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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST 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, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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, 

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— 


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1 (1) the United States has a long history of do2 mestic and international engagement in preventing 

3 and responding to modern slavery; 

4 (2) modern slavery involves extensive criminal 

5 activity and demands the full attention and commit6 ment of the United States; 

7 (3) the United States Government should con8 tinue to coordinate across departments and agencies 

9 to prevent and respond to this heinous activity that 

10 involves over 21,000,000 people worldwide through 

11 sustained investment in integrated, interagency anti12 trafficking initiatives; 

13 (4) while United States Government efforts 

14 continue to address many facets of modern slavery, 

15 there is an urgent need today for international pub16 lic and private cooperation to increase resources 

17 available to programs that can make a measureable 

18 impact in reducing the prevalence of modern slavery 

19 by building the capacity of foreign governments to 

20 sustainably deter perpetrators of modern slavery 

21 through— 

22 (A) establishing and enforcing the rule of 

23 law to hold perpetrators of modern slavery ac24 countable, including— 


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1 (i) those who enslave children and 

2 adults in the sex trade; and 

3 (ii) those who enslave through forced 

4 labor and abusive labor recruitment prac5 tices and fees; 

6 (B) promoting justice for victims of mod7 ern slavery; 

8 (C) restoring and protecting survivors of 

9 modern slavery; and 

10 (D) building partnerships between govern11 ments, civil society organizations, private sector 

12 entities and individuals, and survivors to seek 

13 to bring an end to modern slavery; and 

14 (5) countries that fall within the first and sec15 ond tiers of the United States Department of State’s 

16 annual Trafficking in Persons report could qualify 

17 as partner countries for the purposes of this Act, 

18 and many countries that fall within the Tier 2 watch 

19 list may also qualify, and therefore should be eligible 

20 for funding as partner countries under this Act, 

21 along with key jurisdictions of other countries, such 

22 as Tier 3 countries. 

23 SEC. 3. POLICY. 

24 It is the policy of the United States Government— 


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

2 end modern slavery through the provision of match3 ing funds to a private grant-making institution, in 

4 partnership with private donors and other govern5 ments, that selects and supports innovative strate6 gies with the aim of verifiably and sustainably reduc7 ing the prevalence of modern slavery by 50 percent 

8 in targeted populations within partner countries (or 

9 jurisdictions thereof) with a high prevalence of mod10 ern slavery; 

11 (2) to allow such a private grant-making insti12 tution the flexibility to work in jurisdictions of other 

13 countries, where those jurisdictions have dem14 onstrated the type of commitment and capabilities 

15 otherwise required of partner countries; and 

16 (3) to engage other countries with a high preva17 lence of modern slavery through the full range of 

18 United States Government foreign assistance pro19 grams in order to help those countries become eligi20 ble as partner countries for the purposes of receiving 

21 additional assistance under the End Modern Slavery 

22 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 

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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. 

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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. 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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

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

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