 security concern, the grant recipient shall relay such 

5 concerns to the Secretary of State, who shall trans6 mit annually the names of all subgrantee organiza7 tions in a classified annex to the chairs of the appro8 priate congressional committees (as defined in sec9 tion 1298(i) of the National Defense Authorization 

10 Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114(i))). 

11 (c) AWARD OF FUNDS.—All grants issued under the 

12 program referred to in subsection (b) shall be— 

13 (1) awarded on a competitive basis; and 

14 (2) subject to the regular congressional notifica15 tion procedures applicable with respect to grants 

16 made available under section 1298(b) of the Na17 tional Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 

18 7114(b)). 

19 SEC. 106. CLARIFICATION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, 

20 NONTRADE-RELATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 

21 (a) CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF WITHHELD AS22 SISTANCE.—Section 110(d)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 

23 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1)) is amend24 ed to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(1) WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE.—The 

2 President has determined that— 

3 ‘‘(A) the United States will not provide 

4 nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign as5 sistance to the central government of the coun6 try or funding to facilitate the participation by 

7 officials or employees of such central govern8 ment in educational and cultural exchange pro9 grams, for the subsequent fiscal year until such 

10 government complies with the minimum stand11 ards or makes significant efforts to bring itself 

12 into compliance; and 

13 ‘‘(B) the President will instruct the United 

14 States Executive Director of each multilateral 

15 development bank and of the International 

16 Monetary Fund to vote against, and to use the 

17 Executive Director’s best efforts to deny, any 

18 loan or other utilization of the funds of the re19 spective institution to that country (other than 

20 for humanitarian assistance, for trade-related 

21 assistance, or for development assistance that 

22 directly addresses basic human needs, is not ad23 ministered by the central government of the 

24 sanctioned country, and is not provided for the 

25 benefit of that government) for the subsequent 
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1 fiscal year until such government complies with 

2 the minimum standards or makes significant ef3 forts to bring itself into compliance.’’. 

4 (b) DEFINITION OF NON-HUMANITARIAN, 

5 NONTRADE RELATED ASSISTANCE.—Section 103(10) of 

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

7 7102(10)) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(10) NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE-RE9 LATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘non11 humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist12 ance’ means— 

13 ‘‘(i) United States foreign assistance, 

14 other than— 

15 ‘‘(I) with respect to the Foreign 

16 Assistance Act of 1961— 

17 ‘‘(aa) assistance for inter18 national narcotics and law en19 forcement under chapter 8 of 

20 part I of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

21 2291 et seq.); 

22 ‘‘(bb) assistance for Inter23 national Disaster Assistance 

24 under subsections (b) and (c) of 
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1 section 491 of such Act (22 

2 U.S.C. 2292); 

3 ‘‘(cc) antiterrorism assist4 ance under chapter 8 of part II 

5 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et 

6 seq.); and 

7 ‘‘(dd) health programs 

8 under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

9 I and chapter 4 of part II of 

10 such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 

11 seq.); 

12 ‘‘(II) assistance under the Food 

13 for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.); 

14 ‘‘(III) assistance under sections 

15 2(a), (b), and (c) of the Migration and 

16 Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 

17 U.S.C. 2601(a), (b), (c)) to meet ref18 ugee and migration needs; 

19 ‘‘(IV) any form of United States 

20 foreign assistance provided through 

21 nongovernmental organizations, inter22 national organizations, or private sec23 tor partners— 

24 ‘‘(aa) to combat human and 

25 wildlife trafficking; 
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1 ‘‘(bb) to promote food secu2 rity; 

3 ‘‘(cc) to respond to emer4 gencies; 

5 ‘‘(dd) to provide humani6 tarian assistance; 

7 ‘‘(ee) to address basic 

8 human needs, including for edu9 cation; 

10 ‘‘(ff) to advance global 

11 health security; or 

12 ‘‘(gg) to promote trade; and 

13 ‘‘(V) any other form of United 

14 States foreign assistance that the 

15 President determines, by not later 

16 than October 1 of each fiscal year, is 

17 necessary to advance the security, eco18 nomic, humanitarian, or global health 

19 interests of the United States without 

20 compromising the steadfast U.S. com21 mitment to combatting human traf22 ficking globally; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) sales, or financing on any terms, 

24 under the Arms Export Control Act (22 

25 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), other than sales or 
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1 financing provided for narcotics-related 

2 purposes following notification in accord3 ance with the prior notification procedures 

4 applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to 

5 section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1). 

7 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘non8 humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist9 ance’ shall not include payments to or the par10 ticipation of government entities necessary or 

11 incidental to the implementation of a program 

12 that is otherwise consistent with section 110.’’. 

13 SEC. 107. EXPANDING PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORK14 ERS OF OFFICIAL AND DIPLOMATIC VISA 

15 HOLDERS. 

16 Section 203(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

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

18 1375c(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(5) NATIONAL EXPANSION OF IN-PERSON REG21 ISTRATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall admin22 ister the Domestic Worker In-Person Registration 

23 Program for employees with A–3 visas or G–5 visas 

24 employed by accredited foreign mission members or 
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1 international organization employees and shall ex2 pand this program nationally, which shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) after the arrival of each such em4 ployee in the United States, and annually dur5 ing the course of such employee’s employment, 

6 a description of the rights of such employee 

7 under applicable Federal and State law; and 

8 ‘‘(B) provision of a copy of the pamphlet 

9 developed pursuant to section 202 to the em10 ployee with an A–3 visa or a G–5 visa; and 

11 ‘‘(C) information on how to contact the 

12 National Human Trafficking Hotline. 

13 ‘‘(6) MONITORING AND TRAINING OF A–3 AND

14 G–5 VISA EMPLOYERS ACCREDITED TO FOREIGN MIS15 SIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The 

16 Secretary shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) inform embassies, international orga18 nizations, and foreign missions of the rights of 

19 A–3 and G–5 domestic workers under the appli20 cable labor laws of the United States, including 

21 the fair labor standards described in the pam22 phlet developed pursuant to section 202. Infor23 mation provided to foreign missions, embassies, 

24 and international organizations should include 

25 material on labor standards and labor rights of 
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1 domestic worker employees who hold A–3 and 

2 G–5 visas; 

3 ‘‘(B) inform embassies, international orga4 nizations, and foreign missions of the potential 

5 consequences to individuals holding a non6 immigrant visa issued pursuant to subpara7 graph (A)(i), (A)(ii), (G)(i), (G)(ii), or (G)(iii) 

8 of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and 

9 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) who 

10 violate the laws described in subclause (I)(aa), 

11 including (at the discretion of the Secretary)— 

12 ‘‘(i) the suspension of A–3 visas and 

13 G–5 visas; 

14 ‘‘(ii) request for waiver of immunity; 

15 ‘‘(iii) criminal prosecution; 

16 ‘‘(iv) civil damages; and 

17 ‘‘(v) permanent revocation of or re18 fusal to renew the visa of the accredited 

19 foreign mission or international organiza20 tion employee; and 

21 ‘‘(C) require all accredited foreign mission 

22 and international organization employers of in23 dividuals holding A–3 visas or G–5 visas to re24 port the wages paid to such employees on an 

25 annual basis.’’. 
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1 SEC. 108. EFFECTIVE DATES. 

2 Sections 104(b) and 106 and the amendments made 

3 by those sections take effect on the date that is the first 

4 day of the first full reporting period for the report re5 quired by section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 

6 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF 

9 APPROPRIATIONS 

10 SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

11 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 

12 PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

13 Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio14 lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amend15 ed— 

16 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2018 through 

17 2021, $13,822,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

18 2026, $17,000,000’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

21 (A), by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021, 

22 $65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

23 2026, $102,500,000, of which $22,000,000 

24 shall be made available each fiscal year to the 

25 United States Agency for International Devel26 opment and the remainder of’’; 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 

2 and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

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

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

6 ‘‘(E) to fund programs to end modern slav7 ery, in an amount not to exceed $37,500,000 

8 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 

9 2026.’’. 

10 SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

11 INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

12 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre13 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

14 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 

15 U.S.C. 21509) is amended by striking ‘‘2018 through 

16 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2026’’. 

17 TITLE III—BRIEFINGS 

18 SEC. 301. BRIEFING ON ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSON’S 

19 REPORT. 

20 Not later than 30 days after the public designation 

21 of country tier rankings and subsequent publishing of the 

22 Trafficking in Persons Report, the Secretary of State shall 

23 brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

24 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

25 Representatives on— 
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1 (1) countries that were downgraded or up2 graded in the most recent Trafficking in Persons 

3 Report; and 

4 (2) the efforts made by the United States to 

5 improve counter-trafficking efforts in those coun6 tries, including foreign government efforts to better 

7 meet minimum standards to eliminate human traf8 ficking. 

9 SEC. 302. BRIEFING ON USE AND JUSTIFICATION OF WAIV10 ERS. 

11 Not later than 30 days after the President has deter12 mined to issue a waiver under section 110(d)(5) of the 

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

14 7107(d)(5)), the Secretary of State shall brief the Com15 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com16 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

17 on— 

18 (a) each country that received a waiver; 

19 (b) the justification for each such waiver; and 
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1 (c) a description of the efforts made by each country 

2 to meet the minimum standards to eliminate human traf3 ficking. 

Passed the Senate December 1, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4171 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000, and for other purposes.