(B) a description of the research agenda 
developed under paragraph (1) and a plan to 
implement that agenda; and 
(C) recommendations for priorities in car-
rying out that agenda to most effectively ad-
vance knowledge about and means by which to 
prevent or reduce trafficking in persons in the 
United States. 
SEC. 126. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 
ON 
ACCESSIBILITY 
OF 
MENTAL 
HEALTH 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall coordinate with the National Institute 
of Justice and Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-
ity to conduct a study on the accessibility of mental health 
services for survivors of trafficking in the United States, 
based on various ages. 
(b) TOPICS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 
address each of the following: 
(1) To determine the percentage of survivors of 
trafficking, based on various ages, that access men-
tal health care. 
(2) To determine the percentage of survivors of 
trafficking that access victim compensation or direct 
victim assistance for mental health care. 
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(3) To determine other sources of funding for 
survivors of trafficking to access mental health care. 
(4) To determine reasons survivors access men-
tal health care. 
(5) To determine length of time survivors par-
ticipate in mental health care. 
(6) To determine reasons survivors do not ac-
cess, interrupt, or do not continue mental health 
services. 
(7) To determine survivor access to mental 
health care providers specialized in treating, as ap-
plicable, children and complex post-traumatic stress 
disorder. 
(8) To collect data from trafficking survivors on 
their experiences in accessing mental health care and 
the extent of their challenges in accessing it. 
(9) To make recommendations to improve ac-
cess to mental health care for survivors of traf-
ficking, including for specific age groups, ethnic and 
racial minority populations, and other identified pop-
ulations that experience mental health disparity. 
(c) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall submit 
a report to Congress and the public findings based on (b) 
not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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SEC. 127. EMPOWERING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO 
INVESTIGATE 
CYBERCRIME 
RELATED 
TO 
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 5373 of 
title 5, United States Code, the Attorney General is au-
thorized to pay an increased rate of basic pay or bonuses 
to each employee of the Department of Justice holding 
a position that requires significant cyber skills and that 
aids in the protection of trafficking victims, prevention of 
trafficking in persons, and prosecution of buyers and traf-
fickers, as determined by the Attorney General. 
(b) ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETION.—A covered 
employee may, as determined appropriate by the Attorney 
General and subject to the availability of appropriations, 
be paid— 
(1) a rate of basic pay determined under sub-
section (c); or 
(2) bonuses in accordance with subsection (d). 
(c) INCREASED RATE OF BASIC PAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The rate of basic pay of a 
covered employee determined under this subsection 
shall be equal to the rate of basic pay that would be 
applicable for such covered employee without regard 
to this section times a multiplier determined under 
paragraph (2). 
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(2) MULTIPLIER DETERMINATION.—The multi-
plier determined under this paragraph shall be be-
tween 1 and 1.25 and shall be determined by the At-
torney General on a case-by-case basis for each cov-
ered employee. 
(3) MAXIMUM RATE.—The rate of basic pay of 
a covered employee determined under this subsection 
may not exceed the rate payable for level I of the 
Executive Schedule. 
(d) BONUS PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, bonuses paid to a covered em-
ployee shall be in such amounts and at such fre-
quency as determined appropriate by the Attorney 
General. 
(2) LIMITS.—No bonus may be paid under this 
section to a covered employee in a calendar year if, 
or to the extent that, when added to the total basic 
pay paid or payable to such covered employee for 
service performed in such calendar year as a covered 
employee (including any applicable locality-based 
comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, or similar provision of law and 
any applicable special rate of pay under section 
5305 of such title or similar provision of law), such 
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payment would cause the total to exceed the annual 
rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive 
Schedule, as of the end of such calendar year. 
(3) BONUS PAY TREATMENT.—No part of any 
bonus paid to a covered employee under this section 
shall be part of the basic pay of such covered em-
ployee. 
(e) COVERED EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered employee’’ means an employee de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
SEC. 128. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT 
OF A WHITE HOUSE SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) there should be within the staff of the Do-
mestic Policy Council a Special Advisor to the Presi-
dent on Human Trafficking, whose position should 
be comparable to that of a director within the Exec-
utive Office of the President; 
(2) the Special Advisor should serve as the czar 
on the President’s domestic and international anti- 
trafficking in persons policy priorities, be a resource 
for executive branch officials, ensure implementation 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
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within Federal departments and agencies, and make 
further policy recommendations; and 
(3) the Special Advisor should serve as liaison 
to the White House for designated Federal rep-
resentatives for countering trafficking in persons. 
Subtitle C—Monitoring Child, 
Forced, and Slave Labor 
SEC. 131. ENCOURAGING STATE AND LOCAL CRIME-TIP OR-
GANIZATIONS TO REWARD TIPS FOR FIGHT-
ING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(J) at the discretion of the Attorney Gen-
eral, payments to reimburse operating expenses 
and program costs incurred by crime-tip organi-
zations that annually waive their qualification 
for awards for information leading to forfeiture 
under subparagraph (C), annually waive their 
qualification for receiving payment from equi-
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tably shared forfeiture funds, and offer rewards 
for information about violations of Federal 
criminal laws against human trafficking.’’. 
SEC. 132. TRANSPARENCY IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING EXPENDI-
TURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than Octo-
ber 1 of each of the following 5 years, the head of each 
Federal department or agency to which amounts are ap-
propriated for the purpose of awarding grants for anti- 
trafficking in persons, and the head of each Federal de-
partment and agency contributing to the annual congres-
sional earmark for counter-trafficking in persons shall 
publish on their public websites, with respect to the prior 
fiscal year— 
(1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal 
funds for the purpose of combating human traf-
ficking and forced labor; and 
(2) subject to subsection (b) and with respect to 
each such obligation or expenditure, the name of a 
primary recipient, and any subgrantees, and their 
project location, activity, award amounts, and award 
periods. 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR SECURITY CONCERNS.—If the 
head of a Federal department or agency determines that 
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a primary recipient or subgrantee for purposes of sub-
section (a) has a security concern, the award recipients 
shall not be publicly identified pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2) and only the activity, award amounts, and award 
periods shall be publicly listed pursuant to such sub-
section. 
SEC. 133. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES COMPA-
NIES ADOPTING COUNTER-TRAFFICKING-IN- 
PERSONS POLICIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) companies headquartered or doing business 
in the United States that are not defined as a small 
business according to the Small Business Adminis-
tration should adopt a written policy not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act that prohibits trafficking in persons, is pub-
lished annually, and is accessible in a prominent 
place on their public website; 
(2) such policy should expressly prohibit the 
company, its employees, or agents from, at a min-
imum— 
(A) engaging in severe forms of trafficking 
in persons; 
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(B) using forced labor for the development, 
production, shipping, or sale of its goods or 
services; 
(C) destroying, concealing, confiscating, or 
otherwise denying access by an employee to the 
employee’s identity or immigration documents, 
such as passports or drivers’ licenses, regardless 
of issuing authority; 
(D) using misleading or fraudulent prac-
tices during the recruitment of employees or of-
fering of employment, such as failing to dis-
close, in a format and language understood by 
the employee or potential employee, basic infor-
mation, or making material misrepresentations 
during the recruitment of employees regarding 
the key terms and conditions of employment, 
including wages and fringe benefits, the location 
of work, the living conditions, housing and asso-
ciated costs (if employer- or agent-provided or 
arranged), any significant costs to be charged 
to the employee or potential employee, and, if 
applicable, the hazardous nature of the work; 
(E) using recruiters that do not comply 
with local labor laws of the country in which the 
recruiting takes place; 
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(F) charging employees or potential em-
ployees recruitment fees; 
(G) providing or arranging housing that 
fails to meet the host country housing and safe-
ty standards; and 
(H) failing to provide an employment con-
tract, recruitment agreement, or other required 
work document in writing in a language the em-
ployee understands (and is provided to the em-
ployee at least five days prior to the employee 
relocating if required to perform the work), that 
includes details about work description, wages, 
prohibition on charging recruitment fees, work 
location(s), living accommodations and associ-
ated costs, time off, round-trip transportation 
arrangements, grievance processes, and the con-
tent of applicable laws and regulations that pro-
hibit trafficking in persons; and 
(3) contracting officers should consider the risk 
that the contract or subcontract will involve services 
or supplies susceptible to trafficking in persons, and 
the number of non-United States citizens expected 
to be employed, when deciding whether to require 
work documents in the contract. 
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SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 
INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 
Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre-
vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 
Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 
U.S.C. 21509) is amended by striking ‘‘2018 through 
2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE 
HUMAN EXPLOITATION RESCUE OPERATION 
CHILD-RESCUE CORPS PROGRAM. 
Section 890A(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 473(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2019 
through 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BU-
REAU OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS. 
(a) BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor 
to 
carry 
out 
the 
activities 
described 
in 
section 
105(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau-
thorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) 
$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 to 2026. 
(b) BRIDGE PROJECT.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $8,500,000, for each of fiscal years 2022 to 
2026, to such Bureau of International Labor Affairs for 
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