H. R. 7311 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in 
persons, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 ‘‘William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—COMBATING INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 
Sec. 101. Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. 
Sec. 102. Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. 
Sec. 103. Prevention and prosecution of trafficking in foreign countries. 
Sec. 104. Assistance for victims of trafficking in other countries. 
Sec. 105. Increasing effectiveness of anti-trafficking programs. 
Sec. 106. Minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. 
Sec. 107. Actions against governments failing to meet minimum standards. 
Sec. 108. Research on domestic and international trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 109. Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in 
Persons. 
Sec. 110. Report on activities of the Department of Labor to monitor and combat 
forced labor and child labor. 
Sec. 111. Sense of Congress regarding multilateral framework between labor ex-
porting and labor importing countries. 
TITLE II—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES 
Subtitle A—Ensuring Availability of Possible Witnesses and Informants 
Sec. 201. Protecting trafficking victims against retaliation. 
Sec. 202. Protections for domestic workers and other nonimmigrants. 
Sec. 203. Protections, remedies, and limitations on issuance for A–3 and G–5 visas. 
Sec. 204. Relief for certain victims pending actions on petitions and applications for 
relief. 
Sec. 205. Expansion of authority to permit continued presence in the United States. 
Subtitle B—Assistance for Trafficking Victims 
Sec. 211. Assistance for certain nonimmigrant status applicants. 
Sec. 212. Interim assistance for children. 
Sec. 213. Ensuring assistance for all victims of trafficking in persons. 
Subtitle C—Penalties Against Traffickers and Other Crimes 
Sec. 221. Restitution of forfeited assets; enhancement of civil action. 
Sec. 222. Enhancing penalties for trafficking offenses. 
Sec. 223. Jurisdiction in certain trafficking offenses. 
Sec. 224. Bail conditions, subpoenas, and repeat offender penalties for sex traf-
ficking.
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Sec. 225. Promoting effective State enforcement. 
Subtitle D—Activities of the United States Government 
Sec. 231. Annual report by the Attorney General. 
Sec. 232. Investigation by the Inspectors General. 
Sec. 233. Senior Policy Operating Group. 
Sec. 234. Preventing United States travel by traffickers. 
Sec. 235. Enhancing efforts to combat the trafficking of children. 
Sec. 236. Restriction of passports for sex tourism. 
Sec. 237. Additional reporting on crime. 
Sec. 238. Processing of certain visas. 
Sec. 239. Temporary increase in fee for certain consular services. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 301. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. 
Sec. 302. Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005. 
Sec. 303. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 304. Technical amendments. 
TITLE IV—CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Definitions. 
Sec. 403. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 404. Prohibition. 
Sec. 405. Reports. 
Sec. 406. Training for foreign service officers. 
Sec. 407. Effective date; applicability. 
TITLE I—COMBATING INTERNATIONAL 
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 
SEC. 101. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAF-
FICKING. 
Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Edu-
cation,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security,’’. 
SEC. 102. OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING. 
Section 105(e) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7103(e)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘SUPPORT FOR 
THE TASK FORCE’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE TO MONITOR
AND 
COMBAT TRAFFICKING’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of State is authorized to’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Director, in coordination and 
cooperation with other officials at the Department of State 
involved in corporate responsibility, the Deputy Under Sec-
retary for International Affairs of the Department of Labor, 
and other relevant officials of the United States Govern-
ment, shall promote, build, and sustain partnerships 
between the United States Government and private entities 
(including foundations, universities, corporations, commu-
nity-based organizations, and other nongovernmental 
organizations) to ensure that— 
‘‘(i) United States citizens do not use any item, 
product, or material produced or extracted with the 
use of labor from victims of severe forms of trafficking; 
and
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‘‘(ii) such entities do not contribute to trafficking 
in persons involving sexual exploitation. 
‘‘(B) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—The Director shall 
be responsible for— 
‘‘(i) all policy, funding, and programming decisions 
regarding funds made available for trafficking in per-
sons programs that are centrally controlled by the 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking; and 
‘‘(ii) coordinating any trafficking in persons pro-
grams of the Department of State or the United States 
Agency for International Development that are not 
centrally controlled by the Director.’’. 
SEC. 103. PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKING IN FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) PREVENTION.—Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S. C. 7104) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT
AND DETER TRAF-
FICKING.—The President shall establish and carry out programs 
to prevent and deter trafficking in persons, including— 
‘‘(1) technical assistance and other support to improve the 
capacity of foreign governments to investigate, identify, and 
carry out inspections of private entities, including labor recruit-
ment centers, at which trafficking victims may be exploited, 
particularly exploitation involving forced and child labor; 
‘‘(2) technical assistance and other support for foreign 
governments and nongovernmental organizations to provide 
immigrant populations with information, in the native lan-
guages of the major immigrant groups of such populations, 
regarding the rights of such populations in the foreign country 
and local in-country nongovernmental organization-operated 
hotlines; 
‘‘(3) technical assistance to provide legal frameworks and 
other programs to foreign governments and nongovernmental 
organizations to ensure that— 
‘‘(A) foreign migrant workers are provided the same 
protection as nationals of the foreign country; 
‘‘(B) labor recruitment firms are regulated; and 
‘‘(C) workers providing domestic services in households 
are provided protection under labor rights laws; and 
‘‘(4) assistance to foreign governments to register vulner-
able populations as citizens or nationals of the country to 
reduce the ability of traffickers to exploit such populations.’’. 
(b) PROSECUTION.—Section 134(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the 
end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including investigation 
of individuals and entities that may be involved in trafficking 
in persons involving sexual exploitation’’. 
SEC. 104. ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN OTHER COUN-
TRIES. 
Section 107(a) of Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7105(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the second sentence, by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, and shall be carried 
out in a manner which takes into account the cross-border,
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regional, and transnational aspects of trafficking in per-
sons’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) In cooperation and coordination with relevant 
organizations, such as the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees, the International Organization for 
Migration, and private nongovernmental organizations that 
contract with, or receive grants from, the United States 
Government to assist refugees and internally displaced per-
sons, support for— 
‘‘(i) 
increased 
protections 
for 
refugees 
and 
internally displaced persons, including outreach and 
education efforts to prevent such refugees and 
internally displaced persons from being exploited by 
traffickers; and 
‘‘(ii) performance of best interest determinations 
for unaccompanied and separated children who come 
to the attention of the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees, its partner organizations, or any 
organization that contracts with the Department of 
State in order to identify child trafficking victims and 
to assist their safe integration, reintegration, and 
resettlement.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary and the Adminis-
trator shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that cooperative 
efforts among foreign countries are undertaken on a regional 
basis.’’. 
SEC. 105. INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING PRO-
GRAMS. 
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 107 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 107A. INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING PRO-
GRAMS. 
‘‘(a) AWARDING OF GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND 
CONTRACTS.—In administering funds made available to carry out 
this Act within and outside the United States— 
‘‘(1) solicitations of grants, cooperative agreements, and 
contracts for such programs shall be made publicly available; 
‘‘(2) grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts shall 
be subject to full and open competition, in accordance with 
applicable laws; and 
‘‘(3) the internal department or agency review process for 
such grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts shall not 
be subject to ad hoc or intermittent review or influence by 
individuals or organizations outside the United States Govern-
ment except as provided under paragraphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An applicant desiring a grant, contract, 
or cooperative agreement under this Act shall certify that, 
to the extent practicable, persons or entities providing legal 
services, social services, health services, or other assistance 
have completed, or will complete, training in connection with 
trafficking in persons.