any other such relevant Federal agency shall establish a 
process to address any actions to be taken in response to 
such information. 
(c) ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.— 
The employee designated for receiving information pursu-
ant to subsection (a) should coordinate with foreign gov-
ernments or civil society organizations in the countries of 
origin of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, 
with the permission of and without compromising the safe-
ty of such victims, to ensure that such victims receive any 
additional support available. 
SEC. 103. MODIFICATION TO GRANTS FOR VICTIMS SERV-
ICES. 
Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘programs for’’ and all that follows and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘programs for victims of human traf-
ficking, including programs that provide trauma-informed 
care or long-term housing options to such victims who 
are— 
‘‘(i) between the ages of 12 and 24 
and who are homeless, in foster care, or in-
volved in the criminal justice system; 
‘‘(ii) transitioning out of the foster 
care system; or
‘‘(iii) women or girls in underserved 
populations.’’. 
Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts 
To Prevent Human Trafficking 
SEC. 111. REQUIRED TRAINING TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTING AIR 
CARRIERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40118 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator 
of General Services shall ensure that any contract entered 
into for provision of air transportation with a domestic 
carrier under this section requires that the contracting air 
carrier provides to the Administrator of General Services, 
the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration, and the Commis-
sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection an annual 
report regarding— 
‘‘(1) the number of personnel trained in the de-
tection and reporting of potential human trafficking 
(as described in paragraphs (9) and (10) of section 
103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)), including the training re-
quired under section 44734(a)(4);
‘‘(2) the number of notifications of potential 
human trafficking victims received from staff or 
other passengers; and 
‘‘(3) whether the air carrier notified the Na-
tional Human Trafficking Hotline or law enforce-
ment at the relevant airport of the potential human 
trafficking victim for each such notification of poten-
tial human trafficking, and if so, when the notifica-
tion was made.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any contract entered into after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall not apply to any contract entered into 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 112. PRIORITY FOR USE OF FUNDS FOR LODGING EX-
PENSES 
AT 
ACCOMMODATIONS 
LACKING 
CERTAIN POLICIES RELATING TO CHILD SEX-
UAL EXPLOITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
‘‘§ 5713. Priority for use of funds for lodging expenses 
at accommodations lacking certain poli-
cies relating to child sexual exploitation. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of making pay-
ments under this chapter for lodging expenses each agency 
shall ensure that, to the extent practicable and within the 
United States, any commercial-lodging room nights for 
employees of that agency are booked in a preferred place 
of accommodation. 
‘‘(b) PREFERRED PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION DE-
FINED.—In this section, ‘preferred place of accommoda-
tion’ means a commercial place of accommodation that— 
‘‘(1) has a zero-tolerance policy in place regard-
ing the sexual exploitation of children (as described 
in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A))) within 
the accommodation; 
‘‘(2) has procedures in place to identify and re-
port any such exploitation to the appropriate au-
thorities; 
‘‘(3) makes training materials available to all 
employees to prevent such exploitation; 
‘‘(4) has trained all employees annually on the 
identification of possible cases of such exploitation 
and procedures to report suspected abuse to the ap-
propriate authorities;
‘‘(5) protects employees who report suspected 
cases of such exploitation according to the protocol 
identified in training; and 
‘‘(6) keeps records of the number of suspected 
cases of such exploitation, including the reasons for 
suspicion, title of employee who reported the sus-
picion, and where the report was made. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Administrator 
of General Services shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain a list of each preferred place of 
accommodation; and 
‘‘(2) issue such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘5713. Priority for use of funds for lodging expenses at accommodations lacking 
certain policies relating to child sexual exploitation.’’. 
SEC. 113. ENSURING UNITED STATES PROCUREMENT DOES 
NOT FUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) AGENCY ACTION TO PREVENT FUNDING OF 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 
Secretary of Labor, Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, and 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall each submit to the Administrator of General 
Services (who shall submit the reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees), at the end of each 
fiscal year, a report that includes each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The name and contact information of 
the individual within the agency’s office of legal 
counsel or office of acquisition policy who is re-
sponsible for overseeing the implementation of 
subsection (g) of this section, title XVII of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104a et seq.), and any 
related regulation in the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (including the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation; Ending Trafficking in Persons (48 
CFR Parts 1, 2, 9, 12, 22, 42, and 52)). 
‘‘(B) Agency action to ensure contractors 
are educated on the applicable laws and regula-
tions listed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) Agency action to ensure the acquisi-
tion workforce and agency officials understand
implementation of the laws and regulations list-
ed in subparagraph (A), including best practices 
for— 
‘‘(i) ensuring compliance with such 
laws and regulations; 
‘‘(ii) assessing the serious, repeated, 
willful, or pervasive nature of any violation 
of such laws or regulations; and 
‘‘(iii) evaluating steps contractors 
have taken to correct any such violation. 
‘‘(D) The number of contracts containing 
language referring to the laws and regulations 
listed in subparagraph (A) and the number of 
contracts that did not contain any language re-
ferring to the laws and regulations listed in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) The number of allegations of severe 
forms of trafficking in persons received and the 
source type of the allegation (contractor, sub-
contractor, employee of contractor or subcon-
tractor, or an individual outside of the con-
tract). 
‘‘(F) The number of such allegations inves-
tigated by the agency, a summary of any find-
ings of such investigation, and any improve-
ments recommended by the agency to prevent 
such conduct from recurring. 
‘‘(G) The number of such allegations re-
ferred to the Attorney General for prosecution 
under section 3271 of title 18, United States 
Code, and the outcomes of such referrals. 
‘‘(H) Any remedial action taken as a result 
of such investigation, including whether— 
‘‘(i) a contractor or subcontractor (at 
any tier) was debarred or suspended due to 
a violation of a law or regulation relating 
to severe forms of trafficking in persons; 
or 
‘‘(ii) a contract was terminated pursu-
ant to subsection (g) as a result of such 
violation. 
‘‘(I) Any other assistance offered to agency 
contractors to ensure compliance with a law or 
regulation relating to severe forms of traf-
ficking in persons. 
‘‘(J) Any interagency meetings or data 
sharing regarding suspended or disbarred con-
tractors or subcontractors (at any tier) for se-
vere forms of trafficking in persons.
‘‘(K) Any contract with a contractor or 
subcontractor (at any tier) located outside the 
United States and the country location for each 
such contractor or subcontractor. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 
congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate.’’. 
SEC. 114. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. 
Any curriculum (including any continuing education 
curriculum) for the acquisition workforce used by the Fed-
eral Acquisition Institute established under section 1201 
of title 41, United States Code, shall include at least one 
course, which shall be at least 30 minutes, on the law and
regulations relating to human trafficking and Government 
contracting. 
SEC. 115. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 115 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 
Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)(2), to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) shall receive travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with the 
applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 116. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING FED-
ERAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE DEMAND. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) all Federal anti-trafficking training (includ-
ing training under section 114(c) of the Justice for 
Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 
14044g(c)) and under section 107(c)(4) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7105(c)(4))) provided to Federal judges, prosecu-
tors, and State and local law enforcement officials 
should—
(A) explain the circumstances under which 
sex buyers are considered parties to the crime 
of trafficking; 
(B) provide best practices for arresting or 
prosecuting buyers of illegal sex acts as a form 
of sex trafficking prevention; and 
(C) specify that any comprehensive ap-
proach to eliminating sex and labor trafficking 
must include a demand reduction component; 
and 
(2) any request for proposals for grants or co-
operative agreement opportunities issued by the At-
torney General with respect to the prevention of 
trafficking should include specific language with re-
spect to demand reduction. 
SEC. 117. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SENIOR POLICY OP-
ERATING GROUP. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Senior Policy Op-
erating Group established under section 105(g) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7103(g)) should create a working group to examine the 
role of demand reduction, both domestically and inter-
nationally, in achieving the purposes of the Justice for 
Victims of Trafficking Act (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat.
227) and Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 
Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking 
in Persons in the United States 
SEC. 121. DEMAND REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TASK FORCE.—Sec-
tion 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (R), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(S) tactics and strategies employed by 
human trafficking task forces sponsored by the 
Department of Justice to reduce demand for 
trafficking victims.’’. 
(b) REPORT
ON STATE ENFORCEMENT.—Section 
114(e)(1)(A) of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act 
of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 14044g(e)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, noting the number of cov-
ered offenders’’ after ‘‘covered offense’’ in each place 
it occurs;
SEC. 123. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN 
MISSIONS AND DIPLOMATIC HOUSEHOLDS. 
Subsection (a) of section 203 of the William Wilber-
force Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1375c) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for such period as the 
Secretary determines necessary’’ and inserting 
‘‘for the period of at least one year or longer if 
the Secretary determines a longer period is nec-
essary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines 
that there is’’ and all that follows until the end 
of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘there is an un-
paid default judgement directly or indirectly re-
lated to human trafficking against the employer 
or a family member accredited by the embassy, 
the employer or family member has refused to 
agree to a voluntary interview with United 
States law enforcement, or the diplomatic mis-
sion or international organization hosting the 
employer or family member has refused to 
waive immunity in a human trafficking case 
brought by the United States Government or to 
agree to prosecute the case in the country that
accredited the employer or family member.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘is in place’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, as applicable, the de-
fault judgment has been resolved, the employer 
or family member has agreed to meet with 
United States law enforcement, the diplomatic 
mission or international organization hosting 
the employer or family member has waived im-
munity for the employer or family member or 
agreed to prosecute the case in the country that 
accredited the employer or family member, or 
the diplomatic mission or international organi-
zation hosting the employer or family member 
has in place’’ after ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees that’’. 
SEC. 124. ENSURING THAT TRAFFICKERS HELP PAY FOR 
CARE FOR VICTIMS. 
Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, 
Forced, and Slave Labor 
SEC. 131. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) foreign assistance that addresses poverty al-
leviation and humanitarian disasters reduces the vul-
nerability of men, women, and children to human 
trafficking and is a crucial part of the response of 
the United States to modern-day slavery; 
(2) the Deputy Under Secretary of the Bureau 
of International Labor Affairs of the Department of 
Labor and the grant programs administered by the 
Deputy Under Secretary play a critical role in pre-
venting and protecting children from the worst 
forms of child labor, including situations of traf-
ficking, and in reducing the vulnerabilities of men 
and women to situations of forced labor and traf-
ficking; and 
(3) the Secretary of Labor also plays a critical 
role in helping other Federal departments and agen-
cies to prevent goods made with forced and child 
labor from entering the United States by consulting 
with such departments and agencies to reduce forced 
and child labor internationally and ensuring that 
products made by forced labor and child labor in vio-
lation of international standards are not imported 
into the United States.
SEC. 132. REPORT ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 307 
OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the committees listed 
in subsection (b) a report describing any obstacles or chal-
lenges to enforcing section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1307). 
(b) COMMITTEES.—The committees listed in this sub-
section are— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, the Committee on the Judiciary, 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) describe the role and best practices of pri-
vate-sector employers in the United States in com-
plying with the provisions of section 307 of the Tar-
iff Act of 1930;
(2) describe any efforts or programs under-
taken by relevant Federal, State, or local govern-
ment agencies to encourage employers, directly or 
indirectly, to comply with such provisions; 
(3) describe the roles of the relevant Federal 
departments and agencies in overseeing and regu-
lating such provisions, and the oversight and en-
forcement mechanisms used by such departments or 
agencies; 
(4) provide concrete, actual case studies or ex-
amples of how such provisions are enforced; 
(5) identify the number of petitions received 
and cases initiated (whether by petition or other-
wise) or investigated by each relevant Federal de-
partment or agency charged with implementing and 
enforcing such provisions, as well as the dates peti-
tions were received or investigations were initiated, 
and their current statuses; 
(6) identify any enforcement actions, including, 
but not limited to, the issuance of Withhold Release 
Orders, the detention of shipments, the issuance of 
civil penalties, and the formal charging with criminal 
charges relating to the forced labor scheme, taken as 
a result of these petitions and investigations by type
of action, date of action, commodity, and country of 
origin in the past 10 years; 
(7) with respect to any relevant petition filed 
during the 10-year period prior to the date of the 
enactment of this Act with the relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies tasked with implementing 
such provisions, list the specific products, country of 
origin, manufacturer, importer, end-user or retailer, 
and outcomes of any investigation; 
(8) identify any gaps that may exist in enforce-
ment of such provisions; 
(9) describe the engagement of the relevant 
Federal departments and agencies with stakeholders, 
including the engagement of importers, forced labor 
experts, and nongovernmental organizations; and 
(10) based on the information required by para-
graphs (1) through (9), identify any regulatory ob-
stacles or challenges to enforcement of such provi-
sions and provide recommendations for actions that 
could be taken by the relevant Federal departments 
and agencies to overcome these obstacles. 
SEC. 133. MODIFICATION TO LIST OF CHILD-MADE AND 
SLAVERY-MADE GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005
(22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding, to the extent practicable, goods that are produced 
with inputs that are produced with forced labor or child 
labor’’ after ‘‘international standards’’. 
(b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authoriza-
tion of appropriations under section 113(f) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7110(f)), as amended by section 301(a) of this Act, are 
authorized to be made available to carry out the purposes 
described in section 105(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 
7112(b)(2)), as amended by subsection (a). 
TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING ABROAD 
Subtitle A—Efforts To Combat 
Trafficking 
SEC. 201. INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 
AND 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
TRADE 
REP-
RESENTATIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE INTER-
AGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COM-
BAT TRAFFICKING. 
Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by inserting
‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Trade 
Representative,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Education,’’. 
SEC. 202. ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN AND 
SHARE DATA ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING EF-
FORTS. 
Paragraphs (1) and (7) of section 108(b) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7106(b)(1) and (b)(7)) are each amended by striking the 
final sentence of such paragraphs. 
SEC. 203. APPROPRIATE LISTING OF GOVERNMENTS IN-
VOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Subsection (b) of section 110 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and whose govern-
ments do not’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘and whose governments— 
‘‘(i) do not’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new clauses: 
‘‘(ii) tolerate trafficking in govern-
ment-funded programs; or
‘‘(iii) have a government-supported 
practice of— 
‘‘(I) trafficking; 
‘‘(II) facilitating the use of 
forced labor (such as in agriculture, 
forestry, mining, or construction); 
‘‘(III) permitting sexual slavery 
in government camps, compounds, or 
outposts; or 
‘‘(IV) employing child soldiers;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) for each country included in a dif-
ferent list than the country had been placed in 
the previous annual report, a detailed expla-
nation of how the concrete actions (or lack of 
such actions) undertaken by the country during 
the previous reporting period contributed to 
such change, including a clear linkage between 
such actions and the minimum standards enu-
merated in section 108.’’. 
(2) In paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)— 
(i) in subclause (I)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and the country 
is not taking steps commensurate with 
the size of the trafficking problem’’ 
before the semicolon at the end; and 
(II) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a period; and 
(iii) by striking subclause (III); 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 
last annual report’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1 of 
the previous year’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the date 
of the enactment of this subparagraph,’’ 
and all that follows and inserting— 
‘‘the date of the enactment of this 
subparagraph— 
‘‘(I) shall be included on the list 
of countries described in paragraph 
(1)(C); and 
‘‘(II) shall be required to meet 
the requirements specified in para-
graph (1)(B) before the country may
be removed from the list of countries 
described in paragraph (1)(C).’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1 year’’; 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(III) in subclause (III), by strik-
ing the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(IV) the country has taken con-
crete actions to implement the prin-
cipal recommendations of the most re-
cent annual report on trafficking in 
persons with respect to that coun-
try.’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) WRITTEN PLAN.—The Secretary 
of State shall endeavor to work with each 
country that receives a waiver under clause 
(ii) and with civil society organizations in
each country to draft and implement a 
written plan described in such clause.’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘through (III)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘through (IV)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘shall provide’’ and all 
that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘shall provide, on a publicly available 
website maintained by the Department of 
State— 
‘‘(i) a detailed description of the cred-
ible evidence supporting such determina-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) the written plan submitted by 
the country under subparagraph (D)(ii)(I); 
and 
‘‘(iii) supporting documentation pro-
viding credible evidence of— 
‘‘(I) each concrete action by the 
country to bring itself into compliance 
with the minimum standards for the 
elimination of trafficking, including 
copies of relevant laws or regulations 
adopted or modified; and
‘‘(II) any actions taken by that 
country to enforce the minimum 
standards for the elimination of traf-
ficking, as appropriate.’’. 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN COUN-
TRIES
ON
SPECIAL
WATCH
LIST
THAT
ARE 
DOWNGRADED
AND
REINSTATED
ON
SPECIAL 
WATCH LIST.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs 
(D) and (E), a country that— 
‘‘(i) was included on the special watch 
list described in subparagraph (A) for— 
‘‘(I) two consecutive years after 
the date of the enactment of subpara-
graph (D); and 
‘‘(II) any additional years after 
such date of enactment by reason of 
the President exercising the waiver 
authority under clause (ii) of subpara-
graph (D); and 
‘‘(ii) was subsequently included on the 
list of countries described in paragraph 
(1)(C),
may not thereafter be included on the special 
watch list described in subparagraph (A) for 
more than 1 consecutive year.’’. 
(3) In paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) the extent to which the government 
of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary 
resources— 
‘‘(i) to investigate and prosecute acts 
of severe trafficking in persons; 
‘‘(ii) to convict and sentence persons 
responsible for such acts; and 
‘‘(iii) to obtain restitution for victims 
of human trafficking; 
‘‘(E) the extent to which the government 
of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary 
resources— 
‘‘(i) to protect and rehabilitate victims 
of trafficking in persons; and 
‘‘(ii) to prevent trafficking in persons;
‘‘(F) the extent to which the government of 
the country has consulted with domestic and 
international civil society organizations to im-
prove the provision of services to victims of 
trafficking in persons; and 
‘‘(G) whether— 
‘‘(i) government officials participate in 
or facilitate forced labor and human traf-
ficking; and 
‘‘(ii) the government maintains poli-
cies that provide incentives for or otherwise 
support the participation in or facilitation 
of forced labor and human trafficking by 
officials at any level of government.’’. 
(4) By adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR CHANGES IN CERTAIN 
DETERMINATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the submission of each annual report under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a de-
tailed description of the credible evidence supporting 
a change in listing of a country, accompanied by 
copies of documents providing such evidence, as ap-
propriate, to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees not later than 90 days after the submission of 
that report if—
‘‘(A) a country is included on a list of 
countries described in paragraph (1)(C) in an 
annual report submitted in calendar year 2015 
or in any calendar year thereafter; and 
‘‘(B) in the annual report submitted in the 
next calendar year, the country is listed on a 
list of countries described in paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(5) WRITTEN PLAN.—The Secretary of State 
shall endeavor to work with each country that has 
been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) in the 
most recent annual report and civil society organiza-
tions to draft and implement the written plan de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(D)(ii). 
‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) CONCRETE ACTIONS.—The term ‘con-
crete actions’ means any of the following ac-
tions that demonstrably improve the condition 
of a substantial number of victims of human 
trafficking and persons vulnerable to human 
trafficking: 
‘‘(i) Enforcement actions taken. 
‘‘(ii) Investigations actively underway. 
‘‘(iii) Prosecutions conducted. 
‘‘(iv) Convictions attained. 
‘‘(v) Training provided.
‘‘(vi) Programs and partnerships ac-
tively underway. 
‘‘(vii) Victim services offered, includ-
ing immigration services and restitution. 
‘‘(viii) The amount of money the gov-
ernment in question has committed to the 
actions described in clauses (i) through 
(vii). 
‘‘(ix) An assessment of the impact of 
such actions on the prevalence of human 
trafficking in the country. 
‘‘(B) CREDIBLE
EVIDENCE.—The term 
‘credible evidence’ means information relied 
upon by the Department of State to make de-
terminations relating to the provisions set forth 
in this division, including— 
‘‘(i) reports by the Department of 
State; 
‘‘(ii) reports of other Federal agen-
cies, including the Department of Labor’s 
List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or 
Forced Labor and List of Products Pro-
duced by Forced Labor or Indentured 
Child Labor;
‘‘(iii) documentation provided by a 
foreign country, including copies of rel-
evant laws, regulations, policies adopted or 
modified, enforcement actions taken and 
judicial proceedings, training conducted, 
consultations conducted, programs and 
partnerships launched, and services pro-
vided; 
‘‘(iv) materials developed by civil soci-
ety organizations; 
‘‘(v) information from survivors of 
human trafficking, vulnerable persons, and 
whistleblowers; 
‘‘(vi) all relevant media and academic 
reports that, in light of reason and com-
mon sense, are worthy of belief; and 
‘‘(vii) information developed by multi-
lateral institutions.’’. 
SEC. 204. REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT 
TRAFFICKING. 
(a) REPORT ON NEW PRACTICES TO COMBAT TRAF-
FICKING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter for 7 years, the Secretary of State,
in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report— 
(A) describing any practices adopted by 
the Department or the Agency to better combat 
trafficking in persons, in accordance with the 
report submitted under section 101(b)(4) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2005, in order to reduce the risk of traf-
ficking in post-conflict or post-disaster areas; or 
(B) if no such practices have been adopted, 
including a strategy to reduce the risk of traf-
ficking in such areas. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall be posted on a 
publicly available internet website of the Department 
of State. 
(b) CHILD PROTECTION STRATEGIES
IN WATCH 
LIST COUNTRIES.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall incor-
porate into the relevant country development cooperation 
strategy for each country on the special watch list de-
scribed in section 110(b)(2)(A) or the list described in sec-
tion 110(b)(1)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A) and (b)(1)(C)), as 
amended by section 203 of this Act, strategies for the pro-
tection of children and the reduction of the risk of traf-
ficking. 
SEC. 205. EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RE-
WARDS PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (5) of section 36(k) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘means’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving 
such clauses, as so redesignated, two ems to the 
right; 
(3) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(A) means—’’; 
(4) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(B) includes severe forms of trafficking in 
persons, as such term is defined in section 103
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 
SEC. 206. BRIEFING ON COUNTRIES WITH PRIMARILY MI-
GRANT WORKFORCES. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate a briefing that includes, with respect to each country 
that has a domestic workforce of which more than 80 per-
cent are third-country nationals, each of the following: 
(1) An assessment of the progress made by the 
government of such country toward implementing 
the recommendations with respect to such country 
contained in the most recent ‘‘Trafficking in Persons 
Report’’ submitted by the Secretary under section 
110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), as amended by section 
203 of this Act. 
(2) A description of the efforts made by the 
United States to ensure that any domestic worker 
brought into the United States by an official of such 
country is not a victim of trafficking.
SEC. 207. REPORT ON RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING FROM THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
AGENCY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and by October 1 of each of the following 
4 years, the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate a report describing, with respect to the prior fiscal 
year— 
(1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal 
funds by the Agency for the purpose of combating 
human trafficking and forced labor; and 
(2) with respect to each such obligation or ex-
penditure, the program, project, activity, primary re-
cipient, and any sub-grantees or sub-contractors. 
Subtitle B—Child Soldier 
Prevention Act of 2017 
SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The recruitment or use of children in armed 
conflict is unacceptable for any government or gov-
ernment-supported entity receiving United States as-
sistance.
(2) The recruitment or use of children in armed 
conflict, including direct combat, support roles, and 
sexual slavery, occurred during 2015–2016 in Af-
ghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Burma, the Demo-
cratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, Rwanda, 
Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. 
(3) Entities of the Government of Afghanistan, 
particularly the Afghan Local Police and Afghan 
National Police, continue to recruit children to serve 
as combatants or as servants, including as sex 
slaves. 
(4) Police forces of the Government of Afghani-
stan participate in counterterrorism operations, di-
rect and indirect combat, security operations, fight 
alongside regular armies, and are targeted for vio-
lence by the Taliban as well as by other opposition 
groups. 
(5) In February 2016, a 10-year-old boy was 
assassinated by the Taliban after he had been pub-
lically honored by Afghan local police forces for his 
assistance in combat operations against the Taliban. 
(6) Recruitment and use of children in armed 
conflict by government forces has continued in 2016 
in South Sudan with the return to hostilities.
(7) At least 650 children have been recruited 
and used in armed conflict in South Sudan in 2016, 
and at least 16,000 have been recruited since that 
country’s civil war began in 2013. 
SEC. 212. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVEN-
TION ACT OF 2008. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 402(2)(A) of the Child 
Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c(2)(A)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, police, or other security forces’’ 
after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’ each place it appears. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, police, or other security 
forces’’ after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘recruit and use child sol-
diers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit or use child sol-
diers’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 45 
days after the date of submission of each report 
required under section 110(b) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, the Sec-
retary of State shall formally notify each gov-
ernment included in the list required under 
paragraph (1) that such government is so in-
cluded. 
‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—As 
soon as practicable after making all of the noti-
fications required under subparagraph (A) with 
respect to a report, the Secretary of State shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees 
that the requirements of subparagraph (A) have 
been met.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 
before the period the following: ‘‘and certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that the gov-
ernment of such country is taking effective and con-
tinuing steps to address the problem of child sol-
diers’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘to a coun-
try’’ and all that follows through ‘‘subsection (a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘under section 541 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) through the 
Defense Institute for International Legal Studies or 
the Center for Civil-Military Relations at the Naval 
Post-Graduate School, and may provide nonlethal