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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5195 
To establish a director of anti-trafficking policies in the Department of 
Defense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2010 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To establish a director of anti-trafficking policies in the 
Department of Defense. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTOR OF 
ANTI-TRAFFICKING POLICIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall designate within the Office of the Secretary of De-
fense a director of anti-trafficking policies. The director 
shall be responsible for overseeing the implementation 
within the Department of Defense of policies relating to 
trafficking in persons, including policies of the Depart-
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ment and policies of the Federal Government (including 
policies contained in National Security Presidential Direc-
tive 22) as they relate to the Department. The Secretary 
may not assign to the director any responsibilities not re-
lated to trafficking in persons. 
(b) DUTIES.—The director designated under sub-
section (a) shall, in consultation with other relevant ele-
ments of the Department— 
(1) ensure that training materials and instruc-
tional programs relating to trafficking in persons are 
developed and used by the military departments; 
(2) consult regularly with academicians, faith- 
based organizations, multilateral organizations, non-
governmental organizations, and others with exper-
tise in combating trafficking in persons, regarding 
the Department’s implementation of policies relating 
to trafficking in persons; 
(3) conduct surveys of members of the Armed 
Forces and of employees of the Department to as-
sess attitudes and knowledge regarding trafficking in 
persons and use the results of those surveys to de-
velop training materials and instructional programs 
relating to trafficking in persons; 
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(4) ensure that trafficking in persons is in-
cluded as an intelligence requirement in peace-
keeping missions that track organized crime; 
(5) ensure the proper handling of cases in 
which a member of the Armed Forces or an em-
ployee or contractor of the Department is alleged to 
have engaged in or facilitated an act of trafficking 
in persons and in such cases encourage, as appro-
priate, implementation of chapter 212 of title 18, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000) 
and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000; 
(6) ensure that the Department implements the 
commitments relating to trafficking in persons 
agreed to by the United States in the context of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United Na-
tions, and other multilateral organizations, as those 
commitments relate to the Department; 
(7) establish a mechanism to ensure that nei-
ther the Department nor any contractor (or subcon-
tractor at any tier) of the Department rehires an 
employee of such a contractor (or subcontractor) 
who engaged in a severe form of trafficking in per-
sons while the contract is in effect; 
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(8) include the subject of trafficking in persons 
in military-to-military contact programs; 
(9) in consultation with the Office of the In-
spector General of the Department, investigate links 
between trafficking in persons and deployments of 
members of the Armed Forces and contractors of 
the Department; 
(10) consult with contractors of the Depart-
ment on programs to prevent trafficking in persons 
and on accountability structures relating to traf-
ficking in persons; and 
(11) perform such other related duties as the 
Secretary may require. 
(c) RESOURCES.—The director designated under sub-
section (a) shall have sufficient staff and resources to 
carry out the responsibilities and duties described in this 
paragraph. 
(d) RANK.—The director designated under subsection 
(a) shall have the rank of assistant secretary. 
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