I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3887 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to 
combat forced labor, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 18, 2007 
Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
WOLF, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. ZOE 
LOFGREN of California, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. 
DRAKE, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
in addition to the Committees on the 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 2008 through 
2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, 
to enhance measures to combat forced labor, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re-
authorization Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—COMBATTING 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. Responsibilities of consular officers of the Department of State. 
Sec. 111. Report on activities of the Department of Labor to monitor and com-
bat forced labor and child labor. 
Sec. 112. Sense of Congress regarding multilateral framework between labor 
exporting and labor importing countries. 
TITLE II—COMBATTING 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. Information for work-based nonimmigrants on legal rights and re-
sources. 
Sec. 203. Clarification of roles of Secretary of Homeland Security and Attorney 
General. 
Sec. 204. Relief for certain victims pending actions on petitions and applica-
tions for relief. 
Sec. 205. Parole for derivatives of trafficking victims. 
Sec. 206. Implementation of Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2005. 
Subtitle B—Assistance for Trafficking Victims 
Sec. 211. Victim of trafficking certification process. 
Sec. 212. Assistance for certain visa applicants. 
Sec. 213. Interim assistance for child victims of trafficking. 
Sec. 214. Ensuring assistance for all victims of trafficking in persons. 
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Subtitle C—Penalties Against Traffickers and Other Crimes 
Sec. 221. Enhancing trafficking and other related offenses. 
Sec. 222. Jurisdiction in certain trafficking offenses. 
Sec. 223. Amendment of other crimes related to trafficking. 
Sec. 224. Model statutes provided to States. 
Subtitle D—Activities of the United States Government 
Sec. 231. Annual report by the Attorney General. 
Sec. 232. Annual anti-trafficking conference. 
Sec. 233. Senior Policy Operating Group. 
Sec. 234. Coordinators to Combat Human Trafficking. 
Sec. 235. Preventing United States travel by traffickers. 
Sec. 236. Enhancing efforts to combat the trafficking of children. 
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—PREVENTION OF THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Definitions. 
Sec. 403. Findings. 
Sec. 404. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 405. Prohibition on provision of military assistance to foreign governments 
that recruit or use child soldiers. 
Sec. 406. Reports. 
Sec. 407. Training for Foreign Service officers. 
TITLE 
I—COMBATTING 
INTER-
NATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN 
PERSONS 
SEC. 101. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND 
COMBAT TRAFFICKING. 
Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘the Secretary of Education,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of 
Homeland Security,’’. 
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SEC. 102. OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(e) of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(e)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) OFFICE
TO MONITOR
AND COMBAT TRAF-
FICKING.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State 
shall establish within the Department of State an 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which 
shall be headed by a Director, who shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, with the rank of Ambassador- 
at-Large. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall 
have the following responsibilities: 
‘‘(A) The Director shall have primary re-
sponsibility for assisting the Secretary of State 
in carrying out the purposes of this division, 
shall provide assistance to the Task Force, and 
may have additional responsibilities as deter-
mined by the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(B) The Director shall consult with non-
governmental organizations and multilateral or-
ganizations, and with trafficking victims or 
other affected persons. The Director shall have 
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the authority to take evidence in public hear-
ings or by other means. 
‘‘(C) The Director shall, in coordination 
and cooperation with the Assistant Secretary 
for International Labor Affairs and other offi-
cials at the Department of State involved in 
corporate responsibility and other relevant offi-
cials of the United States Government, be re-
sponsible for promoting, building, and sus-
taining partnerships between the United States 
Government and private entities (including 
foundations, universities, corporations, commu-
nity-based organizations, and other nongovern-
mental organizations) to ensure that 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 to ensure that such entities do not con-
tribute to trafficking in persons involving sexual 
exploitation, such as through work with the air-
lines and tourism industries. 
‘‘(D) The Director shall be responsible for 
all policy, funding, and programming decisions 
regarding funds made available for trafficking 
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