117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6552 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2022 

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 2022’’. 

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. 

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

Subtitle B—Monitoring Child, Forced, and Slave Labor 

Sec. 111. Sense of Congress on submission of Department of Justice reports 

on time. 

Sec. 112. 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. 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. Sense of Congress on human trafficking crisis in Ukraine. 

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 

22 from labor trafficking and sexual exploi23 tation and abuse including grooming, ma24 terials depicting the sexual abuse of chilVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Jul 28, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6552.RFS H6552

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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; 

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

12 mental health care; and 

13 (11) other programs and services that help eli14 gible individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, such as 

15 wrap-around social services to assist survivors in 

16 meeting their basic needs. 

17 (c) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re18 ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe19 riod of 5 years. 

20 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 

21 availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter 

22 into cooperative agreements with one or more eligible or23 ganizations to carry out this section. 

24 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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

2 individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of 

3 trafficking who— 

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

5 (B) is eligible to receive services under sec6 tion 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protec7 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)). 

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

9 organization’’ may include a non-governmental orga10 nization and means a service provider that meets the 

11 following criteria: 

12 (A) Experience in using national or local 

13 anti-trafficking networks to serve victims of 

14 trafficking. 

15 (B) Experience qualifying, providing, and 

16 coordinating services for victims of trafficking, 

17 as described in subsection (b), that is linguis18 tically accessible, culturally responsive, age-ap19 propriate, and trauma-informed. 

20 (C) With respect to a service provider for 

21 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

22 who are not United States citizens, a provider 

23 that has experience in identifying and assisting 

24 foreign-born victims of trafficking, including 

25 helping them qualify for Continued Presence, 


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

2 services and funding. 

3 (D) With respect to a service provider for 

4 victims of trafficking served by the Program 

5 who are United States citizens and legal perma6 nent residents, a provider that has experience 

7 identifying and assisting victims of trafficking, 

8 as such term is defined in section 103 of the 

9 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

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

11 populations. 

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

13 the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and 

14 Education Program established under this section. 

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

16 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

17 SEC. 103. EXTENDING SUNSET FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

18 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

19 Section 115(h) of the Justice for Victims of Traf20 ficking Act of 2015 is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘2031’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Monitoring Child, 

2 Forced, and Slave Labor 

3 SEC. 111. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SUBMISSION OF DE4 PARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORTS ON TIME. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that the Department of 

6 Justice has failed to meet reporting requirements under 

7 title IV of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 

8 (Public Law 115–393; 132 Stat. 5273)) and that progress 

9 on critical data collection on human trafficking and crime 

10 reporting are in jeopardy as a result of such failure and 

11 must be addressed immediately. 

12 SEC. 112. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REQUIRING CHILD WEL13 FARE AGENCIES TO REPORT INFORMATION 

14 ON MISSING AND ABDUCTED FOSTER CHIL15 DREN AND YOUTH. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) each State child welfare agency should 

18 prioritize developing and implementing protocols to 

19 comply with section 471(1)(35)(B) of the Social Se20 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(35)(B)); 

21 (2) report the information it receives on missing 

22 or abducted foster children and youth to the Na23 tional Center on Missing and Exploited Children 

24 (NCMEC) and to law enforcement authorities for in25 clusion in the FBI’s National Crime Information 


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1 Center database, in accordance with subparagraphs 

2 (A) and (B) of section 471(a)(34) of the Social Se3 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(34)); 

4 (3) such reports must be made immediately 

5 (and in no case later than 24 hours) after the infor6 mation is received; and 

7 (4) such reports to the Secretary of the Depart8 ment of Health and Human Services were required 

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

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

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

12 of children and youth who are sex trafficking vic13 tims. 

14 TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 

15 TRAFFICKING ABROAD 

16 SEC. 201. MODIFICATIONS TO PROGRAM TO END MODERN 

17 SLAVERY GRANTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De19 fense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) is 

20 amended as follows: 

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

22 and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 

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

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

2 and September 30, 2026’’. 

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

4 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 requires 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 is amended— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik19 ing ‘‘the special watch list’’ and all that follows 

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

21 watchlist described in subparagraph (A) for more 

22 than 1 year immediately after the country consecu23 tively—’’; 

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1 scribed in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

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

3 and 

4 (3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the year fol5 lowing such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)’’ be6 fore the period at the end. 

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

8 such section 110 is amended as follows: 

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

10 (a)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘spe12 cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

13 list’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘spe15 cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 

16 list’’; and 

17 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

18 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SPE19 CIAL WATCH LIST’’ and inserting ‘‘TIER 2

20 WATCH LIST’’; and 

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

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

23 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 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 

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

25 which shall at a minimum include any programming 


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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 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 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; 

23 (D) democracy and governance; 

24 (E) food security; and 

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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 SEC. 204. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

16 CRISIS IN UKRAINE. 

17 It is the sense of Congress that Russia’s aggression 

18 in Ukraine targeting civilians and non-military infrastruc19 ture has led to millions to flee their homes—90 percent 

20 of them being women and children according to the United 

21 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees—creating a hu22 manitarian and human trafficking crisis, as Russian 

23 President Putin continues to wage the largest and most 

24 lethal war in Europe since World War II. 


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1 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

4 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 

5 PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

6 Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio7 lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amend8 ed— 

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

10 2021, $13,822,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

11 2026, $16,000,000’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

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

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

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

17 102 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Vic18 tims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 

19 Act of 2022,’’; and 

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

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

22 the fiscal years 2022 through 2026, of which 

23 $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated in 

24 each fiscal year for the National Human Traf25 ficking Hotline and for cybersecurity and public 


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1 education campaigns, in consultation with the 

2 Secretary of Homeland Security, for identifying 

3 and responding as needed to cases of human 

4 trafficking.’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

8 $65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

9 2026, $89,500,000’’; 

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

11 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

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

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

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

15 subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(E) to fund programs to end modern slav17 ery, in an amount not to exceed $37,500,000 

18 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 

19 2026.’’; and 

20 (4) in subsection (d) in paragraph (1), by strik21 ing ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 

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

23 be appropriated for each fiscal year for the Office of 

24 Victims of Crime Housing Assistance Grants for 

25 Victims of Human Trafficking’’. 


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1 SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

2 INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

3 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre4 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

5 Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 

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

7 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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