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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5856 

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

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. WILD, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. MANNING, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. BURGESS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthor6 ization Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED 

STATES 

Sec. 101. Modifications to grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking. 

Sec. 102. Human trafficking survivors employment and education program. 

TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

Sec. 201. Modifications to program to end modern slavery grants. 

Sec. 202. Amendments to tier standards. 

Sec. 203. Expanding prevention efforts at the United States Agency for International Development. 

TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 301. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. 

Sec. 302. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan’s Law. 

3 TITLE I—COMBATING TRAF4 FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE 

5 UNITED STATES 

6 SEC. 101. MODIFICATIONS TO GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE 

7 RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING. 

8 (a) AMENDMENTS TO AUTHORITIES TO PREVENT

9 TRAFFICKING.—Section 106(b)(2) of the Victims of Traf10 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

11 7104(b)) is amended— 

12 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GRANTS TO

13 ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘FREDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN TRAF15 FICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS’’; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

2 inserting ‘‘under a program named ‘Frederick 

3 Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu4 cation Grants’ ’’ after ‘‘may award grants’’; and 

5 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, linguis6 tically accessible, and culturally responsive’’ 

7 after ‘‘age-appropriate’’; 

8 (3) in the heading of subparagraph (C), by in9 serting ‘‘FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN TRAF10 FICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS’’ after 

11 ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS’’; 

12 (4) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding Frederick 

15 Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu16 cation Grants under this paragraph, the Sec17 retary shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) give priority to local educational 

19 agencies serving a high-intensity child sex 

20 trafficking area or an area with significant 

21 child labor trafficking; 

22 ‘‘(ii) give additional priority to local 

23 educational agencies that partner with 

24 non-profit organizations specializing in 

25 human trafficking prevention education, 


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1 which partner with law enforcement and 

2 technology or social media companies, to 

3 assist in training efforts to protect children 

4 from labor trafficking and sexual exploi5 tation and abuse including grooming, ma6 terials depicting the sexual abuse of chil7 dren, and human trafficking transmitted 

8 through technology; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) consult, as appropriate, with the 

10 Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 

11 Housing and Urban Development, the Sec12 retary of the Interior, the Secretary of 

13 Labor, and the Attorney General, to iden14 tify the geographic areas in the United 

15 States with the highest prevalence of at16 risk populations for child trafficking, in17 cluding children who are members of a ra18 cial or ethnic minority, homeless youth, 

19 foster youth, youth involved in the child 

20 welfare system, and children and youth 

21 who run away from home or an out-of22 home placement.’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(E) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—Grant2 ees should be selected based on their dem3 onstrated ability to— 

4 ‘‘(i) engage stakeholders, including 

5 survivors of human trafficking, and Fed6 eral, State, local, or Tribal partners, to de7 velop the programs; 

8 ‘‘(ii) train the trainers, guardians, K– 

9 12 students, teachers, and other school 

10 personnel in a linguistically accessible, cul11 turally responsive, age-appropriate, and 

12 trauma-informed fashion; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) create a scalable, repeatable pro14 gram to prevent child labor trafficking and 

15 sexual exploitation and abuse including 

16 grooming, child sexual abuse materials, 

17 and trafficking transmitted through tech18 nology that— 

19 ‘‘(I) uses evidence-based (as such 

20 term is defined in section 

21 8101(21)(A) of the Elementary and 

22 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

23 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A))) best practices; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(II) employs appropriate techno2 logical tools and methodologies, in3 cluding linguistically accessible, cul4 turally responsive, age-appropriate, 

5 and trauma-informed approaches for 

6 trainers, guardians, educators, and 

7 K–12 students. 

8 ‘‘(F) TRAIN THE TRAINERS.—For pur9 poses of subparagraph (E), the term ‘train the 

10 trainers’ means having experienced or master 

11 trainers coach new trainers who are less experi12 enced with a particular topic or skill, or with 

13 training overall, who can then teach the mate14 rial to others, creating a broader reach, sustain15 ability, and making efforts cost- and time-effi16 cient (commonly referred to as ‘training of 

17 trainers’). 

18 ‘‘(G) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary 

19 shall consult with the Secretary of Education, 

20 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop21 ment, and the Secretary of the Interior to de22 termine the appropriate demographics of the re23 cipients or of students at risk of being traf24 ficked or exploited, to be collected and reported 

25 with respect to grants under this paragraph, 


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1 which shall include data collection of, at a min2 imum, students who are economically disadvan3 taged, members of a racial or ethnic minority, 

4 homeless youth, foster youth, youth involved in 

5 the child welfare system, and children and 

6 youth who run away from home or an out-of7 home placement. 

8 ‘‘(H) REPORT.—Not later than 540 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

10 annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health 

11 and Human Services shall submit to the Com12 mittees on Education and Labor, Energy and 

13 Commerce, and the Judiciary of the House of 

14 Representatives and the Committees on the Ju15 diciary and Health, Education, Labor, and Pen16 sions of the Senate and make available to the 

17 public a report, including data on the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) The total number of entities that 

19 received a Frederick Douglass Human 

20 Trafficking Prevention Education Grant 

21 over the past year. 

22 ‘‘(ii) The total number of partnerships 

23 or consultants that included survivors, 

24 non-profit organizations specialized in 

25 human trafficking prevention education, 


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1 law enforcement, and technology or social 

2 media companies. 

3 ‘‘(iii) The total number of elementary 

4 and secondary schools that established and 

5 implemented evidence-based (as such term 

6 is defined in section 8101(21)(A) of the 

7 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

8 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A))) best 

9 practices through programs developed 

10 using such grants. 

11 ‘‘(iv) The total number and geo12 graphic distribution of trainers, guardians, 

13 students, teachers, and other school per14 sonnel trained using such grants pursuant 

15 to this paragraph. 

16 ‘‘(v) The results of pre-training and 

17 post-training surveys to gauge trainees’ in18 creased understanding of the scope and 

19 signs of child trafficking and child sexual 

20 exploitation and abuse; how to interact 

21 with potential victims and survivors of 

22 child trafficking and child sexual exploi23 tation and abuse using age-appropriate 

24 and trauma-informed approach; and the 

25 manner in which to respond to potential 


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1 child trafficking and child sexual exploi2 tation and abuse. 

3 ‘‘(vi) The number of potential victims 

4 and survivors of child trafficking and child 

5 sexual exploitation and abuse identified 

6 and served by grantees, excluding any indi7 vidually identifiable information about such 

8 children and acting in full compliance with 

9 all applicable privacy laws and regulations. 

10 ‘‘(vii) The number of students in ele11 mentary or secondary school identified by 

12 grantees as being at risk of being traf13 ficked or sexually exploited and abused, ex14 cluding any individually identifiable infor15 mation about such children. 

16 ‘‘(viii) The demographic characteris17 tics of child trafficking survivors and vic18 tims, sexually exploited and abused chil19 dren, and students at risk of being traf20 ficked or sexually exploited and abused de21 scribed in clauses (vi) and (vii), excluding 

22 any individually identifiable information 

23 about such children. 

24 ‘‘(ix) Any service gaps and best prac25 tices identified by grantees.’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS EMPLOYMENT 

2 AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

4 Human Services may carry out a Human Trafficking Sur5 vivors Employment and Education Program to prevent the 

6 re-exploitation of eligible individuals who have been vic7 tims of trafficking, by assisting such individuals to inte8 grate or reintegrate into society through social services 

9 support for the attainment of life-skills, employment, and 

10 education necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. 

11 (b) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services offered, pro12 vided, and funded by the Program shall include (as rel13 evant to the victim of trafficking)— 

14 (1) enrollment and participation in— 

15 (A) basic education, including literacy edu16 cation and English as a second language edu17 cation; 

18 (B) job-related skills training; 

19 (C) vocational and certificate programs; 

20 and 

21 (D) programs for attaining a regular high 

22 school diploma or its recognized equivalent; 

23 (2) life-skill training programs, including man24 agement of personal finances, self-care, and par25 enting classes; 

26 (3) re ́sume ́ creation and review; 


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1 (4) interview coaching and counseling; 

2 (5) assistance with expungement of criminal 

3 records when such records are for nonviolent crimes 

4 that were committed as a consequence of the eligible 

5 individual’s victimization, including assistance with 

6 credit repair; 

7 (6) assistance with enrollment in college or 

8 technical school; 

9 (7) scholarship assistance for attending college 

10 or technical school; 

11 (8) professional coaching or professional devel12 opment classes; 

13 (9) case management to develop an individual14 ized plan with each victim of trafficking, based on 

15 each person’s needs and goals; and 

16 (10) assistance with obtaining victim compensa17 tion, direct victim assistance, or other funds for 

18 mental health care. 

19 (c) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re20 ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe21 riod of 5 years. 

22 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 

23 availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter 

24 into cooperative agreements with one or more eligible or25 ganizations to carry out this section. 


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1 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 

3 individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of 

4 trafficking who— 

5 (A) has attained the age of 18 years; and 

6 (B) is eligible to receive services under sec7 tion 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protec8 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)). 

9 (2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The ‘‘eligible 

10 organization’’ may include a non-governmental orga11 nization and means a service provider that meets the 

12 following criteria: 

13 (A) Experience in using national or local 

14 anti-trafficking networks to serve victims of 

15 trafficking. 

16 (B) Experience qualifying, providing, and 

17 coordinating services for victims of trafficking, 

18 as described in subsection (b), that is linguis19 tically accessible, culturally responsive, age-ap20 propriate, and trauma-informed. 

21 (C) With respect to a service provider for 

22 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

23 who are not United States citizens, a provider 

24 that has experience in identifying and assisting 

25 foreign-born victims of trafficking, including 


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1 helping them qualify for Continued Presence, 

2 T–Visas, and other Federal, State, and local 

3 services and funding. 

4 (D) With respect to a service provider for 

5 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

6 who are United States citizens and legal perma7 nent residents, a provider that has experience 

8 identifying and assisting victims of trafficking, 

9 as such term is defined in section 103 of the 

10 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

11 U.S.C. 7102), especially youth and underserved 

12 populations. 

13 (3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

14 the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and 

15 Education Program established under this section. 

16 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

18 TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 

19 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

20 SEC. 201. MODIFICATIONS TO PROGRAM TO END MODERN 

21 SLAVERY GRANTS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De23 fense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) is 

24 amended as follows: 


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1 (1) In subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 

3 (2) In subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

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

5 and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30, 2024, 

6 and September 30, 2028’’. 

7 (b) AWARD OF FUNDS.—All grants shall be awarded 

8 on a competitive basis. 

9 SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO TIER STANDARDS. 

10 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST.—Sub11 section (b)(2) of section 110 of the Trafficking Victims 

12 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107), is amended— 

13 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SPECIAL’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘TIER 2’’; and 

15 (2) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION OF LIST.—Not later 

18 than the date on which the determinations de19 scribed in subsections (c) and (d) are submitted 

20 to the appropriate congressional committees in 

21 accordance with such subsections, the Secretary 

22 of State shall submit to the appropriate con23 gressional committees a list of countries that 

24 the Secretary determines requires special scru25 tiny during the following year. The list shall be 


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1 composed of countries that have been listed 

2 pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) pursuant to the 

3 current annual report because— 

4 ‘‘(i) the estimated number of victims 

5 of severe forms of trafficking is very sig6 nificant or is significantly increasing and 

7 the country is not taking proportional con8 crete actions; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) there is a failure to provide evi10 dence of increasing efforts to combat se11 vere forms of trafficking in persons from 

12 the previous year, including increased in13 vestigations, prosecutions and convictions 

14 of trafficking crimes, increased assistance 

15 to victims, and decreasing evidence of com16 plicity in severe forms of trafficking by 

17 government officials.’’. 

18 (b) MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL RULE FOR DOWN19 GRADED AND REINSTATED COUNTRIES.—Subsection 

20 (b)(2)(F) of such section 110 is amended— 

21 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik22 ing ‘‘the special watch list’’ and all that follows 

23 through ‘‘the country—’’ and inserting ‘‘the Tier 2 

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1 than 1 year immediately after the country consecu2 tively—’’; 

3 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub4 clause (I), by striking ‘‘the special watch list de5 scribed in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

6 Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A)’’; 

7 and 

8 (3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the year fol9 lowing such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)’’ be10 fore the period at the end. 

11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (b) of 

12 such section 110 is amended as follows: 

13 (1) In paragraph (2), as amended by subsection 

14 (a)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘spe16 cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

17 list’’; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘spe19 cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

20 list’’; and 

21 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

22 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SPE23 CIAL WATCH LIST’’ and inserting ‘‘TIER 2

24 WATCH LIST’’; and 


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1 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘special 

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

3 list’’. 

4 (2) In paragraph (3)(B), in the matter pre5 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘clauses (i), (ii), and 

6 (iii) of’’. 

7 (3) In paragraph (4)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 

9 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘each country 

10 described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘each country described in paragraph (2)(A)’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking 

14 ‘‘the Special Watch List under paragraph (2)’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘the Tier 2 watch list under para16 graph (2)’’. 

17 SEC. 203. EXPANDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AT THE 

18 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER19 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

20 In order to increase the prevention efforts by the 

21 United States abroad, the Administrator of the United 

22 States Agency for International Development shall encour23 age incorporation of activities to counter trafficking in 

24 persons (C–TIP) into broader assistance programming. 

25 The Administrator shall— 


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1 (1) determine a reasonable definition for the 

2 term ‘‘C–TIP Incorporated Development Programs’’, 

3 which shall at a minimum include any programming 

4 to address economic development, education, democ5 racy and governance, food security, and humani6 tarian assistance that the Administrator determines 

7 includes a sufficient counter-trafficking in persons 

8 element incorporated in the program design or deliv9 ery; 

10 (2) encourage that any program design or deliv11 ery that may directly serve victims of trafficking in 

12 persons is age-appropriate, linguistically accessible, 

13 culturally responsive, and survivor- and trauma-in14 formed, and provides opportunities for anonymous 

15 and voluntary feedback from the beneficiaries receiv16 ing such services; 

17 (3) encourage that each USAID mission incor18 porates a counter-trafficking in persons perspective 

19 and specific approaches into development programs, 

20 project design, and methods for program monitoring 

21 and evaluation, when addressing a range of develop22 ment issues, including— 

23 (A) economic development; 

24 (B) education; 

25 (C) democracy and governance; 


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1 (D) food security; and 

2 (E) humanitarian assistance; 

3 (4) implement robust training and disseminate 

4 tools around the incorporation of a counter-traf5 ficking perspective and awareness in the day-to-day 

6 work of development professionals; and 

7 (5) encourage subsequent Country Development 

8 Cooperation Strategies include a counter-trafficking 

9 in persons analytic component to guide future 

10 project design and promote the inclusion of counter11 trafficking elements in project design, implementa12 tion, monitoring, and evaluation required for Tier 2 

13 Watch List and Tier 3 countries (as such terms are 

14 defined for purposes of section 110 of the Traf15 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

16 7107), as amended). 

17 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

18 APPROPRIATIONS 

19 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

20 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 

21 PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

22 Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio23 lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amend24 ed— 


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

2 2021, $13,822,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 

3 2028, $17,000,000’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘To carry out the purposes 

6 of sections 106(b) and 107(b),’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘To carry out the purposes of sections 106(b) 

8 and 107(b) of this Act and sections 101 and 

9 102 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Vic10 tims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 

11 Act of 2023,’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘$19,500,000’’ and all that 

13 follows, and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of 

14 the fiscal years 2024 through 2028, of which 

15 $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated in 

16 each fiscal year for the National Human Traf17 ficking Hotline and for cybersecurity and public 

18 education campaigns, in consultation with the 

19 Secretary of Homeland Security, for identifying 

20 and responding as needed to cases of human 

21 trafficking.’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

23 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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


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1 $65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 

2 2028, $89,500,000’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 

4 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

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

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

7 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

8 subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(E) to fund programs to end modern slav10 ery, in an amount not to exceed $37,500,000 

11 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 

12 2028.’’; and 

13 (4) in subsection (d) in paragraph (1), by strik14 ing ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 

15 through 2028, of which $35,000,000 is authorized to 

16 be appropriated for each fiscal year for the Office of 

17 Victims of Crime Housing Assistance Grants for 

18 Victims of Human Trafficking’’. 

19 SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

20 INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

21 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre22 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

23 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 


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

2 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2028’’. 

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