I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 972 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 17, 2005 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BLUNT, 
Mr. WOLF, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PENCE, 
and Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to 
the Committees on Armed Services, Judiciary, and Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 
for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2005’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
TITLE I—COMBATTING INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN 
PERSONS 
Sec. 101. Prevention of trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 102. Protection of victims of trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 103. Enhancing prosecutions of trafficking offenses. 
Sec. 104. Enhancing United States efforts to combat trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 105. Additional activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child 
labor. 
TITLE II—COMBATTING DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 
Sec. 201. Prevention of domestic trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 202. Establishment of grant program to develop, expand, and strengthen 
victim service programs for victims of domestic trafficking. 
Sec. 203. Protection of victims of domestic trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 204. Investigation by Federal Bureau of Investigation of acts of domestic 
trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 205. Enhancing State and local efforts to combat trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 206. Definitions. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 301. Authorizations of appropriations. 
Sec. 302. Investigations by Federal Bureau of Investigations. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has demonstrated inter-
national leadership in combating human trafficking 
and slavery through the enactment of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (division A of 
Public Law 106–386; 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–193). 
(2) The United States Government currently 
estimates that 600,000 to 800,000 individuals are
trafficked across international borders each year and 
exploited through forced labor and commercial sex 
exploitation. An estimated 80 percent of such indi-
viduals are women and girls. 
(3) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000, United States efforts 
to combat trafficking in persons have focused pri-
marily on the international trafficking in persons, 
including the trafficking of foreign citizens into the 
United States. 
(4) Trafficking in persons also occurs within 
the borders of a country, including the United 
States. 
(5) An estimated 100,000 to 300,000 children 
in the United States are at risk for commercial sex-
ual exploitation in the United States, including traf-
ficking, at any given time. 
(6) Runaway and homeless children in the 
United States are highly susceptible to being domes-
tically trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. 
Every day in the United States, between 1,300,000 
and 2,800,000 runaway and homeless youth live on 
the streets. One out of every seven children will run 
away from home before the age of 18.
(7) A comprehensive strategy is needed to pre-
vent the victimization of United States citizens and 
nationals through domestic trafficking. 
(8) A project by the United Nations Edu-
cational, 
Scientific 
and 
Cultural 
Organization 
(UNESCO) in Southeast Asia has documented a 
linkage between the spread of HIV/AIDS and traf-
ficking in women and girls. Scant other research or 
statistical data exists regarding the interconnection 
between trafficking in persons and HIV/AIDS. Fur-
ther research is needed to determine the extent to 
which trafficking in persons contributes to the 
spread of HIV/AIDS and to identify strategies to 
combat this linkage. 
(9) Following armed conflicts and during hu-
manitarian emergencies, indigenous populations face 
increased security challenges and vulnerabilities 
which result in myriad forms of violence, including 
trafficking for sexual and labor exploitation. Foreign 
policy and foreign aid professionals increasingly rec-
ognize the increased activity of human traffickers in 
post-conflict settings and during humanitarian emer-
gencies. 
(10) There is a need to protect populations in 
post-conflict settings and humanitarian emergencies
from being trafficked for sexual or labor exploi-
tation. The efforts of aid agencies to address the 
protection needs of, among others, internally dis-
placed persons and refugees are useful in this re-
gard. Nonetheless, there remains a lack of institu-
tionalized programs and strategies at the United 
States Agency for International Development, the 
Department of State, and the Department of De-
fense to combat human trafficking, including 
through protection and prevention methodologies, in 
post-conflict environments and during humanitarian 
emergencies. 
(11) International and human rights organiza-
tions have documented a correlation between inter-
national deployments of military and civilian peace-
keepers and aid workers and a resulting increase in 
the number of women and girls trafficked into pros-
titution in post-conflict regions. 
(12) The involvement of employees and contrac-
tors of the United States Government and members 
of the Armed Forces in trafficking in persons, facili-
tating the trafficking in persons, or exploiting the 
victims of trafficking in persons is inconsistent with 
United States laws and policies and undermines the
credibility and mission of United States Government 
programs in post-conflict regions. 
(13) Further measures are needed to ensure 
that United States Government personnel and con-
tractors are held accountable for involvement with 
acts of trafficking in persons, including by expand-
ing United States criminal jurisdiction to all United 
States Government contractors abroad. 
(14) Communities in the United States are not 
fully informed about sex offenders who are residing 
or working within those communities because offend-
ers who are convicted in a foreign court of a sexually 
violent offense, or a criminal offense against a child 
victim, are not currently encompassed by the Jacob 
Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually 
Violent Offender Registration Program carried out 
under section 170101 of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
14701), as amended by Megan’s Law (Public Law 
104–145;110 Stat. 1345).