IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5856 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2024 

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

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 2023’’. 

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. 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. 

Sec. 204. Counter-trafficking in persons efforts in development cooperation and 

assistance policy. 

Sec. 205. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance. 

Sec. 206. Trafficking for the purposes of organ harvesting. 

Sec. 207. Elimination of duplicative reporting. 

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. 


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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. MODIFICATIONS TO GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE 

8 RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING. 

9 (a) AMENDMENTS TO AUTHORITIES TO PREVENT

10 TRAFFICKING.—Section 106(b)(2) of the Victims of Traf11 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

12 7104(b)) is amended— 

13 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GRANTS TO AS14 SIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘FREDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN TRAF16 FICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS’’; 

17 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

19 inserting ‘‘under a program named ‘Frederick 

20 Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu21 cation Grants’ ’’ after ‘‘may award grants’’; and 

22 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, linguis23 tically accessible, and culturally responsive’’ 

24 after ‘‘age-appropriate’’; 


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1 (3) in the heading of subparagraph (C), by in2 serting ‘‘FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN TRAF3 FICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS’’ after 

4 ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS’’; 

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

6 follows: 

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

8 Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu9 cation Grants under this paragraph, the Sec10 retary shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) give priority to local educational 

12 agencies serving a high-intensity child sex 

13 trafficking area or an area with significant 

14 child labor trafficking; 

15 ‘‘(ii) give additional priority to local 

16 educational agencies that partner with 

17 non-profit organizations specializing in 

18 human trafficking prevention education, 

19 which partner with law enforcement and 

20 technology or social media companies, to 

21 assist in training efforts to protect children 

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1 dren, and human trafficking transmitted 

2 through technology; and 

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

4 Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 

5 Housing and Urban Development, the Sec6 retary of the Interior, the Secretary of 

7 Labor, and the Attorney General, to iden8 tify the geographic areas in the United 

9 States with the highest prevalence of at10 risk populations for child trafficking, in11 cluding children who are members of a ra12 cial or ethnic minority, homeless youth, 

13 foster youth, youth involved in the child 

14 welfare system, and children and youth 

15 who run away from home or an out-of16 home placement.’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(E) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—Grant19 ees should be selected based on their dem20 onstrated ability to— 

21 ‘‘(i) engage stakeholders, including 

22 survivors of human trafficking, and Fed23 eral, State, local, or Tribal partners, to de24 velop the programs; 


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

2 12 students, teachers, and other school 

3 personnel in a linguistically accessible, cul4 turally responsive, age-appropriate, and 

5 trauma-informed fashion; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) create a scalable, repeatable pro7 gram to prevent child labor trafficking and 

8 sexual exploitation and abuse including 

9 grooming, child sexual abuse materials, 

10 and trafficking transmitted through tech11 nology that— 

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

13 term is defined in section 

14 8101(21)(A) of the Elementary and 

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

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

17 and 

18 ‘‘(II) employs appropriate techno19 logical tools and methodologies, in20 cluding linguistically accessible, cul21 turally responsive, age-appropriate, 

22 and trauma-informed approaches for 

23 trainers, guardians, educators, and 

24 K–12 students. 


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1 ‘‘(F) TRAIN THE TRAINERS.—For pur2 poses of subparagraph (E), the term ‘train the 

3 trainers’ means having experienced or master 

4 trainers coach new trainers who are less experi5 enced with a particular topic or skill, or with 

6 training overall, who can then teach the mate7 rial to others, creating a broader reach, sustain8 ability, and making efforts cost- and time-effi9 cient (commonly referred to as ‘training of 

10 trainers’). 

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

12 shall consult with the Secretary of Education, 

13 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop14 ment, and the Secretary of the Interior to de15 termine the appropriate demographics of the re16 cipients or of students at risk of being traf17 ficked or exploited, to be collected and reported 

18 with respect to grants under this paragraph, 

19 which shall include data collection of, at a min20 imum, students who are economically disadvan21 taged, members of a racial or ethnic minority, 

22 homeless youth, foster youth, youth involved in 

23 the child welfare system, and children and 

24 youth who run away from home or an out-of25 home placement. 


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

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

3 annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health 

4 and Human Services shall submit to the Com5 mittees on Education and Labor, Energy and 

6 Commerce, and the Judiciary of the House of 

7 Representatives and the Committees on the Ju8 diciary and Health, Education, Labor, and Pen9 sions of the Senate and make available to the 

10 public a report, including data on the following: 

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

12 received a Frederick Douglass Human 

13 Trafficking Prevention Education Grant 

14 over the past year. 

15 ‘‘(ii) The total number of partnerships 

16 or consultants that included survivors, 

17 non-profit organizations specialized in 

18 human trafficking prevention education, 

19 law enforcement, and technology or social 

20 media companies. 

21 ‘‘(iii) The total number of elementary 

22 and secondary schools that established and 

23 implemented evidence-based (as such term 

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

25 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 


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

2 practices through programs developed 

3 using such grants. 

4 ‘‘(iv) The total number and geo5 graphic distribution of trainers, guardians, 

6 students, teachers, and other school per7 sonnel trained using such grants pursuant 

8 to this paragraph. 

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

10 post-training surveys to gauge trainees’ in11 creased understanding of the scope and 

12 signs of child trafficking and child sexual 

13 exploitation and abuse; how to interact 

14 with potential victims and survivors of 

15 child trafficking and child sexual exploi16 tation and abuse using age-appropriate 

17 and trauma-informed approach; and the 

18 manner in which to respond to potential 

19 child trafficking and child sexual exploi20 tation and abuse. 

21 ‘‘(vi) The number of potential victims 

22 and survivors of child trafficking and child 

23 sexual exploitation and abuse identified 

24 and served by grantees, excluding any indi25 vidually identifiable information about such 


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1 children and acting in full compliance with 

2 all applicable privacy laws and regulations. 

3 ‘‘(vii) The number of students in ele4 mentary or secondary school identified by 

5 grantees as being at risk of being traf6 ficked or sexually exploited and abused, ex7 cluding any individually identifiable infor8 mation about such children. 

9 ‘‘(viii) The demographic characteris10 tics of child trafficking survivors and vic11 tims, sexually exploited and abused chil12 dren, and students at risk of being traf13 ficked or sexually exploited and abused de14 scribed in clauses (vi) and (vii), excluding 

15 any individually identifiable information 

16 about such children. 

17 ‘‘(ix) Any service gaps and best prac18 tices identified by grantees.’’. 

19 SEC. 102. HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS EMPLOYMENT 

20 AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

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

22 Human Services may carry out a Human Trafficking Sur23 vivors Employment and Education Program to prevent the 

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1 grate or reintegrate into society through social services 

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

3 education necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. 

4 (b) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services offered, pro5 vided, and funded by the Program shall include (as rel6 evant to the victim of trafficking)— 

7 (1) enrollment and participation in— 

8 (A) basic education, including literacy edu9 cation and English as a second language edu10 cation; 

11 (B) job-related skills training; 

12 (C) vocational and certificate programs; 

13 and 

14 (D) programs for attaining a regular high 

15 school diploma or its recognized equivalent; 

16 (2) life-skill training programs, including man17 agement of personal finances, self-care, and par18 enting classes; 

19 (3) re ́sume ́ creation and review; 

20 (4) interview coaching and counseling; 

21 (5) assistance with expungement of criminal 

22 records when such records are for nonviolent crimes 

23 that were committed as a consequence of the eligible 

24 individual’s victimization, including assistance with 

25 credit repair; 


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1 (6) assistance with enrollment in college or 

2 technical school; 

3 (7) scholarship assistance for attending college 

4 or technical school; 

5 (8) professional coaching or professional devel6 opment classes; 

7 (9) case management to develop an individual8 ized plan with each victim of trafficking, based on 

9 each person’s needs and goals; and 

10 (10) assistance with obtaining victim compensa11 tion, direct victim assistance, or other funds for 

12 mental health care. 

13 (c) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re14 ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe15 riod of 5 years. 

16 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 

17 availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter 

18 into cooperative agreements with one or more eligible or19 ganizations to carry out this section. 

20 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

22 individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of 

23 trafficking who— 

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


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1 (B) is eligible to receive services under sec2 tion 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protec3 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)). 

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

5 organization’’ may include a nongovernmental orga6 nization and means a service provider that meets the 

7 following criteria: 

8 (A) Experience in using national or local 

9 anti-trafficking networks to serve victims of 

10 trafficking. 

11 (B) Experience qualifying, providing, and 

12 coordinating services for victims of trafficking, 

13 as described in subsection (b), that is linguis14 tically accessible, culturally responsive, age-ap15 propriate, and trauma-informed. 

16 (C) With respect to a service provider for 

17 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

18 who are not United States citizens, a provider 

19 that has experience in identifying and assisting 

20 foreign-born victims of trafficking, including 

21 helping them qualify for Continued Presence, 

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

23 services and funding. 

24 (D) With respect to a service provider for 

25 victims of trafficking served by the Program 


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1 who are United States citizens and legal perma2 nent residents, a provider that has experience 

3 identifying and assisting victims of trafficking, 

4 as such term is defined in section 103 of the 

5 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

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

7 populations. 

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

9 the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and 

10 Education Program established under this section. 

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

12 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

13 TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 

14 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

15 SEC. 201. MODIFICATIONS TO PROGRAM TO END MODERN 

16 SLAVERY GRANTS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De18 fense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) is 

19 amended as follows: 

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

21 and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 

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

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

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

25 and September 30, 2028’’. 


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1 (b) AWARD OF FUNDS.—All grants awarded under 

2 the authority provided by section 1298 of the National De3 fense Authorization Act of 2017, as amended by sub4 section (a), shall be awarded on a competitive basis. 

5 SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO TIER STANDARDS. 

6 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST.—Sub7 section (b)(2) of section 110 of the Trafficking Victims 

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

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

10 inserting ‘‘TIER 2’’; and 

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

12 follows: 

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

14 than the date on which the determinations de15 scribed in subsections (c) and (d) are submitted 

16 to the appropriate congressional committees in 

17 accordance with such subsections, the Secretary 

18 of State shall submit to the appropriate con19 gressional committees a list of countries that 

20 the Secretary determines require special scru21 tiny during the following year. The list shall be 

22 composed of countries that have been listed 

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

24 current annual report because— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the estimated number of victims 

2 of severe forms of trafficking is very sig3 nificant or is significantly increasing and 

4 the country is not taking proportional con5 crete actions; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) there is a failure to provide evi7 dence of increasing efforts to combat se8 vere forms of trafficking in persons from 

9 the previous year, including increased in10 vestigations, prosecutions and convictions 

11 of trafficking crimes, increased assistance 

12 to victims, and decreasing evidence of com13 plicity in severe forms of trafficking by 

14 government officials.’’. 

15 (b) MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL RULE FOR DOWN16 GRADED AND REINSTATED COUNTRIES.—Subsection 

17 (b)(2)(F) of such section 110 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik20 ing ‘‘the special watch list’’ and all that follows 

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

22 watch list described in subparagraph (A) for more 

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1 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub2 clause (I), by striking ‘‘the special watch list de3 scribed in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

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

5 and 

6 (3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the year fol7 lowing such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)’’ be8 fore the period at the end. 

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

10 such section 110 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is amended as follows: 

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

12 (a)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘spe14 cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

15 list’’; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘spe17 cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

18 list’’; and 

19 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

20 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SPE21 CIAL WATCH LIST’’ and inserting ‘‘TIER 2

22 WATCH LIST’’; and 

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

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

25 list’’. 


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1 (2) In paragraph (3)(B), in the matter pre2 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘clauses (i), (ii), and 

3 (iii) of’’. 

4 (3) In paragraph (4)— 

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

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

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

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

9 and 

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

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

12 and inserting ‘‘the Tier 2 watch list under para13 graph (2)’’. 

14 SEC. 203. EXPANDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AT THE 

15 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER16 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

17 In order to increase the prevention efforts by the 

18 United States abroad, the Administrator of the United 

19 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

20 shall encourage incorporation of activities to counter traf21 ficking in persons (C–TIP) into broader assistance pro22 gramming. The Administrator shall— 

23 (1) determine a reasonable definition for the 

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

25 which shall at a minimum include any programming 


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1 to address economic development, education, democ2 racy and governance, food security, and humani3 tarian assistance that the Administrator determines 

4 includes a sufficient counter-trafficking in persons 

5 element incorporated in the program design or deliv6 ery; 

7 (2) encourage that any program design or deliv8 ery that may directly serve victims of trafficking in 

9 persons is age-appropriate, linguistically accessible, 

10 culturally responsive, and survivor- and trauma-in11 formed, and provides opportunities for anonymous 

12 and voluntary feedback from the beneficiaries receiv13 ing such services; 

14 (3) encourage that each USAID mission incor15 porates a counter-trafficking in persons perspective 

16 and specific approaches into development programs, 

17 project design, and methods for program monitoring 

18 and evaluation, when addressing a range of develop19 ment issues, including— 

20 (A) economic development; 

21 (B) education; 

22 (C) democracy and governance; 

23 (D) food security; and 

24 (E) humanitarian assistance; 


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1 (4) implement robust training and disseminate 

2 tools around the incorporation of a counter-traf3 ficking perspective and awareness in the day-to-day 

4 work of development professionals; and 

5 (5) encourage subsequent Country Development 

6 Cooperation Strategies include a counter-trafficking 

7 in persons analytic component to guide future 

8 project design and promote the inclusion of counter9 trafficking elements in project design, implementa10 tion, monitoring, and evaluation required for Tier 2 

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

12 defined for purposes of section 110 of the Traf13 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

14 7107), as amended). 

15 SEC. 204. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN 

16 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND ASSIST17 ANCE POLICY. 

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

19 et seq.) is amended— 

20 (1) in section 102(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 2151– 

21 1(b)(4))— 

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

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

2 ‘‘(H) effective counter-trafficking in per3 sons policies and programs.’’; and 

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

5 2292a(d)(1))— 

6 (A) by striking the period at the end and 

7 inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘that the funds’’ and in9 serting the following:— ‘‘that 

10 ‘‘(A) the funds’’; and 

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

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

13 chapter, the President shall, to the greatest ex14 tent possible— 

15 ‘‘(i) ensure that assistance made 

16 available under this section does not create 

17 or contribute to conditions that can be rea18 sonably expected to result in an increase in 

19 trafficking in persons who are in condi20 tions of heightened vulnerability as a result 

21 of natural and manmade disasters; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) integrate appropriate protections 

23 into the planning and execution of activi24 ties authorized under this chapter.’’. 


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1 SEC. 205. CLARIFICATION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, 

2 NONTRADE-RELATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 

3 (a) CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF WITHHELD AS4 SISTANCE.—Section 110(d)(1)(A) of the Trafficking Vic5 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1)(A)) 

6 is amended to read as follows: 

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

8 nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign as9 sistance to the central government of the coun10 try, or any funding to facilitate the participa11 tion by officials or employees of such central 

12 government in educational and cultural ex13 change programs, before the end of the first fis14 cal year beginning after such government com15 plies with the minimum standards or makes sig16 nificant efforts to bring itself into compliance; 

17 and’’. 

18 (b) DEFINITION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE19 RELATED ASSISTANCE.—Section 103(10) of the Traf20 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

21 7102(10)) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(10) NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE-RE23 LATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 

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1 ance’ means United States foreign assistance, 

2 other than— 

3 ‘‘(i) with respect to the Foreign As4 sistance Act of 1961— 

5 ‘‘(I) assistance for international 

6 narcotics and law enforcement under 

7 chapter 8 of part I of such Act (22 

8 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.); 

9 ‘‘(II) assistance for International 

10 Disaster Assistance under subsections 

11 (b) and (c) of section 491 of such Act 

12 (22 U.S.C. 2292); 

13 ‘‘(III) antiterrorism assistance 

14 under chapter 8 of part II of such Act 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.); and 

16 ‘‘(IV) health programs under 

17 chapters 1 and 10 of part I and chap18 ter 4 of part II of such Act (22 

19 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); 

20 ‘‘(ii) assistance under the Food for 

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

22 ‘‘(iii) assistance under sections 2(a) 

23 through (c) of the Migration and Refugee 

24 Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 


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1 2601(a)–(c)) to meet refugee and migra2 tion needs; 

3 ‘‘(iv) any form of United States for4 eign assistance provided through non5 governmental organizations, international 

6 organizations, or private sector partners— 

7 ‘‘(I) to combat human and wild8 life trafficking; 

9 ‘‘(II) to promote food security; 

10 ‘‘(III) to respond to emergencies; 

11 ‘‘(IV) to provide humanitarian 

12 assistance; 

13 ‘‘(V) to address basic human 

14 needs, including for education; 

15 ‘‘(VI) to advance global health 

16 security; or 

17 ‘‘(VII) to promote trade; 

18 ‘‘(v) any other form of United States 

19 foreign assistance that the President deter20 mines, by not later than October 1 of each 

21 fiscal year, is necessary to advance the se22 curity, economic, humanitarian, or global 

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1 commitment to combating human traf2 ficking globally; or 

3 ‘‘(vi) sales, or financing on any terms, 

4 under the Arms Export Control Act (22 

5 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), other than sales or 

6 financing provided for narcotics-related 

7 purposes following notification in accord8 ance with the prior notification procedures 

9 applicable to reprogramming pursuant to 

10 section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

11 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1). 

12 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘non13 humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist14 ance’ also excludes payments to, or the partici15 pation of, government entities necessary or inci16 dental to the implementation of a program that 

17 is otherwise consistent with section 110 of this 

18 Act.’’. 

19 SEC. 206. TRAFFICKING FOR THE PURPOSES OF ORGAN 

20 HARVESTING. 

21 Section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protec22 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

24 the end; 


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1 (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 

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

3 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(I) information about the trafficking in 

6 persons for the purpose of organ removal, in7 cluding cases and steps governments are under8 taking to prevent, identify, and eliminate such 

9 trafficking.’’. 

10 SEC. 207. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE REPORTING. 

11 Sec. 106(b)(6)(C) of the Bipartisan Congressional 

12 Trade Priorities and Accountability Act, P.L. 114-26, as 

13 added by Sec. 914(e)(1) of the Trade Facilitation and 

14 Trade Enforcement Act, P.L. 114-125 (19 U.S.C. 

15 4205(b)(6)(C)), is hereby repealed. 

16 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

17 APPROPRIATIONS 

18 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

19 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 

20 PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

21 Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for each of 

24 the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, $13,822,000’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 2024 

2 through 2028, $17,000,000’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

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

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

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

8 102 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Vic9 tims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 

10 Act of 2023,’’; and 

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

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

13 the fiscal years 2024 through 2028, of which 

14 $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated in 

15 each fiscal year for the National Human Traf16 ficking Hotline and for cybersecurity and public 

17 education campaigns, in consultation with the 

18 Secretary of Homeland Security, for identifying 

19 and responding as needed to cases of human 

20 trafficking.’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

24 $65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 

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1 (4) in subsection (c) by adding at the end the 

2 following new paragraphs: 

3 ‘‘(3) PROGRAMS TO END MODERN SLAVERY.— 

4 Of the amounts authorized by paragraph (1) to be 

5 appropriated for a fiscal year, not more than 

6 $37,500,000 may be made available to fund pro7 grams to end modern slavery. 

8 ‘‘(4) PROGRAMS AT THE USAID.—Of the 

9 amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph 

10 (1), $22,000,000 is authorized to be made available 

11 each fiscal year to the United States Agency for 

12 International Development, of which $2,000,000 is 

13 authorized to be allocated for countering trafficking 

14 in persons from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and 

15 El Salvador.’’; and 

16 (5) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘2018 

17 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2028, 

18 of which $35,000,000 is authorized to be appro19 priated for each fiscal year for the Office of Victims 

20 of Crime Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of 

21 Human Trafficking’’. 

22 SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

23 INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

24 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre25 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 


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1 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 

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

3 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2028’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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