I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7008 
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify the 
Trafficking in Persons report to include research on the relationship 
between human trafficking and skewed sex ratios in national or sub-
national populations in which there is evidence of sex-selective practices, 
including, but not limited to, infanticide, gender-biased neglect, or other 
forms of gender-based violence or discrimination. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 
Mrs. WAGNER (for herself and Ms. BASS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
to modify the Trafficking in Persons report to include 
research on the relationship between human trafficking 
and skewed sex ratios in national or subnational popu-
lations in which there is evidence of sex-selective prac-
tices, including, but not limited to, infanticide, gender- 
biased neglect, or other forms of gender-based violence 
or discrimination. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Gendercide Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Women and girls possess the same funda-
mental human rights and civil rights as men and are 
essential to the formation of stable, peaceful soci-
eties. Violence against women and girls, reinforced 
by and rooted in the social and cultural devaluation 
of women and girls, has skewed sex ratios in many 
parts of the world. 
(2) Approximately 126,000,000 women and 
girls are missing from the world population due to 
systematic gender-based violence, according to the 
United Nations Population Fund, which constitutes 
an egregious example of gendercide. 
(3) Since gendercide is a relatively recent phe-
nomenon, the implications of the crisis have yet to 
fully reverberate through affected countries. But it 
is already clear that increased instances of human 
trafficking, sexual violence, and child marriage are 
linked to gendercide. 
(4) Statistics published biennially in the United 
Nations Population Division’s World Population 
Prospects indicate that skewed sex ratios at birth 
will persist for decades, even after they reach an 
apex in certain countries. This may be driving sig-
nificant changes in human trafficking patterns in af-
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fected regions. Because the dynamics of gendercide 
and its relationship to human trafficking are poorly 
understood, governments, international institutions, 
and civil society organizations are not prepared to 
adequately prevent and respond to human traf-
ficking crimes. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the lack of research on the relationship be-
tween gendercide and human trafficking undermines 
national and international response mechanisms crit-
ical to preventing exploitation of women and girls; 
and 
(2) efforts to end human trafficking, including 
by addressing root causes such as gender-based dis-
crimination against women and girls, should be 
prioritized. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) work to end gendercide and prevent human 
trafficking, child marriage, and sexual violence; 
(2) partner with and encourage other countries 
to implement policies, or revise existing policies, to 
mitigate root causes of gendercide; and 
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(3) incorporate into the design, implementation, 
and evaluation of United States anti-trafficking poli-
cies and programs measures to respond to global 
gendercide. 
SEC. 5. MODIFICATION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RE-
PORT. 
Section 110(b)(1)(F) of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)(F)) is amended 
by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, includ-
ing the relationship between human trafficking and 
skewed sex ratios in national or subnational populations 
in which there is evidence of sex-selective practices, includ-
ing, but not limited to, infanticide, gender-biased neglect, 
or other forms of gender-based violence or discrimination, 
using sources that include statistics from the United 
States Census Bureau’s International Data Base and the 
United Nations Population Division’s World Population 
Prospects’’. 
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