(1) a documented high prevalence of trafficking 
of children within the country; 
(2) demonstrated political will and sustained 
commitment by the government to undertake mean-
ingful measures to address the trafficking of chil-
dren, including— 
(A) enactment and enforcement of laws 
criminalizing trafficking in children with pun-
ishments commensurate with the crime, includ-
ing, when necessary, against complicit govern-
ment officials; 
(B) cooperation with local and inter-
national non-governmental organizations with 
demonstrated expertise in combating the traf-
ficking in children; and 
(C) the treatment of child trafficking vic-
tims in accordance with Article 6(3) of the Pro-
tocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Traf-
ficking in Persons, Especially Women and Chil-
dren, Supplementing the United Nations Con-
vention 
Against 
Transnational 
Organized 
Crime; 
(3) the capacity of the host country government 
and relevant actors within civil society to effectively 
utilize additional resources; 
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(4) United States Government in-country pres-
ence; 
(5) an identifiable impact that will result from 
implementation of a Compact; and 
(6) assurances that the measures to be under-
taken will have a continued, sustainable impact once 
the Compact period is completed. 
SEC. 6. CHILD PROTECTION COMPACT. 
(a) COMPACT.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Ambassador, may provide assistance for a country only if 
the country enters into an agreement with the United 
States, to be known as a ‘‘Child Protection Compact’’, 
that establishes a 3-year plan for achieving shared objec-
tives in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The Compact should take into ac-
count the national child protection strategy of the country 
and shall contain— 
(1) the specific objectives that the country and 
the United States expect to achieve during the term 
of the Compact; 
(2) the responsibilities of the country and the 
United States in the achievement of such objectives; 
(3) the particular programs or initiatives to be 
undertaken in the achievement of such objectives 
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and the amount of funding to be allocated to each 
program or initiative; 
(4) regular benchmarks to measure, where ap-
propriate, progress toward achieving such objectives, 
including benchmarks for each program or initiative; 
(5) a multi-year financial plan, including the es-
timated amount of contributions by the United 
States and the country, if any, and proposed mecha-
nisms to implement the plan and provide oversight, 
that describes how the requirements of paragraphs 
(1) through (4) will be met, including identifying the 
role of civil society in the achievement of such re-
quirements; 
(6) where appropriate, a description of the cur-
rent and potential participation of other donors in 
the achievement of such objectives; 
(7) a plan to ensure appropriate fiscal account-
ability for the use of assistance provided under sec-
tion 4; 
(8) where appropriate, a process or processes 
for consideration of solicited proposals under the 
Compact as well as a process for consideration of 
unsolicited proposals by the Secretary and national, 
regional, or local units of government; 
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(9) a requirement that open, fair, and competi-
tive procedures are used in a transparent manner in 
the administration of grants or cooperative agree-
ments or the procurement of goods and services for 
the accomplishment of objectives under the Com-
pact; and 
(10) the strategy of the country to sustain 
progress made toward achieving such objectives after 
expiration of the Compact. 
(c) ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMPACT.— 
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may enter 
into contracts or make grants for any eligible country for 
the purpose of facilitating the development and implemen-
tation of the Compact between the United States and the 
country. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(1) NATIONAL
CHILD
PROTECTION
STRAT-
EGY.—The term ‘‘national child protection strategy’’ 
means any strategy to eliminate the trafficking in 
children that has been developed by the government 
of the country in consultation with a variety of non-
governmental organizations involved in the protec-
tion of vulnerable children, the prosecution of those 
who engage in or benefit from child trafficking, or 
rescue child victims of trafficking. 
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(2) PROGRAM OR INITIATIVE.—The term ‘‘pro-
gram or initiative’’ may include the following: 
(A) Evaluation of legal standards and 
practices and recommendations for improve-
ments that will increase the likelihood of suc-
cessful prosecutions. 
(B) Training anti-trafficking police and in-
vestigators. 
(C) Building the capacity of domestic non- 
governmental organizations to educate vulner-
able populations about the danger of trafficking 
and to work with law enforcement to identify 
and rescue victims. 
(D) Creation of victim-friendly courts. 
(E) Development of appropriate after-care 
facilities for rescued victims. 
(F) Development and maintenance of data 
collection systems. 
(G) Development of regional cooperative 
plans with neighboring countries to prevent 
cross-border trafficking of children and child 
sex tourism. 
SEC. 7. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) SUSPENSION
AND TERMINATION
OF ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary may suspend or terminate assist-
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ance in whole or in part for a country or entity under 
section 4 if the Secretary determines that— 
(1) the country or entity is engaged in activities 
which are contrary to the national security interests 
of the United States; 
(2) the country or entity has engaged in a pat-
tern of actions inconsistent with the criteria used to 
determine the eligibility of the country or entity, as 
the case may be; or 
(3) the country or entity has failed to adhere to 
its responsibilities under the Compact. 
(b) REINSTATEMENT.—The Secretary may reinstate 
assistance for a country or entity under section 4 only if 
the Secretary determines that the country or entity has 
demonstrated a commitment to correcting each condition 
for which assistance was suspended or terminated under 
subsection (a). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
3 days after the date on which the Secretary suspends or 
terminates assistance under subsection (a) for a country 
or entity, or reinstates assistance under subsection (b) for 
a country or entity, the Secretary shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report that contains 
the determination of the Secretary under subsection (a) 
or subsection (b), as the case may be. 
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nually thereafter, the President shall transmit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the assistance provided under section 4 during the 
prior fiscal year. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
shall include the following: 
(A) The amount of obligations and expend-
itures for assistance provided to each eligible 
country during the prior fiscal year. 
(B) For each country, an assessment of— 
(i) the progress made during each 
year by the country toward achieving the 
objectives set out in the Compact entered 
into by the country; and 
(ii) the extent to which assistance pro-
vided under section 4 has been effective in 
helping the country to achieve such objec-
tives. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary $50,000,000 for the 3-year period 
beginning on October 1, 2010, to carry out the purposes 
of this Act. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to 
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remain available until expended, but not later than the 
date of the termination of the Compacts. 
(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may allocate 
or transfer to any agency of the United States Gov-
ernment any of the funds available for carrying out 
this Act. Such funds shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure for the purposes for which the 
funds were authorized, in accordance with authority 
granted in this Act or under authority governing the 
activities of the United States Government agency to 
which such funds are allocated or transferred. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify 
the appropriate congressional committees not less 
than 15 days prior to an allocation or transfer of 
funds pursuant to paragraph (1). 
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