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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6552 

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

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2022 

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Ms. BASS, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, 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 2022’’. 

7 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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


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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. 

Sec. 103. Extending sunset for Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 

Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts To Prevent Human Trafficking 

Sec. 121. Priority for accommodation in places with policies relating to severe 

forms of human trafficking. 

Subtitle C—Monitoring Child, Forced, and Slave Labor 

Sec. 131. Amendments to Social Security Act. 

Sec. 132. Sense of Congress on submission of Department of Justice reports 

on time. 

Sec. 133. Sense of Congress on requiring child welfare agencies to report information on missing and abducted foster children and youth. 

TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

Sec. 201. Amendments to the International Megan’s Law. 

Sec. 202. Modifications to program to end modern slavery grants. 

Sec. 203. Amendments to tier standards. 

Sec. 204. 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. 


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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 law enforcement, and technology or social 

20 media companies, to assist in training ef21 forts to protect children from labor traf22 ficking and sexual exploitation and abuse 

23 including grooming, materials depicting the 

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1 ficking transmitted through technology; 

2 and 

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

4 Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 

5 Housing and Urban Development, the Sec6 retary of Labor, and the Attorney General, 

7 to identify the geographic areas in the 

8 United States with the highest prevalence 

9 of underserved or at-risk populations, in10 cluding children who are members of a ra11 cial or ethnic minority, homeless youth, 

12 foster youth, youth involved in the child 

13 welfare system, and children and youth 

14 who run away from home or an out-of15 home placement.’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(E) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—Grant18 ees should be selected based on their dem19 onstrated ability to— 

20 ‘‘(i) engage stakeholders, including 

21 survivors of human trafficking, and Fed22 eral, State, local, or Tribal partners, to de23 velop the programs; 

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

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1 personnel in a linguistically accessible, cul2 turally responsive, age-appropriate, and 

3 trauma-informed fashion; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) create a scalable, repeatable pro5 gram to prevent child labor trafficking and 

6 sexual exploitation and abuse including 

7 grooming, child sexual abuse materials, 

8 and trafficking transmitted through tech9 nology that— 

10 ‘‘(I) uses proven and tested best 

11 practices by university researchers; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(II) employs appropriate techno14 logical tools and methodologies, in15 cluding linguistically accessible, cul16 turally responsive, age-appropriate, 

17 and trauma-informed approaches and 

18 measurement and training curricula 

19 adapted for trainers, guardians, edu20 cators, and K–12 students. 

21 ‘‘(F) TRAIN THE TRAINERS.—For pur22 poses of subparagraph (E), the term ‘train the 

23 trainers’ means having experienced or master 

24 trainers coach new trainers who are less experi25 enced with a particular topic or skill, or with 


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1 training overall, who can then teach the mate2 rial to others, creating a broader reach, sustain3 ability, and making efforts cost- and time-effi4 cient (commonly referred to as ‘training of 

5 trainers’). 

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

7 shall consult with the Secretary of Education to 

8 determine the appropriate demographics of the 

9 recipients or of students at risk of being traf10 ficked or exploited, to be collected and reported 

11 with respect to grants under this paragraph. 

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

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

14 annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health 

15 and Human Services shall submit to the Com16 mittees on Education and Labor, Energy and 

17 Commerce, and the Judiciary of the House of 

18 Representatives and the Committees on the Ju19 diciary and Health, Education, Labor, and Pen20 sions of the Senate a report including data on 

21 the following: 

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

23 received a Frederick Douglass Human 

24 Trafficking Prevention Education Grant 

25 over the past year. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) The total number of partnerships 

2 or consultants that included survivors, 

3 non-profit organizations specialized in 

4 human trafficking prevention education, 

5 law enforcement, and technology or social 

6 media companies. 

7 ‘‘(iii) The total number of elementary 

8 and secondary schools that established and 

9 implemented proper protocols and proce10 dures through programs developed using 

11 such grants. 

12 ‘‘(iv) The total number and geo13 graphic distribution of trainers, guardians, 

14 students, teachers, and other school per15 sonnel trained using such grants pursuant 

16 to this paragraph. 

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

18 post-training surveys to gauge trainees’ in19 creased understanding of the scope and 

20 signs of child trafficking and child sexual 

21 exploitation and abuse; how to interact 

22 with potential victims and survivors of 

23 child trafficking and child sexual exploi24 tation and abuse using age-appropriate 

25 and trauma-informed approach; and the 


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1 manner in which to respond to potential 

2 child trafficking and child sexual exploi3 tation and abuse. 

4 ‘‘(vi) The number of potential victims 

5 and survivors of child trafficking and child 

6 sexual exploitation and abuse identified 

7 and served by grantees, excluding any indi8 vidually identifiable information about such 

9 children and acting in full compliance with 

10 all applicable privacy laws and regulations. 

11 ‘‘(vii) The number of students in ele12 mentary or secondary school identified by 

13 grantees as being at risk of being traf14 ficked or sexually exploited and abused, ex15 cluding any individually identifiable infor16 mation about such children. 

17 ‘‘(viii) The demographic characteris18 tics of child trafficking survivors and vic19 tims, sexually exploited and abused chil20 dren, and students at risk of being traf21 ficked or sexually exploited and abused de22 scribed in clauses (vi) and (vii), excluding 

23 any individually identifiable information 

24 about such children and in accordance with 

25 the standards set forth by the Department 


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1 of Education National Center for Edu2 cation Statistics with respect to at-risk 

3 students. 

4 ‘‘(ix) Any service gaps and best prac5 tices identified by grantees.’’. 

6 SEC. 102. HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS EMPLOYMENT 

7 AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

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

9 Human Services may carry out a Human Trafficking Sur10 vivors Employment and Education Program to prevent the 

11 re-exploitation of eligible individuals who have been vic12 tims of trafficking, by assisting such individuals to inte13 grate or reintegrate into society through social services 

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

15 education necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. 

16 (b) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services offered, pro17 vided, and funded by the Program shall include (as rel18 evant to the victim of trafficking)— 

19 (1) enrollment and participation in— 

20 (A) basic education, including literacy edu21 cation and English as a second language edu22 cation; 

23 (B) job-related skills training; 

24 (C) vocational and certificate programs; 

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1 (D) programs for attaining a regular high 

2 school diploma or its recognized equivalent; 

3 (2) life-skill training programs, including man4 agement of personal finances, self-care, and par5 enting classes; 

6 (3) re ́sume ́ creation and review; 

7 (4) interview coaching and counseling; 

8 (5) assistance with expungement of criminal 

9 records when such records are for nonviolent crimes 

10 that were committed as a consequence of the eligible 

11 individual’s victimization, including assistance with 

12 credit repair; 

13 (6) assistance with enrollment in college or 

14 technical school; 

15 (7) scholarship assistance for attending college 

16 or technical school; 

17 (8) professional coaching or professional devel18 opment classes; 

19 (9) case management to develop an individual20 ized plan with each survivor, based on each person’s 

21 needs and goals; 

22 (10) assistance with obtaining victim compensa23 tion, direct victim assistance, or other funds for 

24 mental health care; and 


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1 (11) other programs and services that help eli2 gible individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, such as 

3 wrap-around social services to assist survivors in 

4 meeting their basic needs. 

5 (c) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re6 ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe7 riod of 5 years. 

8 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 

9 availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter 

10 into cooperative agreements with one or more eligible or11 ganizations to carry out this section. 

12 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

14 individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of 

15 trafficking who is eligible to receive services under 

16 section 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

17 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)). 

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

19 organization’’ may include a non-governmental orga20 nization and means a service provider that meets the 

21 following criteria: 

22 (A) Experience in using national or local 

23 anti-trafficking networks to serve victims of 

24 trafficking. 


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1 (B) Experience qualifying, providing, and 

2 coordinating services for victims of trafficking, 

3 as described in subsection (b), that is linguis4 tically accessible, culturally responsive, age-ap5 propriate, and trauma-informed. 

6 (C) With respect to a service provider for 

7 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

8 who are not United States citizens, a provider 

9 that has experience in identifying and assisting 

10 foreign-born victims of trafficking, including 

11 helping them qualify for Continued Presence, 

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

13 services and funding. 

14 (D) With respect to a service provider for 

15 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

16 who are United States citizens and legal perma17 nent residents, a provider that has experience 

18 identifying and assisting victims of trafficking, 

19 as such term is defined in section 103 of the 

20 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

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

22 populations. 

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

24 the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and 

25 Education Program established under this section. 


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

2 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

3 SEC. 103. EXTENDING SUNSET FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

4 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

5 Section 115(h) of the Justice for Victims of Traf6 ficking Act of 2015 is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘2031’’. 

8 Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts 

9 To Prevent Human Trafficking 

10 SEC. 121. PRIORITY FOR ACCOMMODATION IN PLACES 

11 WITH POLICIES RELATING TO SEVERE 

12 FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 

14 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘§ 5712. Priority for accommodation in places with 

17 certain policies relating to severe forms 

18 of human trafficking 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of making pay20 ments under this chapter for lodging expenses, each agen21 cy shall ensure that, to the greatest extent practicable, 

22 commercial-lodging room nights in the United States for 

23 employees of that agency are booked in a preferred place 

24 of accommodation. 


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1 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY AS A PREFERRED PLACE OF AC2 COMMODATION.—To be considered a preferred place of ac3 commodation for the purposes of this section, a hotel or 

4 motel shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) enforce a zero-tolerance policy regarding 

6 severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in 

7 section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims Protec8 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11))) made avail9 able by the Administrator of General Services under 

10 subsection (c)(1), or a similar zero-tolerance policy 

11 developed by the place of accommodation, dem12 onstrated by— 

13 ‘‘(A) posting such policy in a nonpublic 

14 space within the place of accommodation that is 

15 accessible by all employees; or 

16 ‘‘(B) including such policy in the employee 

17 handbook; 

18 ‘‘(2) have procedures in place, not later than 

19 180 days after the date of the enactment of this sec20 tion, for employees to identify and report any such 

21 exploitation according to protocol identified in the 

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1 ferred accommodation, or the National Human Traf2 ficking Hotline; 

3 ‘‘(3) post the informational materials made 

4 available under subsection (c)(3) in an appropriate 

5 nonpublic space within the place of accommodation 

6 that is accessible by all employees; 

7 ‘‘(4) review and update, as necessary, the zero8 tolerance policy, procedures, and informational mate9 rials at least every two years prior to the due date 

10 for self-certifications; 

11 ‘‘(5) require each employee who is physically lo12 cated at the place of accommodation and who is like13 ly to interact with guests, including security, front 

14 desk, housekeeping, room service, and bell staff, to 

15 complete the training developed under subsection 

16 (c)(2), or a training developed pursuant to sub17 section (d), that shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) take place not later than 90 days 

19 after the starting date of the new employee, or 

20 in the case of an employee hired before the ef21 fective date of this section, not later than 90 

22 days after the date of enactment of this section; 

23 ‘‘(B) include refresher trainings every two 

24 years; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) include training on the identification 

2 of possible cases of sexual exploitation of chil3 dren and procedures to report suspected abuse 

4 to the appropriate authorities; 

5 ‘‘(6) include a notice to all independent contrac6 tors in any agreement affecting a property in the 

7 United States negotiated or renewed on or after the 

8 date of enactment of this section that states the fol9 lowing: ‘Federal law prohibits the trafficking of hu10 mans under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

11 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).’; and 

12 ‘‘(7) ensure that the place of accommodation 

13 does not retaliate against employees for reporting 

14 suspected cases of such exploitation if reported ac15 cording to protocol identified in the employee train16 ing. 

17 ‘‘(c) GSA REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator of 

18 General Services shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) make available on the website of the Gen20 eral Services Administration, an up-to-date model 

21 zero tolerance policy for places of accommodation re22 garding severe forms of trafficking in persons (as 

23 defined in section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims 

24 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. (11))), including 

25 informational materials regarding such policy to be 


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1 posted in places of accommodation in nonpublic 

2 spaces; 

3 ‘‘(2) make available on the website of the Gen4 eral Services Administration an up-to-date list of 

5 Department of Homeland Security, Department of 

6 Justice, and Department of State and privately pro7 duced training programs that address the identifica8 tion of severe forms of human trafficking and re9 porting to law enforcement authorities or the Na10 tional Human Trafficking Hotline; 

11 ‘‘(3) in coordination with the Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign, make available 

13 up-to-date training materials on preventing severe 

14 forms of human trafficking and informational mate15 rials to be posted in nonpublic spaces in places of 

16 accommodation on spotting the signs of severe forms 

17 of human trafficking and reporting possible 

18 incidences of such exploitation, except that the Ad19 ministrator shall permit the use of substantially 

20 similar training materials or informational materials 

21 required by State or local law on identifying the 

22 signs of human trafficking and reporting possible 

23 incidences of such exploitation in lieu of materials 

24 developed under this paragraph; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) maintain a list of each preferred place of 

2 accommodation that meets the requirements of sub3 section (b), beginning by examining places of accom4 modation that are— 

5 ‘‘(A) participating in government lodging 

6 programs such as FedRooms (or successor sys7 tem); 

8 ‘‘(B) included on the FEMA Fire Safe 

9 List; or 

10 ‘‘(C) otherwise known to have received gov11 ernment travel business in the 2 years prior to 

12 enactment of this section. 

13 ‘‘(d) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—A place of accommoda14 tion or lodging company may use a training program de15 veloped or acquired by such place of accommodation or 

16 company to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b)(4) 

17 if such training program— 

18 ‘‘(1) focuses on identifying and reporting sus19 pected cases of severe forms of human trafficking; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(2) was developed in consultation with State 

22 governments, survivor leaders, survivor-led anti-traf23 ficking organization, or a nationally recognized orga24 nization with expertise in anti-trafficking initiatives. 

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1 ‘‘(1) TRAINING PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

2 Any employee of a place of accommodation who has 

3 been trained to identify and report potential cases of 

4 severe forms of human trafficking during the 2-year 

5 period ending on the date of the enactment of this 

6 section shall be considered to have met the training 

7 requirement in subsection (b)(4) with respect to any 

8 employment at that place of accommodation or at 

9 any other place of accommodation managed by the 

10 same entity. 

11 ‘‘(2) TRAINING PRIOR TO A TRANSFER OF EM12 PLOYMENT.—Any employee of a place of accommo13 dation who has met the training requirements under 

14 subsection (b)(4) shall be considered to have met 

15 such requirements with respect to any employment 

16 at a place of accommodation managed by the same 

17 entity if such training occurred during the 2-year 

18 period ending on the date of the enactment of this 

19 section. 

20 ‘‘(f) PROPERTY-BY-PROPERTY IMPLEMENTATION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each preferred place of ac22 commodation shall self-certify (in writing) to the Ad23 ministrator of General Services that such place is in 

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1 ginning on the date of the enactment of this section. 

2 The Administrator shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) provide notice to each place of accom4 modation regarding any self-certification re5 quired under this subsection not later than the 

6 date that is 90 days before the due date of such 

7 self-certification; and 

8 ‘‘(B) report to the Committee on Oversight 

9 and Reform of the House of Representatives 

10 and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

11 Governmental Affairs of the Senate, not later 

12 than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 

13 this section and every two years thereafter— 

14 ‘‘(i) each preferred places of accom15 modation that submitted and did not sub16 mit their self-certifications in the preceding 

17 2 years; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the corresponding total numbers 

19 of nights the government paid for Federal 

20 employees in self-certified preferred places 

21 of accommodation compared to preferred 

22 places of accommodation that did not re23 port self-certification to the Administrator 

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1 ‘‘(2) GROUP CERTIFICATION.—A person or enti2 ty that manages or franchises multiple places of ac3 commodation may provide a single notice with re4 spect to self-certification under subsection (a) that 

5 each such place is in compliance with this section. 

6 ‘‘(g) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—No provision in 

7 this section that applies to an employee of a place of ac8 commodation shall be construed to apply to an individual 

9 who is an independent contractor or otherwise not directly 

10 employed by a place of accommodation, unless the con11 tract is for housekeeping, security, front desk, room serv12 ice, or bell staff, in which case it shall be the responsibility 

13 of the service provider to ensure compliance with the re14 quirements set forth in this section. 

15 ‘‘(h) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Administrator 

16 of General Services shall issue such regulations as are nec17 essary to carry out this section.’’. 

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5712(a) of title 5, 

19 United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall 

20 take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act. 

22 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

23 for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

24 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

25 item: 


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‘‘5712. Priority for accommodation in places with certain policies relating to severe forms of human trafficking.’’. 

1 Subtitle C—Monitoring Child, 

2 Forced, and Slave Labor 

3 SEC. 131. AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. 

4 (a) MODIFICATION TO STATE PLANS.—Section 

5 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (9)(C)(i)(I), by striking ‘‘sex 

8 trafficking victim’’ and inserting ‘‘sex or labor traf9 ficking victim’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (34), by striking ‘‘sex traf11 ficking victims’’ each place it appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘sex or labor trafficking victims’’; 

13 (3) in subparagraph (35)(A)(iii), by striking 

14 ‘‘possible sex trafficking victim’’ and inserting ‘‘pos15 sible sex or labor trafficking victim’’; and 

16 (4) in paragraph (35)(B), by striking the semi17 colon at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, the 

18 State agency shall maintain regular communication 

19 with law enforcement and the National Center for 

20 Missing and Exploited Children in efforts to provide 

21 a safe recovery of the missing child, including by 

22 sharing information pertaining to the child’s recov23 ery and circumstances related to the recovery, and 


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1 the State report submitted to law enforcement and 

2 NCMEC shall include where reasonably possible— 

3 ‘‘(i) a photo of the missing child; 

4 ‘‘(ii) physical features, such as height, 

5 weight, sex, ethnicity, race, hair color, and 

6 eye color; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) endangerment information, such 

8 as pregnancy status, prescription medica9 tions, suicidal tendencies, vulnerability to 

10 being sex trafficked, and other health or 

11 risk factors.’’. 

12 (b) MODIFICATION TO DEFINITIONS.—Paragraph (9) 

13 of section 475 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended 

14 to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(9) The term ‘sex or labor trafficking victim’ 

16 has the meaning given the term ‘victim of a severe 

17 form of trafficking in persons’ under section 103 of 

18 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

19 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 

20 SEC. 132. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SUBMISSION OF DE21 PARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORTS ON TIME. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that the Department of 

23 Justice has failed to meet reporting requirements under 

24 title IV of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 

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1 collection on human trafficking reporting are in jeopardy 

2 as a result of such failure and must be addressed imme3 diately. 

4 SEC. 133. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REQUIRING CHILD WEL5 FARE AGENCIES TO REPORT INFORMATION 

6 ON MISSING AND ABDUCTED FOSTER CHIL7 DREN AND YOUTH. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that— 

9 (1) each State child welfare agency should 

10 prioritize developing and implementing protocols to 

11 comply with section 471(1)(35)(B) of the Social Se12 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(35)(B)); 

13 (2) report the information it receives on missing 

14 or abducted foster children and youth to the Na15 tional Center on Missing and Exploited Children 

16 (NCMEC) and to law enforcement authorities for in17 clusion in the FBI’s National Crime Information 

18 Center database, in accordance with subparagraphs 

19 (A) and (B) of section 471(a)(34) of the Social Se20 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(34)); 

21 (3) such reports must be made immediately 

22 (and in no case later than 24 hours) after the infor23 mation is received; and 

24 (4) such reports to the Secretary of the Depart25 ment of Health and Human Services were required 


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1 to start on September 30, 2016, and annual reports 

2 were required to start on September 30, 2017, by 

3 such section 471(a)(34), to provide the total number 

4 of children and youth who are sex trafficking vic5 tims. 

6 TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 

7 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

8 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S 

9 LAW. 

10 (a) PERIODIC INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 

11 4(e)(3) of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child 

12 Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced 

13 Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 

14 21503(e)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing new subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(E) BI-ANNUAL INFORMATION SHAR17 ING.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

18 the enactment of this Act, and each October 1 

19 and April 1 thereafter, the Center shall obtain 

20 from each country participating in the visa 

21 waiver program a list of covered sex offenders 

22 who are citizens or nationals of such countries. 

23 Such information shall be obtained to the ex24 tent feasible with respect to both convicted and 

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1 rocate, as appropriate, with such information 

2 relating to covered sex offenders who are citi3 zens or nationals of the United States.’’. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4(f)(2) of the Inter5 national Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and 

6 Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of 

7 Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 21503(f)) is amended 

8 by inserting ‘‘or would have to register if the individual 

9 returned to that jurisdiction after departing it to reside 

10 outside the United States,’’ after ‘‘jurisdiction’’. 

11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 240(b) of 

12 Public Law 110–457 (22 U.S.C. 212b(b)) is amended by 

13 adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO CON15 TINUING REGISTRATION.—A person may not be 

16 issued or reissued a passport without a unique iden17 tifier solely because the person has moved or other18 wise resides outside the United States.’’. 

19 SEC. 202. MODIFICATIONS TO PROGRAM TO END MODERN 

20 SLAVERY GRANTS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De22 fense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) is 

23 amended as follows: 

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

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

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

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

4 and September 30, 2026’’. 

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

6 on a competitive basis. 

7 SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO TIER STANDARDS. 

8 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST.—Sub9 section (b)(2) of section 110 of the Trafficking Victims 

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

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

12 inserting ‘‘TIER 2’’; and 

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

14 follows: 

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

16 than the date on which the determinations de17 scribed in subsections (c) and (d) are submitted 

18 to the appropriate congressional committees in 

19 accordance with such subsections, the Secretary 

20 of State shall submit to the appropriate con21 gressional committees a list of countries that 

22 the Secretary determines requires special scru23 tiny during the following year. The list shall be 

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

2 current annual report because— 

3 ‘‘(i) the estimated number of victims 

4 of severe forms of trafficking is very sig5 nificant or is significantly increasing and 

6 the country is not taking proportional con7 crete actions; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) there is a failure to provide evi9 dence of increasing efforts to combat se10 vere forms of trafficking in persons from 

11 the previous year, including increased in12 vestigations, prosecutions and convictions 

13 of trafficking crimes, increased assistance 

14 to victims, and decreasing evidence of com15 plicity in severe forms of trafficking by 

16 government officials.’’. 

17 (b) MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL RULE FOR DOWN18 GRADED AND REINSTATED COUNTRIES.—Subsection 

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

20 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik21 ing ‘‘the special watch list’’ and all that follows 

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

23 watchlist 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 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 

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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. 204. 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 shall encour20 age integration of activities to counter trafficking in per21 sons (C–TIP) into broader assistance programming. The 

22 Administrator shall— 

23 (1) determine a reasonable definition for the 

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1 to address health, economic development, education, 

2 democracy and governance, food security and hu3 manitarian assistance that the Administrator deter4 mines includes a sufficient counter-trafficking in 

5 persons element integrated in the program design or 

6 delivery; 

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

9 trafficking in persons is age-appropriate, linguis10 tically accessible, culturally responsive, and survivor11 and trauma-informed, and provides opportunities for 

12 anonymous and voluntary feedback from the bene13 ficiaries receiving such services; 

14 (3) encourage that each USAID mission inte15 grates 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) health; 

21 (B) economic development; 

22 (C) education; 

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1 (4) implement robust training and disseminate 

2 tools around the integration of a counter-trafficking 

3 perspective and awareness in the day-to-day work of 

4 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 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

16 APPROPRIATIONS 

17 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

18 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 

19 PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

20 Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio21 lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amend22 ed— 

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

24 2021, $13,822,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

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

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

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

6 102 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Vic7 tims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 

8 Act of 2022,’’; and 

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

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

11 the fiscal years 2022 through 2026, of which 

12 $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated in 

13 each fiscal year for the National Human Traf14 ficking Hotline and for cybersecurity and public 

15 education campaigns, in consultation with the 

16 Secretary of Homeland Security, for identifying 

17 and responding as needed to cases of human 

18 trafficking.’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

22 $65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

23 2026, $89,500,000’’; 

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

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

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

4 subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(E) to fund programs to end modern slav6 ery, in an amount not to exceed $37,500,000 

7 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 

8 2026.’’; and 

9 (4) in subsection (d) in paragraph (1), by strik10 ing ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 

11 through 2026, of which $35,000,000 is authorized to 

12 be appropriated for each fiscal year for the Office of 

13 Victims of Crime Housing Assistance Grants for 

14 Victims of Human Trafficking’’. 

15 SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

16 INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

17 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre18 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

19 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 

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

21 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

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