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Calendar No. 363 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 553 

To marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort that 

seeks to bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 

Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. RUBIO, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. 

AYOTTE, Mr. COONS, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. ALEXANDER, 

Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. 

UDALL, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. 

COLLINS, Ms. WARREN, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. BURR, Ms. 

HIRONO, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. NELSON, Mr. REED, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Relations 

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort that seeks to bring an end to modern 

slavery, 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 ‘‘End Modern Slavery 

3 Initiative Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) the United States has a long history of do7 mestic and international engagement in preventing 

8 and responding to modern slavery; 

9 (2) modern slavery involves extensive criminal 

10 activity and demands the full attention and commit11 ment of the United States; 

12 (3) the United States Government should con13 tinue to coordinate across departments and agencies 

14 to prevent and respond to this heinous activity that 

15 involves over 21,000,000 people worldwide through 

16 sustained investment in integrated, interagency anti17 trafficking initiatives; 

18 (4) while United States Government efforts 

19 continue to address many facets of modern slavery, 

20 there is an urgent need today for international pub21 lic and private cooperation to increase resources 

22 available to programs that can make a measureable 

23 impact in reducing the prevalence of modern slavery 

24 by building the capacity of foreign governments to 

25 sustainably deter perpetrators of modern slavery 

26 through— 

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1 (A) establishing and enforcing the rule of 

2 law to hold perpetrators of modern slavery ac3 countable, including— 

4 (i) those who enslave children and 

5 adults in the sex trade; and 

6 (ii) those who enslave through forced 

7 labor and abusive labor recruitment prac8 tices and fees; 

9 (B) promoting justice for victims of mod10 ern slavery; 

11 (C) restoring and protecting survivors of 

12 modern slavery; and 

13 (D) building partnerships between govern14 ments, civil society organizations, private sector 

15 entities and individuals, and survivors to seek 

16 to bring an end to modern slavery; and 

17 (5) countries that fall within the first and sec18 ond tiers of the United States Department of State’s 

19 annual Trafficking in Persons report could qualify 

20 as partner countries for the purposes of this Act, 

21 and many countries that fall within the Tier 2 watch 

22 list may also qualify, and therefore should be eligible 

23 for funding as partner countries under this Act, 

24 along with key jurisdictions of other countries, such 

25 as Tier 3 countries. 

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1 SEC. 3. POLICY. 

2 It is the policy of the United States Government— 

3 (1) to marshal resources to seek to bring to an 

4 end modern slavery through the provision of match5 ing funds to a private grant-making institution, in 

6 partnership with private donors and other govern7 ments, that selects and supports innovative strate8 gies with the aim of verifiably and sustainably reduc9 ing the prevalence of modern slavery by 50 percent 

10 in targeted populations within partner countries (or 

11 jurisdictions thereof) with a high prevalence of mod12 ern slavery; 

13 (2) to allow such a private grant making insti14 tution the flexibility to work in jurisdictions of other 

15 countries, where those jurisdictions have dem16 onstrated the type of commitment and capabilities 

17 otherwise required of partner countries; and 

18 (3) to engage other countries with a high preva19 lence of modern slavery through the full range of 

20 United States Government foreign assistance pro21 grams in order to help those countries become eligi22 ble as partner countries for the purposes of receiving 

23 additional assistance under the End Modern Slavery 

24 Initiative established by this Act. 

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1 SEC. 4. THE END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDA2 TION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, there shall be estab5 lished and incorporated under the laws of the District of 

6 Columbia an independent, private nonprofit corporation to 

7 be known as ‘‘End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation’’. 

8 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the End Modern 

9 Slavery Initiative Foundation shall be to work collabo10 ratively with government, civil society, and private institu11 tions in partner countries and key jurisdictions of other 

12 countries with a high prevalence of modern slavery to iden13 tify and fund successful strategies to combat modern slav14 ery. 

15 (c) STATUS OF FOUNDATION.—The End Modern 

16 Slavery Initiative Foundation shall not be an agency or 

17 establishment of the United States Government. 

18 (d) STATUS OF BOARD AND OFFICERS AND EMPLOY19 EES.—The members of the Board of Directors of the End 

20 Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall not, by reason 

21 of such membership, be officers or employees of the 

22 United States, and the officers or employees of the End 

23 Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall not be officers 

24 or employees of the United States. 

25 (e) TAX STATUS ELIGIBILITY.—The End Modern 

26 Slavery Initiative Foundation shall be eligible to be treated 

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1 as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

2 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is exempt from tax3 ation under section 501(a) of such code and, if such treat4 ment is conferred in accordance with the provisions of 

5 such code, shall be subject to all provisions of such code 

6 relevant to the conduct of organizations exempt from tax7 ation. 

8 (f) FUNDING.—The End Modern Slavery Initiative 

9 Foundation shall seek to obtain a minimum of 

10 $1,500,000,000 in aggregate funding from foreign govern11 ments and private sector organizations and individuals 

12 over an initial seven year period, leveraging United States 

13 Government grants provided to the Foundation as seed 

14 funding and to complement the comprehensive foreign as15 sistance programs of the United States Government. 

16 (g) ADDITIONAL PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING

17 PLAN.—The Board of Directors shall, not later than 180 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit 

19 to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to 

20 raise an additional $500,000,000 in commitments from 

21 private sector entities to fully fund the End Modern Slav22 ery Initiative Foundation. 

23 (h) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE RECEIPT OF

24 FUNDS.—The End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation 

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1 ities, and purposes of this Act, any gift, donation, bequest, 

2 or devise of real or personal property from any govern3 ment or private sector individual or organization, includ4 ing the provision of voluntary services or in-kind services 

5 or products. 

6 (i) GOVERNANCE.— 

7 (1) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The End Modern Slav9 ery Initiative Foundation shall be overseen by a 

10 Board of Directors— 

11 (i) which shall include individuals with 

12 recognized relevant professional expertise 

13 and a survivor of modern slavery; and 

14 (ii) not more than 11 of whom will be 

15 voting members. 

16 (B) NON-VOTING ADVISORY DIRECTORS.— 

17 The voting directors of the Board may appoint, 

18 at their discretion, non-voting advisory direc19 tors, which may include a representative of the 

20 Secretary of State such as the Ambassador-at21 Large and Director of the Office to Monitor 

22 and Combat Trafficking in Persons. 

23 (C) DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIREC24 TORS.—Decisions of the Board of Directors 

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1 shall be made by a simple majority vote of vot2 ing directors present. 

3 (D) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to 

4 other specific responsibilities provided for in 

5 this Act, the voting directors of the Board of 

6 Directors shall— 

7 (i) oversee the monitoring and evalua8 tion of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

9 Foundation efforts and supported projects; 

10 and 

11 (ii) make prioritized program funding 

12 decisions. 

13 (E) QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIREC14 TORS.—In order to take official action, the 

15 Board shall require a quorum composed of a 

16 majority of its voting directors. 

17 (F) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF

18 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—The Board of Di19 rectors shall— 

20 (i) by majority vote of voting directors 

21 delegate relevant authorities to the Chief 

22 Executive Officer appointed pursuant to 

23 paragraph (2)(A) concerning agreements 

24 made with governments or private sector 

25 individuals or organizations, programmatic 

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1 and monitoring and evaluation strategies 

2 of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

3 Foundation, and other matters related to 

4 the End Modern Slavery Initiative Founda5 tion, consistent with the policies, priorities, 

6 and purposes of this Act; and 

7 (ii) reserve the right of review and ap8 proval of major agreements as appropriate. 

9 (G) LONG-TERM STRATEGY REVIEW, AP10 PROVAL, AND SUBMISSION.—Not later than five 

11 years after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, the Board of Directors shall review, ap13 prove, and submit to governments, entities, or 

14 individuals providing funding to the End Mod15 ern Slavery Initiative Foundation, as well as the 

16 appropriate congressional committees, the strat17 egy required to be developed pursuant to para18 graph (2)(D). 

19 (2) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The day-to-day oper21 ations of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

22 Foundation shall be run by a Chief Executive 

23 Officer, who shall be a United States citizen 

24 and shall be employed at the exclusive discre25 tion of the Board of Directors. 

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1 (B) AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF EXECU2 TIVE OFFICER.—The Chief Executive Officer of 

3 the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation 

4 shall be authorized to take all actions author5 ized by the Board of Directors, consistent with 

6 the policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act, 

7 including the hiring and termination of any em8 ployees of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

9 Foundation. 

10 (C) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHIEF EX11 ECUTIVE OFFICER.—The Chief Executive Offi12 cer shall be responsible for— 

13 (i) ensuring matching funding require14 ments pursuant to this Act are met; 

15 (ii) ensuring that foreign government 

16 and private sector funding commitments 

17 are fully realized; 

18 (iii) developing all necessary strategies 

19 and agreements for the End Modern Slav20 ery Initiative Foundation; 

21 (iv) identifying funding requirements; 

22 (v) preparing and presenting to the 

23 Board of Directors for approval a portfolio 

24 of priority projects to be funded; 

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1 (vi) administering the End Modern 

2 Slavery Initiative Foundation procurement 

3 processes; 

4 (vii) developing reliable baseline data 

5 and ensuring that such data and the proc6 ess of obtaining such data are subject to 

7 outside, independent audits; 

8 (viii) developing and administering the 

9 monitoring and evaluation of funded pro10 grams; 

11 (ix) complying with all relevant audit12 ing, accounting, taxation, and legal re13 quirements; 

14 (x) preparing, publicly publishing, and 

15 submitting to each government, private in16 dividual, or corporation that has contrib17 uted funds an annual report of approxi18 mately 50 pages with appropriate annexes 

19 on the activities and results of the End 

20 Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation; 

21 (xi) ensuring the sharing, among ap22 propriate governmental and nongovern23 mental partners and interested parties in 

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1 ing those developed or identified by the 

2 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation 

3 or others through its supported programs; 

4 (xii) working to encourage partner 

5 countries to hold accountable those who 

6 enslave children and adults in the sex 

7 trade; 

8 (xiii) working to develop best practices 

9 to help ensure that corporate supply chains 

10 do not involve the use of victims of modern 

11 slavery, including ending forced labor and 

12 addressing the role of abusive labor re13 cruitment practices and fees; and 

14 (xiv) undertaking consultations, as the 

15 Chief Executive Officer deems necessary or 

16 is directed by the Board of Directors, with 

17 appropriate governmental and nongovern18 mental partners with respect to End Mod19 ern Slavery Initiative Foundation strate20 gies, programs, and projects. 

21 (D) LONG-TERM STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

22 AND CONSULTATIONS.—Not later than four 

23 years after the date of the enactment of this 

24 Act, the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation 

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1 cussions with appropriate governmental and 

2 nongovernmental partners and begin develop3 ment of a strategy that seeks to end modern 

4 slavery globally based on empirical evidence and 

5 best practices identified by the End Modern 

6 Slavery Initiative Foundation, including funding 

7 requirements to fully implement such a strat8 egy. 

9 (j) LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS.— 

10 (1) ISSUANCE OF STOCK AND DIVIDENDS.—The 

11 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation may not 

12 issue any shares of stock or declare or pay divi13 dends. 

14 (2) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 

15 (A) ASSETS.—No part of the assets of the 

16 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall 

17 inure to the benefit of any member of the 

18 Board of Directors, any officer or employee of 

19 the End Slavery Initiative Foundation, or any 

20 other individual, except as reasonable salary or 

21 compensation for services for officers and em22 ployees, reasonable reimbursement for expenses 

23 incurred in the course of such employment, or 

24 for other individuals, as specific beneficiaries of 

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1 services provided pursuant to supported 

2 projects. 

3 (B) RELATIONSHIP TO GRANTEES.—No 

4 voting director of the Board of Directors may 

5 be a member of the board of directors or an of6 ficer, employee, or consultant to, any grantee of 

7 the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation. 

8 (C) COMPENSATION.—No director of the 

9 Board of Directors may receive compensation 

10 for service on the Board of Directors, other 

11 than reasonable reimbursement for expenses in12 curred in the course of such service. 

13 (3) LOBBYING RESTRICTION.—Any Federal 

14 funds provided to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

15 Foundation or any other nonprofit organization pur16 suant to the authorization of funding provided under 

17 this Act shall be subject to the restrictions and pro18 hibitions of section 1352 of title 31, United States 

19 Code. 

20 (k) RECORDKEEPING, AUDITING, OVERSIGHT, AND

21 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The End Modern Slavery 

23 Initiative Foundation shall be subject to the same 

24 auditing, recordkeeping, and reporting obligations as 

25 required pursuant to subsections (e), (f), (g), and (i) 

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1 of section 504 of the National Endowment for De2 mocracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4413). 

3 (2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT AUTHOR4 ITY.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller Gen6 eral of the United States may evaluate the fi7 nancial transactions of the End Slavery Initia8 tive Foundation as well as the programs or ac9 tivities the End Slavery Initiative Foundation 

10 carries out pursuant to this Act. 

11 (B) ACCESS TO RECORDS.—The End Slav12 ery Initiative Foundation shall provide the 

13 Comptroller General, or his duly authorized 

14 representatives, access to such records as the 

15 Comptroller General determines necessary to 

16 conduct evaluations authorized by this Act. 

17 (l) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

18 shall be construed to make the End Modern Slavery Initia19 tive Foundation an agency or establishment of the United 

20 States Government or to make the members of the Board 

21 of Directors of the End Slavery Initiative Foundation, or 

22 the officers or employees of the End Slavery Initiative, of23 ficers or employees of the United States. 

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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS TO END MODERN 

2 SLAVERY. 

3 (a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 

4 State is authorized, subject to the availability of appro5 priations and on an annual basis, to make grants of fund6 ing for purposes of this Act in the amounts authorized 

7 in subsection (b) to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

8 Foundation or other nonprofit organization that— 

9 (1) funds programs and projects in partner 

10 countries and key jurisdictions of other countries in 

11 order to seek to end modern slavery, including by 

12 funding programs and projects that— 

13 (A) contribute to the freeing and sustain14 able recovery of victims of modern slavery; 

15 (B) prevent individuals from being subject 

16 to modern slavery; or 

17 (C) enforce laws that punish both individ18 uals and corporate entities that engage in mod19 ern slavery; and 

20 (2) seeks to receive foreign government con21 tributions in a ratio of two-to-one and private sector 

22 contributions in a ratio of three-to-one to United 

23 States Government funding. 

24 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS25 CAL YEARS 2015 THROUGH 2022.—In addition to such 

26 sums as may otherwise be available for such purposes, 

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1 there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department 

2 of State for the purpose of making the grants authorized 

3 under subsection (a)— 

4 (1) for fiscal year 2015, $1,000,000; and 

5 (2) for each fiscal year from 2016 through 

6 2022, $35,714,285. 

7 (c) CONDITIONS FOR UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

8 FUNDING.— 

9 (1) MATCHING GOVERNMENT FUNDING.—Ex10 cept as provided under paragraphs (4) and (5), 

11 funding provided pursuant to grants authorized 

12 under subsection (a) shall only be available for ex13 penditure by the grantee during a fiscal year if 

14 matching funding equal to twice the total amount of 

15 such funding has been obtained from one or more 

16 other governments in such fiscal year. 

17 (2) MATCHING PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING.— 

18 Except as provided under paragraphs (4) and (5), 

19 funding provided pursuant to grants authorized 

20 under subsection (a) shall only be available for ex21 penditure by the grantee during a fiscal year if 

22 matching funding equal to the total amount of such 

23 funding has been obtained from private sector enti24 ties in such fiscal year. 

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1 (3) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 

2 Funding provided pursuant to the grants authorized 

3 under subsection (a) shall only be available for ex4 penditure by the grantee for a fiscal year in which 

5 the prior fiscal year administrative costs are no more 

6 than 10 percent of modified total direct costs or oth7 erwise meet the administrative cost requirements of 

8 section 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regula9 tions. 

10 (4) INITIAL EXEMPTION.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 

12 matching funding requirement in paragraphs 

13 (1) and (2), funding provided pursuant to 

14 grants authorized under subsection (a) shall be 

15 available for expenditure by a grantee in fiscal 

16 years 2015 and 2016. 

17 (B) ADDITIONAL MATCHING REQUIRE18 MENT.—To the extent that matching funding is 

19 not obtained in fiscal years 2015 or 2016, as 

20 generally required by paragraphs (1) and (2), 

21 the grantee must obtain such funding no later 

22 than September 30, 2018. 

23 (C) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—No fund24 ing provided pursuant to grants authorized 

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1 penditure by the grantee during any fiscal year 

2 after 2018 until the requirement in subpara3 graph (B) is met. 

4 (5) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—If during any fiscal 

6 year the matching requirement described in 

7 paragraph (1) or (2) is not achieved, the Sec8 retary of State may provide a one-year exemp9 tion from fulfillment of such requirement pro10 vided that— 

11 (i) a plan is in place to make up the 

12 funding shortfall during the next fiscal 

13 year and to meet the matching require14 ments in future years; 

15 (ii) the plan is submitted to the ap16 propriate congressional committees; and 

17 (iii) the grantee has obtained match18 ing funding, in the proportion required by 

19 such paragraphs, for the total amount of 

20 any prior year shortfalls. 

21 (B) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—During an 

22 exemption provided pursuant to subparagraph 

23 (A), funding provided pursuant to grants au24 thorized under subsection (a) shall only be 

25 available for expenditure by the grantee during 

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1 a fiscal year in an amount that is equal in pro2 portion to the proportion of matching funds se3 cured in accordance with paragraphs (1) and 

4 (2). 

5 (C) LIMITED QUANTITY.—The Secretary of 

6 State may provide no more than a total of two 

7 exemptions pursuant to subparagraph (A) dur8 ing fiscal years 2017 through 2022. 

9 (6) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—In 

10 fiscal years in which the grantee obtains matching 

11 funding to address a shortfall of funding required by 

12 paragraph (1) or (2) from a prior year, the funds 

13 previously restricted as a result of such shortfall 

14 shall be available for expenditure by the grantee in 

15 such later fiscal year in an amount that is equal in 

16 proportion, pursuant to such paragraphs, to the 

17 amount obtained. 

18 (7) FUNDING ADDITIONAL TO EXISTING AU19 THORIZATIONS.—Amounts authorized by this section 

20 are in addition to funds otherwise authorized to be 

21 appropriated for combatting trafficking in persons, 

22 forced labor, or related programs. 

23 (d) DURATION OF FUNDING.—Funds appropriated 

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1 pended subject to the conditions on such funds described 

2 in subsection (c). 

3 (e) IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, PRIORITIES, 

4 AND PURPOSES.—No funds received pursuant to the pro5 visions of this section may be obligated or expended by 

6 the Secretary of State or the End Modern Slavery Initia7 tive Foundation or other nonprofit organization except to 

8 the extent that such obligation and expenditure is con9 sistent with the policies, priorities, and purposes of this 

10 Act. 

11 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM MEMBER GOVERN12 MENTS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Government 

14 shall seek, and shall encourage other foreign governments 

15 providing support to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

16 Foundation, consistent with the individual priorities and 

17 policies of such governments, to provide additional support 

18 for projects in partner countries and key jurisdictions of 

19 other countries supported by the End Modern Slavery Ini20 tiative Foundation through the commitment of new re21 sources, or the redirection of existing resources, including 

22 funding and personnel as appropriate, to efforts that are 

23 consistent with the policies, priorities, and purposes of this 

24 Act, including the provision of economic, development, law 

25 enforcement, rule of law, and training assistance that is 

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1 aimed, among other things, at strengthening government 

2 institutions and providing appropriate services to victims 

3 of modern slavery. 

4 (b) DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS.—The United States Gov5 ernment shall also seek, and shall encourage other foreign 

6 governments providing support to the End Modern Slavery 

7 Initiative Foundation, consistent with the individual prior8 ities and policies of such governments, to undertake diplo9 matic efforts in partner countries and key jurisdictions of 

10 other countries with a high prevalence of modern slavery 

11 that support the policies, priorities, and purposes of this 

12 Act and End Modern Slavery Initiative supported projects. 

13 (c) PRIORITIZATION OF ADDITIONAL EFFORTS.— 

14 The United States Government shall also seek, and shall 

15 encourage other foreign governments providing support to 

16 the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation, consistent 

17 with the individual priorities and policies of such govern18 ments, to undertake efforts to support partner countries 

19 and key jurisdictions of other countries in their efforts to 

20 address the areas of key concern highlighted by the De21 partment of State’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 

22 SEC. 7. PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE END MODERN 

23 SLAVERY INITIATIVE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The key priorities of the End 

25 Modern Slavery Initiative shall be— 

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1 (1) to select partner countries and key jurisdic2 tions in other countries; 

3 (2) to provide support for programs and 

4 projects that collectively or individually seek to 

5 achieve a measurable and sustainable reduction of 

6 modern slavery in targeted populations within part7 ner countries (or jurisdictions thereof) and key juris8 dictions of other countries of at least 50 percent in 

9 the prevalence of modern slavery over a seven year 

10 period and that are based on goals and outcomes 

11 that are capable of being empirically measured; 

12 (3) to prioritize programs and projects con13 sistent with this Act; 

14 (4) to work with partner countries and entities 

15 funded by the End Modern Slavery Initiative to col16 laboratively establish budgeted national plans that 

17 identify and leverage partner country public and pri18 vate funding and institutions, and leverage current 

19 and expected outside assistance, including programs 

20 supported by the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

21 Foundation; and 

22 (5) to establish national coordinators and lead23 ership councils in partner countries. 

24 (b) SELECTION OF PARTNER COUNTRIES.—In select25 ing partner countries, the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

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1 shall consider and prioritize the funding of projects and 

2 programs in countries and jurisdictions where there is— 

3 (1) a documented high prevalence of modern 

4 slavery within the country as evidenced by assess5 ments in the Department of State’s annual Traf6 ficking in Persons Report; and 

7 (2)(A) a demonstrated political motivation and 

8 sustained commitment by government entities of 

9 such country to undertake meaningful measures to 

10 address severe forms of trafficking in persons, in11 cluding prevention, protection of victims, and the en12 actment and enforcement of anti-trafficking laws 

13 against perpetrators; or 

14 (B) a demonstrated presence of an active and 

15 independent civil society that can and will support 

16 the efforts of the End Modern Slavery Initiative. 

17 (c) SELECTION OF KEY JURISDICTIONS OF OTHER

18 COUNTRIES.—In selecting key jurisdictions of other coun19 tries, the End Modern Slavery Initiative shall consider and 

20 prioritize the funding of projects and programs in key ju21 risdictions where there is— 

22 (1) a documented high prevalence of modern 

23 slavery within the jurisdiction as evidenced by as24 sessments in the Department of State’s annual Traf25 ficking in Persons Report; and 

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1 (2)(A) a demonstrated political motivation and 

2 sustained commitment by government entities of 

3 such jurisdiction to undertake meaningful measures 

4 to address severe forms of trafficking in persons, in5 cluding prevention, protection of victims, and the en6 actment and enforcement of anti-trafficking laws 

7 against perpetrators; or 

8 (B) a demonstrated presence of an active and 

9 independent civil society that can and will support 

10 the efforts of the End Modern Slavery Initiative. 

11 (d) POLICIES FOR END MODERN SLAVERY INITIA12 TIVE OPERATIONS AND SUPPORTED PROGRAMS IN PART13 NER COUNTRIES.—End Modern Slavery Initiative pro14 grams in partner programs shall include strategies that— 

15 (1) develop the capacity of national and local 

16 government institutions to enforce the law, end im17 punity of perpetrators, and sustainably deter the 

18 crime; 

19 (2) contribute to the freeing and sustainable re20 covery of victims of modern slavery, prevent individ21 uals from being subject to modern slavery, or create 

22 and enforce laws that punish both individual and 

23 corporate perpetrators of modern slavery; and 

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1 (3) set out clear, defined goals and outcomes 

2 that are capable of empirical measurement against 

3 baseline data. 

4 (e) CONSULTATION WITH STATE DEPARTMENT.—In 

5 selecting partner countries and key jurisdictions of other 

6 countries and funding programs in such countries and ju7 risdictions, the End Modern Slavery Initiative should con8 sult with the Department of State, including the Office 

9 to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. 

10 (f) INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION.—In providing the 

11 views of the United States Government to the End Modern 

12 Slavery Initiative pursuant to subsection (e), the Depart13 ment of State, including the Office to Monitor and Combat 

14 Trafficking in Persons, should consult with the United 

15 States Department of Justice, the United States Agency 

16 for International Development, the United States Depart17 ment of Labor, and any other appropriate Federal depart18 ments and agencies. 

19 SEC. 8. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SUPPORTED 

20 PROGRAMS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Directors shall re22 view, on a no less than annual basis, specific and detailed 

23 criteria for the monitoring and evaluation of End Modern 

24 Slavery Initiative supported projects. 

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1 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR CRITERIA.—The criteria re2 quired to be established pursuant to subsection (a) shall 

3 be designed to measure progress against baseline data and 

4 shall be rigorously designed based on international cor5 porate and nongovernmental best practices. 

6 (c) SUPPORTED PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—Each 

7 supported project shall be regularly and rigorously mon8 itored and evaluated, on a not less than biennial basis, 

9 by an independent monitoring and evaluation entity, 

10 against the specific and detailed criteria established pursu11 ant to subsection (a), and shall have its progress towards 

12 its stated goals measured by such entity against baseline 

13 data. 

14 (d) SURVEY METHODOLOGY.—The End Modern 

15 Slavery Initiative shall support the development of a sci16 entifically sound, representative survey methodology for 

17 measuring prevalence with reference to existing research 

18 and experience and shall apply the methodology consist19 ently to determine the baseline prevalence in target popu20 lations and outcomes in order to periodically assess 

21 progress in reducing prevalence. 

22 (e) SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF SUPPORTED

23 PROJECTS.—The Board of Directors shall establish, and 

24 revise on a no less than annual basis, specific and detailed 

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1 priate, of projects supported by the End Modern Slavery 

2 Initiative Foundation that regularly or consistently fail to 

3 meet the criteria required by this section. 

4 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations 

10 and Appropriations of the Senate; and 

11 (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs 

12 and Appropriations of the House of Representa13 tives. 

14 (2) KEY JURISDICTIONS OF OTHER COUN15 TRIES.—The term ‘‘key jurisdictions of other coun16 tries’’ means specific jurisdictions, located in coun17 tries that do not qualify to be partner countries, that 

18 have a demonstrated commitment to, and institu19 tions capable of, achieving a significant reduction in 

20 the incidence of modern slavery within a period of 

21 seven years and have been determined to be appro22 priate to receive funds by the Board of Directors 

23 pursuant to the criteria and priorities set forth in 

24 this Act. 

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1 (3) MODERN SLAVERY.—The term ‘‘modern 

2 slavery’’ means— 

3 (A) the recruitment, harboring, transpor4 tation, provision, or obtaining of a person for 

5 the purpose of a commercial sex act in which 

6 such commercial sex act is induced by force, 

7 fraud, or coercion, or in which the person in8 duced to perform such act has not attained 18 

9 years of age; or 

10 (B) the recruitment, harboring, transpor11 tation, provision, or obtaining of a person for 

12 labor or services, through the use of force, 

13 fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection 

14 to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, 

15 or slavery. 

16 (4) PARTNER COUNTRIES.—The term ‘‘partner 

17 countries’’ means countries that have a dem18 onstrated commitment to, and institutions capable 

19 of, achieving a significant reduction in the incidence 

20 of modern slavery within a period of seven years and 

21 have been determined to be appropriate to receive 

22 funds by the Board of Directors pursuant to the cri23 teria and priorities set forth in this Act. 

24 (5) TERMS DEFINED IN TITLE 18, UNITED

25 STATES CODE.—Terms defined in title 18, United 

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1 States Code, and not otherwise defined in this sec2 tion shall have the meaning provided in such title. 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Modern Slavery 

5 Initiative Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) the United States has a long history of do9 mestic and international engagement in preventing 

10 and responding to modern slavery; 

11 (2) modern slavery involves extensive criminal 

12 activity and demands the full attention and commit13 ment of the United States; 

14 (3) with at least 100,000 children in the United 

15 States commercially sexually exploited, and calls to 

16 the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hot17 line rising from 5,748 in 2008 to 20,579 in 2013, in 

18 order to set an example internationally, the United 

19 States must exert all efforts to eradicate modern-day 

20 slavery domestically, including through increased co21 operation among all Federal, state and local govern22 ments, local law enforcement, non-profit organiza23 tions, and private sector stakeholders; 

24 (4) the United States Government should con25 tinue to coordinate across departments and agencies 

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1 to prevent and respond to this heinous activity that 

2 involves over 21,000,000 people worldwide through 

3 sustained investment in integrated, interagency anti4 trafficking initiatives; 

5 (5) while United States Government efforts con6 tinue to address many facets of modern slavery, there 

7 is an urgent need today for international public and 

8 private cooperation to increase resources available to 

9 programs that can make a measurable impact in re10 ducing the prevalence of modern slavery by building 

11 the capacity of foreign governments to sustainably 

12 deter perpetrators of modern slavery through— 

13 (A) establishing and enforcing the rule of 

14 law to hold perpetrators of modern slavery ac15 countable, including— 

16 (i) those who enslave children and 

17 adults in the sex trade; and 

18 (ii) those who enslave through forced 

19 labor and abusive labor recruitment prac20 tices and fees; 

21 (B) promoting justice and dignity for vic22 tims of modern slavery; 

23 (C) restoring and protecting survivors of 

24 modern slavery; and 

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1 (D) building partnerships between govern2 ments, civil society organizations, private sector 

3 entities and individuals, and survivors to seek to 

4 bring an end to modern slavery; and 

5 (6) countries that fall within the first and second 

6 tiers of the United States Department of State’s an7 nual Trafficking in Persons report could qualify as 

8 partner countries for the purposes of this Act, and 

9 many countries that fall within the Tier 2 watch list 

10 may also qualify, and therefore should be eligible for 

11 funding as partner countries under this Act, along 

12 with key jurisdictions of other countries, such as Tier 

13 3 countries. 

14 SEC. 3. POLICY. 

15 It is the policy of the United States Government— 

16 (1) to marshal resources to seek to bring to an 

17 end modern slavery through the provision of matching 

18 funds to a private grant-making institution, in part19 nership with private donors and other governments, 

20 that selects and supports innovative strategies with 

21 the aim of verifiably and sustainably reducing the 

22 prevalence of modern slavery by 50 percent in tar23 geted populations within partner countries (or juris24 dictions thereof) with a high prevalence of modern 

25 slavery; 

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1 (2) to allow such a private grant making institu2 tion the flexibility to work in jurisdictions of other 

3 countries, where those jurisdictions have demonstrated 

4 the type of commitment and capabilities otherwise re5 quired of partner countries; and 

6 (3) to engage other countries with a high preva7 lence of modern slavery through the full range of 

8 United States Government foreign assistance pro9 grams in order to help those countries become eligible 

10 as partner countries for the purposes of receiving ad11 ditional assistance under the End Modern Slavery 

12 Initiative established by this Act. 

13 SEC. 4. THE END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDA14 TION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, there shall be established 

17 and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia 

18 an independent, private nonprofit corporation to be known 

19 as ‘‘End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation’’. 

20 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the End Modern Slav21 ery Initiative Foundation shall be to work collaboratively 

22 with government, civil society, and private institutions in 

23 partner countries and key jurisdictions of other countries 

24 with a high prevalence of modern slavery to identify and 

25 fund successful strategies to combat modern slavery. 

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1 (c) STATUS OF FOUNDATION.—The End Modern Slav2 ery Initiative Foundation shall not be an agency or estab3 lishment of the United States Government. 

4 (d) STATUS OF BOARD AND OFFICERS AND EMPLOY5 EES.—The members of the Board of Directors of the End 

6 Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall not, by reason 

7 of such membership, be officers or employees of the United 

8 States, and the officers or employees of the End Modern 

9 Slavery Initiative Foundation shall not be officers or em10 ployees of the United States. 

11 (e) TAX STATUS ELIGIBILITY.—The End Modern Slav12 ery Initiative Foundation shall be eligible to be treated as 

13 an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter14 nal Revenue Code of 1986 which is exempt from taxation 

15 under section 501(a) of such code and, if such treatment 

16 is conferred in accordance with the provisions of such code, 

17 shall be subject to all provisions of such code relevant to 

18 the conduct of organizations exempt from taxation. 

19 (f) FUNDING.—The End Modern Slavery Initiative 

20 Foundation shall seek to obtain a minimum of 

21 $1,500,000,000 in aggregate funding from foreign govern22 ments and private sector organizations and individuals 

23 over an initial seven year period, leveraging United States 

24 Government grants provided to the Foundation as seed 

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1 funding and to complement the comprehensive foreign as2 sistance programs of the United States Government. 

3 (g) ADDITIONAL PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING PLAN.— 

4 The Board of Directors shall, not later than 180 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the appro6 priate congressional committees a plan to raise an addi7 tional $500,000,000 in commitments from private sector en8 tities to fully fund the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

9 Foundation. 

10 (h) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE RECEIPT OF FUNDS.— 

11 The End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation may accept 

12 and utilize, consistent with the policies, priorities, and pur13 poses of this Act, any gift, donation, bequest, or devise of 

14 real or personal property from any government or private 

15 sector individual or organization, including the provision 

16 of voluntary services or in-kind services or products. 

17 (i) GOVERNANCE.— 

18 (1) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The End Modern Slav20 ery Initiative Foundation shall be overseen by a 

21 Board of Directors— 

22 (i) which shall include individuals 

23 with recognized relevant professional exper24 tise, at least one survivor of modern slavery, 

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1 and at least one individual who is a mem2 ber of civil society; and 

3 (ii) not more than 11 of whom will be 

4 voting members. 

5 (B) NON-VOTING ADVISORY DIRECTORS.— 

6 The voting directors of the Board may appoint, 

7 at their discretion, non-voting advisory directors, 

8 which may include a representative of the Sec9 retary of State such as the Ambassador-at-Large 

10 and Director of the Office to Monitor and Com11 bat Trafficking in Persons. 

12 (C) DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIREC13 TORS.—Decisions of the Board of Directors shall 

14 be made by a simple majority vote of voting di15 rectors present. 

16 (D) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to 

17 other specific responsibilities provided for in this 

18 Act, the voting directors of the Board of Direc19 tors shall— 

20 (i) oversee the monitoring and evalua21 tion of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

22 Foundation efforts and supported projects; 

23 and 

24 (ii) make prioritized program funding 

25 decisions. 

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1 (E) QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIREC2 TORS.—In order to take official action, the 

3 Board shall require a quorum composed of a ma4 jority of its voting directors. 

5 (F) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE

6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—The Board of Directors 

7 shall— 

8 (i) by majority vote of voting directors 

9 delegate relevant authorities to the Chief 

10 Executive Officer appointed pursuant to 

11 paragraph (2)(A) concerning agreements 

12 made with governments or private sector in13 dividuals or organizations, programmatic 

14 and monitoring and evaluation strategies of 

15 the End Modern Slavery Initiative Founda16 tion, and other matters related to the End 

17 Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation, con18 sistent with the policies, priorities, and pur19 poses of this Act; and 

20 (ii) reserve the right of review and ap21 proval of major agreements as appropriate. 

22 (G) LONG-TERM STRATEGY REVIEW, AP23 PROVAL, AND SUBMISSION.—Not later than five 

24 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

25 the Board of Directors shall review, approve, 

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1 make publicly available, and submit to govern2 ments, entities, or individuals providing funding 

3 to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Founda4 tion, as well as the appropriate congressional 

5 committees, the strategy required to be developed 

6 pursuant to paragraph (2)(D). 

7 (2) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The day-to-day oper9 ations of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

10 Foundation shall be run by a Chief Executive 

11 Officer, who shall be a United States citizen and 

12 shall be employed at the exclusive discretion of 

13 the Board of Directors. 

14 (B) AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

15 OFFICER.—The Chief Executive Officer of the 

16 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall 

17 be authorized to take all actions authorized by 

18 the Board of Directors, consistent with the poli19 cies, priorities, and purposes of this Act, includ20 ing the hiring and termination of any employees 

21 of the End Modern Slavery Initiative Founda22 tion. 

23 (C) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHIEF EX24 ECUTIVE OFFICER.—The Chief Executive Officer 

25 shall be responsible for— 

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1 (i) ensuring matching funding require2 ments pursuant to this Act are met; 

3 (ii) ensuring that foreign government 

4 and private sector funding commitments 

5 are fully realized; 

6 (iii) developing all necessary strategies 

7 and agreements for the End Modern Slavery 

8 Initiative Foundation; 

9 (iv) identifying funding requirements; 

10 (v) preparing and presenting to the 

11 Board of Directors for approval a portfolio 

12 of priority projects to be funded; 

13 (vi) administering the End Modern 

14 Slavery Initiative Foundation procurement 

15 processes; 

16 (vii) developing reliable baseline data 

17 and ensuring that such data and the process 

18 of obtaining such data are subject to out19 side, independent audits; 

20 (viii) developing and administering the 

21 monitoring and evaluation of funded pro22 grams; 

23 (ix) complying with all relevant audit24 ing, accounting, taxation, and legal require25 ments; 

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1 (x) preparing, publicly publishing, and 

2 submitting to each government, private in3 dividual, or corporation that has contrib4 uted funds an annual report of approxi5 mately 50 pages with appropriate annexes 

6 on the activities and results of the End 

7 Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation; 

8 (xi) ensuring the sharing, among ap9 propriate governmental and nongovern10 mental partners and interested parties in 

11 the global anti-slavery community, of cor12 porate and nonprofit best practices, includ13 ing those developed or identified by the End 

14 Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation or 

15 others through its supported programs; 

16 (xii) working to encourage partner 

17 countries to hold accountable those who en18 slave children and adults in the sex trade; 

19 (xiii) working to develop best practices 

20 to help ensure that corporate supply chains 

21 do not involve the use of victims of modern 

22 slavery, including ending forced labor and 

23 addressing the role of abusive labor recruit24 ment practices and fees; and 

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1 (xiv) undertaking consultations, as the 

2 Chief Executive Officer deems necessary or 

3 is directed by the Board of Directors, with 

4 appropriate governmental and nongovern5 mental partners with respect to End Mod6 ern Slavery Initiative Foundation strate7 gies, programs, and projects. 

8 (D) LONG-TERM STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

9 AND CONSULTATIONS.—Not later than four years 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the 

12 Board of Directors, shall initiate discussions 

13 with appropriate governmental and nongovern14 mental partners and begin development of a 

15 strategy that seeks to end modern slavery glob16 ally based on empirical evidence and best prac17 tices identified by the End Modern Slavery Ini18 tiative Foundation, including funding require19 ments to fully implement such a strategy. 

20 (j) LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS.— 

21 (1) ISSUANCE OF STOCK AND DIVIDENDS.—The 

22 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation may not 

23 issue any shares of stock or declare or pay dividends. 

24 (2) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 

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1 (A) ASSETS.—No part of the assets of the 

2 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall 

3 inure to the benefit of any member of the Board 

4 of Directors, any officer or employee of the End 

5 Slavery Initiative Foundation, or any other in6 dividual, except as reasonable salary or com7 pensation for services for officers and employees, 

8 reasonable reimbursement for expenses incurred 

9 in the course of such employment, or for other 

10 individuals, as specific beneficiaries of services 

11 provided pursuant to supported projects. 

12 (B) RELATIONSHIP TO GRANTEES.—No vot13 ing director of the Board of Directors may be a 

14 member of the board of directors or an officer, 

15 employee, or consultant to, any grantee of the 

16 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation. 

17 (C) COMPENSATION.—No director of the 

18 Board of Directors may receive compensation for 

19 service on the Board of Directors, other than rea20 sonable reimbursement for expenses incurred in 

21 the course of such service. 

22 (3) LOBBYING RESTRICTION.—Any Federal funds 

23 provided to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foun24 dation or any other nonprofit organization pursuant 

25 to the authorization of funding provided under this 

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1 Act shall be subject to the restrictions and prohibi2 tions of section 1352 of title 31, United States Code. 

3 (k) RECORDKEEPING, AUDITING, OVERSIGHT, AND RE4 PORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The End Modern Slavery Ini6 tiative Foundation shall be subject to the same audit7 ing, recordkeeping, and reporting obligations as re8 quired pursuant to subsections (e), (f), (g), and (i) of 

9 section 504 of the National Endowment for Democ10 racy Act (22 U.S.C. 4413). 

11 (2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT AUTHOR12 ITY.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 

14 of the United States may evaluate the financial 

15 transactions of the End Slavery Initiative Foun16 dation as well as the programs or activities the 

17 End Slavery Initiative Foundation carries out 

18 pursuant to this Act. 

19 (B) ACCESS TO RECORDS.—The End Slav20 ery Initiative Foundation shall provide the 

21 Comptroller General, or his duly authorized rep22 resentatives, access to such records as the Comp23 troller General determines necessary to conduct 

24 evaluations authorized by this Act. 

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1 (l) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

2 shall be construed to make the End Modern Slavery Initia3 tive Foundation an agency or establishment of the United 

4 States Government or to make the members of the Board 

5 of Directors of the End Slavery Initiative Foundation, or 

6 the officers or employees of the End Slavery Initiative, offi7 cers or employees of the United States. 

8 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS TO END MODERN 

9 SLAVERY. 

10 (a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State 

11 is authorized, subject to the availability of appropriations 

12 and on an annual basis, to make grants of funding for pur13 poses of this Act in the amounts authorized in subsection 

14 (b) to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation or 

15 other nonprofit organization that— 

16 (1) funds programs and projects in partner 

17 countries and key jurisdictions of other countries in 

18 order to seek to end modern slavery, including by 

19 funding programs and projects that— 

20 (A) contribute to the freeing and sustainable 

21 recovery of victims of modern slavery; 

22 (B) prevent individuals from being subject 

23 to modern slavery; or 

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1 (C) enforce laws that punish both individ2 uals and corporate entities that engage in mod3 ern slavery; and 

4 (2) seeks to receive foreign government contribu5 tions in a ratio of two-to-one and private sector con6 tributions in a ratio of three-to-one to United States 

7 Government funding. 

8 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL

9 YEARS 2015 THROUGH 2022.—In addition to such sums 

10 as may otherwise be available for such purposes, there is 

11 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State 

12 for the purpose of making the grants authorized under sub13 section (a)— 

14 (1) for fiscal year 2015, $1,000,000; and 

15 (2) for each fiscal year from 2016 through 2022, 

16 $35,714,285. 

17 (c) CONDITIONS FOR UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

18 FUNDING.— 

19 (1) MATCHING GOVERNMENT FUNDING.—Except 

20 as provided under paragraphs (5) and (6), funding 

21 provided pursuant to grants authorized under sub22 section (a) shall only be available for expenditure by 

23 the grantee during a fiscal year if matching funding 

24 equal to twice the total amount of such funding has 

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1 been obtained from one or more other governments in 

2 such fiscal year. 

3 (2) MATCHING PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING.—Ex4 cept as provided under paragraphs (5) and (6), fund5 ing provided pursuant to grants authorized under 

6 subsection (a) shall only be available for expenditure 

7 by the grantee during a fiscal year if matching fund8 ing equal to the total amount of such funding has 

9 been obtained from private sector entities in such fis10 cal year. 

11 (3) LIMITATION ON MATCHING PRIVATE SECTOR

12 FUNDING.—No Federal funds awarded to a private 

13 entity may be used by that private entity to con14 tribute to the matching funding requirement under 

15 paragraph (2). 

16 (4) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 

17 Funding provided pursuant to the grants authorized 

18 under subsection (a) shall only be available for ex19 penditure by the grantee for a fiscal year in which the 

20 prior fiscal year administrative costs are no more 

21 than 10 percent of modified total direct costs or other22 wise meet the administrative cost requirements of sec23 tion 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations. 

24 (5) INITIAL EXEMPTION.— 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 

2 matching funding requirement in paragraphs (1) 

3 and (2), funding provided pursuant to grants 

4 authorized under subsection (a) shall be available 

5 for expenditure by a grantee in fiscal years 2015 

6 and 2016. 

7 (B) ADDITIONAL MATCHING REQUIRE8 MENT.—To the extent that matching funding is 

9 not obtained in fiscal years 2015 or 2016, as 

10 generally required by paragraphs (1) and (2), 

11 the grantee must obtain such funding no later 

12 than September 30, 2018. 

13 (C) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—No funding 

14 provided pursuant to grants authorized under 

15 subsection (a) shall be available for expenditure 

16 by the grantee during any fiscal year after 2018 

17 until the requirement in subparagraph (B) is 

18 met. 

19 (6) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—If during any fiscal year 

21 the matching requirement described in para22 graph (1) or (2) is not achieved, the Secretary of 

23 State may provide a one-year exemption from 

24 fulfillment of such requirement provided that— 

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1 (i) a plan is in place to make up the 

2 funding shortfall during the next fiscal year 

3 and to meet the matching requirements in 

4 future years; 

5 (ii) the plan is submitted to the appro6 priate congressional committees; and 

7 (iii) the grantee has obtained matching 

8 funding, in the proportion required by such 

9 paragraphs, for the total amount of any 

10 prior year shortfalls. 

11 (B) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—During an 

12 exemption provided pursuant to subparagraph 

13 (A), funding provided pursuant to grants au14 thorized under subsection (a) shall only be avail15 able for expenditure by the grantee during a fis16 cal year in an amount that is equal in propor17 tion to the proportion of matching funds secured 

18 in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2). 

19 (C) LIMITED QUANTITY.—The Secretary of 

20 State may provide no more than a total of two 

21 exemptions pursuant to subparagraph (A) dur22 ing fiscal years 2017 through 2022. 

23 (7) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—In 

24 fiscal years in which the grantee obtains matching 

25 funding to address a shortfall of funding required by 

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1 paragraph (1) or (2) from a prior year, the funds 

2 previously restricted as a result of such shortfall shall 

3 be available for expenditure by the grantee in such 

4 later fiscal year in an amount that is equal in pro5 portion, pursuant to such paragraphs, to the amount 

6 obtained. 

7 (8) FUNDING ADDITIONAL TO EXISTING AUTHOR8 IZATIONS.—Amounts authorized by this section are in 

9 addition to funds otherwise authorized to be appro10 priated for combatting trafficking in persons, forced 

11 labor, or related programs. 

12 (d) DURATION OF FUNDING.—Funds appropriated 

13 pursuant to subsection (b) shall remain available until ex14 pended subject to the conditions on such funds described in 

15 subsection (c). 

16 (e) IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, PRIORITIES, AND

17 PURPOSES.—No funds received pursuant to the provisions 

18 of this section may be obligated or expended by the Sec19 retary of State or the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foun20 dation or other nonprofit organization except to the extent 

21 that such obligation and expenditure is consistent with the 

22 policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act. 

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1 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM MEMBER GOVERN2 MENTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Government 

4 shall seek, and shall encourage other foreign governments 

5 providing support to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

6 Foundation, consistent with the individual priorities and 

7 policies of such governments, to provide additional support 

8 for projects in partner countries and key jurisdictions of 

9 other countries supported by the End Modern Slavery Ini10 tiative Foundation through the commitment of new re11 sources, or the redirection of existing resources, including 

12 funding and personnel as appropriate, to efforts that are 

13 consistent with the policies, priorities, and purposes of this 

14 Act, including the provision of economic, development, law 

15 enforcement, rule of law, and training assistance that is 

16 aimed, among other things, at strengthening government in17 stitutions and providing appropriate services to victims of 

18 modern slavery. 

19 (b) DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS.—The United States Gov20 ernment shall also seek, and shall encourage other foreign 

21 governments providing support to the End Modern Slavery 

22 Initiative Foundation, consistent with the individual prior23 ities and policies of such governments, to undertake diplo24 matic efforts in partner countries and key jurisdictions of 

25 other countries with a high prevalence of modern slavery 

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1 that support the policies, priorities, and purposes of this 

2 Act and End Modern Slavery Initiative supported projects. 

3 (c) PRIORITIZATION OF ADDITIONAL EFFORTS.—The 

4 United States Government shall also seek, and shall encour5 age other foreign governments providing support to the End 

6 Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation, consistent with the 

7 individual priorities and policies of such governments, to 

8 undertake efforts to support partner countries and key ju9 risdictions of other countries in their efforts to address the 

10 areas of key concern highlighted by the Department of 

11 State’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 

12 SEC. 7. PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE END MODERN 

13 SLAVERY INITIATIVE. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The key priorities of the End Mod15 ern Slavery Initiative shall be— 

16 (1) to select partner countries and key jurisdic17 tions in other countries; 

18 (2) to provide support for programs and projects 

19 that collectively or individually seek to achieve a 

20 measurable and sustainable reduction of modern slav21 ery in targeted populations within partner countries 

22 (or jurisdictions thereof) and key jurisdictions of 

23 other countries of at least 50 percent in the prevalence 

24 of modern slavery over a seven year period and that 

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1 are based on goals and outcomes that are capable of 

2 being empirically measured; 

3 (3) to prioritize programs and projects consistent 

4 with this Act; 

5 (4) to work with partner countries and entities 

6 funded by the End Modern Slavery Initiative to col7 laboratively establish budgeted national plans that 

8 identify and leverage partner country public and pri9 vate funding and institutions, and leverage current 

10 and expected outside assistance, including programs 

11 supported by the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

12 Foundation; and 

13 (5) to establish national coordinators and leader14 ship councils in partner countries. 

15 (b) SELECTION OF PARTNER COUNTRIES.—In select16 ing partner countries, the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

17 shall consider and prioritize the funding of projects and 

18 programs in countries and jurisdictions where there is— 

19 (1) a documented high prevalence of modern 

20 slavery within the country as evidenced by assess21 ments in the Department of State’s annual Traf22 ficking in Persons Report; and 

23 (2)(A) a demonstrated political motivation and 

24 sustained commitment by government entities of such 

25 country to undertake meaningful measures to address 

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1 severe forms of trafficking in persons, including pre2 vention, protection of victims, and the enactment and 

3 enforcement of anti-trafficking laws against perpetra4 tors; or 

5 (B) a demonstrated presence of an active and 

6 independent civil society that can and will support 

7 the efforts of the End Modern Slavery Initiative. 

8 (c) SELECTION OF KEY JURISDICTIONS OF OTHER

9 COUNTRIES.—In selecting key jurisdictions of other coun10 tries, the End Modern Slavery Initiative shall consider and 

11 prioritize the funding of projects and programs in key juris12 dictions where there is— 

13 (1) a documented high prevalence of modern 

14 slavery within the jurisdiction as evidenced by assess15 ments in the Department of State’s annual Traf16 ficking in Persons Report; and 

17 (2)(A) a demonstrated political motivation and 

18 sustained commitment by government entities of such 

19 jurisdiction to undertake meaningful measures to ad20 dress severe forms of trafficking in persons, including 

21 prevention, protection of victims, and the enactment 

22 and enforcement of anti-trafficking laws against per23 petrators; or 

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1 (B) a demonstrated presence of an active and 

2 independent civil society that can and will support 

3 the efforts of the End Modern Slavery Initiative. 

4 (d) POLICIES FOR END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE

5 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORTED PROGRAMS IN PARTNER

6 COUNTRIES.—End Modern Slavery Initiative programs in 

7 partner programs shall include strategies that— 

8 (1) develop the capacity of national and local 

9 government institutions to enforce the law, end impu10 nity of perpetrators, and sustainably deter the crime; 

11 (2) contribute to the freeing and sustainable re12 covery of victims of modern slavery, prevent individ13 uals from being subject to modern slavery, or create 

14 and enforce laws that punish both individual and cor15 porate perpetrators of modern slavery; and 

16 (3) set out clear, defined goals and outcomes that 

17 are capable of empirical measurement against base18 line data. 

19 (e) CONSULTATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 

20 In selecting partner countries and key jurisdictions of other 

21 countries and funding programs in such countries and ju22 risdictions, the End Modern Slavery Initiative shall consult 

23 with the Department of State, including the Office to Mon24 itor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. 

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1 (f) INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION.—In providing the 

2 views of the United States Government to the End Modern 

3 Slavery Initiative pursuant to subsection (e), the Depart4 ment of State, including the Office to Monitor and Combat 

5 Trafficking in Persons, shall consult with the United States 

6 Department of Justice, the United States Agency for Inter7 national Development, the United States Department of 

8 Labor, and any other appropriate Federal departments and 

9 agencies. 

10 SEC. 8. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SUPPORTED 

11 PROGRAMS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Directors shall re13 view, on a no less than annual basis, specific and detailed 

14 criteria for the monitoring and evaluation of End Modern 

15 Slavery Initiative supported projects. 

16 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR CRITERIA.—The criteria re17 quired to be established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 

18 designed to measure progress against baseline data and 

19 shall be rigorously designed based on international cor20 porate and nongovernmental best practices. 

21 (c) SUPPORTED PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—Each 

22 supported project shall be regularly and rigorously mon23 itored and evaluated, on a not less than biennial basis, by 

24 an independent monitoring and evaluation entity, against 

25 the specific and detailed criteria established pursuant to 

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1 subsection (a), and shall have its progress towards its stated 

2 goals measured by such entity against baseline data. 

3 (d) SURVEY METHODOLOGY.—The End Modern Slav4 ery Initiative shall support the development of a scientif5 ically sound, representative survey methodology for meas6 uring prevalence with reference to existing research and ex7 perience and shall apply the methodology consistently to de8 termine the baseline prevalence in target populations and 

9 outcomes in order to periodically assess progress in reduc10 ing prevalence. 

11 (e) SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF SUPPORTED

12 PROJECTS.—The Board of Directors shall establish, and re13 vise on a no less than annual basis, specific and detailed 

14 criteria for the suspension and termination, as appropriate, 

15 of projects supported by the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

16 Foundation that regularly or consistently fail to meet the 

17 criteria required by this section. 

18 (f) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.—A 

19 grantee receiving funding pursuant to section 5(a) may not 

20 expend such funds after September 30, 2022, unless— 

21 (1) this Act is reauthorized; and 

22 (2) the grantee submits a written certification to 

23 the appropriate congressional committees during fis24 cal year 2022, which states how and to what degree 

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1 the grantee has met the statutory requirements of this 

2 Act. 

3 SEC. 9. GAO REVIEW OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND THE 

4 END SLAVERY INITIATIVE. 

5 (a) EXISTING PROGRAMS REPORT.—Not later than 

6 September 30, 2017, and September 30, 2021, the Comp7 troller General of the United States shall submit to Congress 

8 a report on all of the programs conducted by the Depart9 ment of State, the United States Agency for International 

10 Development, the Department of Labor, the Department of 

11 Defense, and the Department of the Treasury that address 

12 human trafficking and modern slavery, including a detailed 

13 analysis of the effectiveness of such programs in limiting 

14 human trafficking and modern slavery and specific rec15 ommendations on which programs are not effective at re16 ducing the prevalence of human trafficking and modern 

17 slavery and how the funding for such programs may be re18 directed to more effective efforts. 

19 (b) END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE REPORT.—Not 

20 later than September 30, 2021, the Comptroller General of 

21 the United States shall submit to the appropriate congres22 sional committees a report on the specific activities con23 ducted by entities, programs, and projects funded under this 

24 Act, including the End Modern Slavery Initiative Founda25 tion, including detailed analysis of the effectiveness of such 

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1 activities in limiting human trafficking and modern slav2 ery and specific recommendations on which activities are 

3 not effective at reducing the prevalence of human trafficking 

4 and modern slavery and how the funding for such activities 

5 may be redirected to more effective efforts. 

6 (c) CONSIDERATION OF GAO REPORTS.—The Comp7 troller General of the United States shall brief the appro8 priate congressional committees on the reports submitted 

9 under subsections (a) and (b). The appropriate congres10 sional committees shall review and consider such reports 

11 and shall, as appropriate, consider modifications to author12 ization levels and programs within the jurisdiction of such 

13 committees to address the recommendations made in the re14 ports. 

15 SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT. 

16 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

17 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Board of Directors 

18 shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional com19 mittees that contains, for the reporting period— 

20 (1) a detailed accounting of the Federal funding 

21 expended by the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

22 Foundation; 

23 (2) the names of each of the projects receiving 

24 such funding; and 

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1 (3) the amount of such funding provided for each 

2 such project. 

3 SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit7 tees’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations 

9 and Appropriations of the Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs and 

11 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

12 (2) DEBT BONDAGE.—The term ‘‘debt bondage’’ 

13 has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the 

14 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

15 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

16 (3) FORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’ 

17 has the meaning attributed to such term pursuant to 

18 section 1589 of title 18, United States Code. 

19 (4) INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE.—The term ‘‘invol20 untary servitude’’ has the meaning given the term in 

21 section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 

22 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

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1 tries that do not qualify to be partner countries, that 

2 have a demonstrated commitment to, and institutions 

3 capable of, achieving a significant reduction in the 

4 incidence of modern slavery within a period of seven 

5 years and have been determined to be appropriate to 

6 receive funds by the Board of Directors pursuant to 

7 the criteria and priorities set forth in this Act, but 

8 does not include local government entities identified 

9 by the Department of State’s annual Human Rights 

10 Report as ‘‘corrupt entities.’’ 

11 (6) MODERN SLAVERY.—The term ‘‘modern slav12 ery’’ means— 

13 (A) the recruitment, harboring, transpor14 tation, provision, or obtaining of a person for 

15 the purpose of a commercial sex act in which 

16 such commercial sex act is induced by force, 

17 fraud, or coercion, or in which the person in18 duced to perform such act has not attained 18 

19 years of age; or 

20 (B) the recruitment, harboring, transpor21 tation, provision, or obtaining of a person for 

22 labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, 

23 or coercion for the purpose of subjection to invol24 untary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slav25 ery. 

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1 (7) PARTNER COUNTRIES.—The term ‘‘partner 

2 countries’’ means countries that have a demonstrated 

3 commitment to, and institutions capable of, achieving 

4 a significant reduction in the incidence of modern 

5 slavery within a period of seven years and have been 

6 determined to be appropriate to receive funds by the 

7 Board of Directors pursuant to the criteria and prior8 ities set forth in this Act. 

9 (8) TERMS DEFINED IN TITLE 18, UNITED

10 STATES CODE.—Terms defined in title 18, United 

11 States Code, and not otherwise defined in this section 

12 shall have the meaning provided in such title. 

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Calendar No. 363 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 553 

A BILL 

To marshal resources to undertake a concerted, 

to modern slavery, and for other purposes. transformative effort that seeks to bring an end 

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 

Reported with an amendment 

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