SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EN-
HANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE TRAF-
FICKING OF CHILDREN. 
Section 235(c)(6)(F) of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert-
ing ‘‘of Health’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘through 2021’’. 
SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 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 (42 
U.S.C. 16935h) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘through 2021’’. 
SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AIR-
PORT PERSONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY 
AND REPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Com-
missioner
of
U.S.
Customs
and
Border
Protection 
$250,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to 
expand outreach and live on-site anti-trafficking training 
for airport and airline personnel. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Frederick Douglass Traf-
ficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED 
STATES 
Subtitle A—Programs to Support Victims and Persons Vulnerable to Human 
Trafficking 
Sec. 101. Grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking. 
Sec. 102. Preventing future trafficking in the United States through receipt of 
complaints abroad. 
Sec. 103. Modification to grants for victims services. 
Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts to Prevent Human Trafficking 
Sec. 111. Required training to prevent human trafficking for certain contracting 
air carriers. 
Sec. 112. Priority for accommodation in places with certain policies relating to 
child sexual exploitation. 
Sec. 113. Ensuring United States procurement does not fund human trafficking. 
Sec. 114. Training course on human trafficking and government contracting. 
Sec. 115. Modifications to the Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 
Sec. 116. Sense of Congress on strengthening Federal efforts to reduce demand. 
Sec. 117. Sense of Congress on the Senior Policy Operating Group. 
Sec. 118. Best practices to prevent forced child labor trafficking. 
Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking in Persons in the United States 
Sec. 121. Demand reduction strategies in the United States. 
Sec. 122. Designation of a labor prosecutor to enhance State and local efforts to 
combat trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 123. Preventing human trafficking in foreign missions and diplomatic 
households. 
Sec. 124. Actions against significant traffickers in persons. 
Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, Forced, and Slave Labor 
Sec. 131. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 132. Report on the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
Sec. 133. Modification to list of child-made and slavery-made goods. 
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TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 
Subtitle A—Efforts to Combat Trafficking 
Sec. 201. Including the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade 
Representative as a member of the Interagency Task Force to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking. 
Sec. 202. Encouraging countries to maintain and share data on human traf-
ficking efforts. 
Sec. 203. Appropriate listing of governments involved in human trafficking. 
Sec. 204. Requirements for strategies to prevent trafficking. 
Sec. 205. Briefing on countries with primarily migrant workforces. 
Sec. 206. Report on recipients of funding from the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
Subtitle B—Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2018 
Sec. 211. Findings. 
Sec. 212. Amendments to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations under the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000. 
Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations under the International Megan’s Law. 
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations for airport personnel training to iden-
tify and report human trafficking victims. 
TITLE 
I—COMBATING 
TRAF-
FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
Subtitle A—Programs to Support 
Victims and Persons Vulnerable 
to Human Trafficking 
SEC. 101. GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF 
TRAFFICKING. 
(a) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN RECOGNITION OF TRAF-
FICKING.—Section 106(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF 
TRAFFICKING.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘ele-
mentary school’, ‘local educational agency’, 
‘other staff’, and ‘secondary school’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 8101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
‘‘(ii) 
HIGH-INTENSITY
CHILD
SEX 
TRAFFICKING AREA.—The term ‘high-inten-
sity child sex trafficking area’ means a met-
ropolitan area designated by the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation as hav-
ing a high rate of children involved in sex 
trafficking. 
‘‘(iii) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The term 
‘labor trafficking’ means conduct described 
in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102(9)(B)). 
‘‘(iv) 
SCHOOL
STAFF.—The 
term 
‘school staff’ means teachers, nurses, school 
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leaders and administrators, and other staff 
at elementary schools and secondary schools. 
‘‘(v) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex 
trafficking’ means the conduct described in 
section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection 
Act 
of 
2000 
(22 
U.S.C. 
7102(9)(A)). 
‘‘(B) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Health and Human Services may award grants 
to local educational agencies, in partnership 
with a nonprofit, nongovernmental agency, to es-
tablish, expand, and support programs— 
‘‘(i) to educate school staff to recognize 
and respond to signs of labor trafficking 
and sex trafficking; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide age-appropriate infor-
mation to students on how to avoid becom-
ing victims of labor trafficking and sex traf-
ficking. 
‘‘(C) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts 
awarded under this paragraph shall be used 
for— 
‘‘(i) education regarding— 
‘‘(I) avoiding becoming victims of 
labor trafficking and sex trafficking; 
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‘‘(II) indicators that an indi-
vidual is a victim or potential victim 
of labor trafficking or sex trafficking; 
‘‘(III) options and procedures for 
referring such an individual, as appro-
priate, to information on such traf-
ficking and services available for vic-
tims of such trafficking; 
‘‘(IV) reporting requirements and 
procedures in accordance with applica-
ble Federal and State law; and 
‘‘(V) how to carry out activities 
authorized under subparagraph (A)(ii); 
and 
‘‘(ii) a plan, developed and imple-
mented in consultation with local law en-
forcement agencies, to ensure the safety of 
school staff and students reporting such 
trafficking. 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority 
to local educational agencies serving a high-in-
tensity child sex trafficking area.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Section 113(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
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tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(b)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 107(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 106(b) 
and 107(b)’’. 
SEC. 102. PREVENTING FUTURE TRAFFICKING IN THE 
UNITED STATES THROUGH RECEIPT OF COM-
PLAINTS ABROAD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall ensure 
that each diplomatic or consular post or other mission des-
ignates an employee to be responsible for receiving informa-
tion from— 
(1) any person who was a victim of a severe 
form of trafficking in persons (as such term is defined 
in section 103(14) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(14))) while present 
in the United States; or 
(2) any person who has information regarding a 
victim described in paragraph (1). 
(b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Any information 
received pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transmitted to 
the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the 
Department of Homeland Security, and to any other rel-
evant Federal agency for appropriate response. The Attor-
ney General, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, and the head of any other such relevant Fed-
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eral agency shall establish a process to address any actions 
to be taken in response to such information. 
(c) ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—The 
employee designated for receiving information pursuant to 
subsection (a) should coordinate with foreign governments 
or civil society organizations in the countries of origin of 
victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, with the 
permission of and without compromising the safety of such 
victims, to ensure that such victims receive any additional 
support available. 
SEC. 103. MODIFICATION TO GRANTS FOR VICTIMS SERV-
ICES. 
Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘programs for’’ and all that follows and inserting 
the following: ‘‘programs for victims of human trafficking, 
including programs that provide trauma-informed care or 
housing options to such victims who are— 
‘‘(i)(I) between 12 and 24 years of age; 
and 
‘‘(II) homeless, in foster care, or in-
volved in the criminal justice system; 
‘‘(ii) transitioning out of the foster 
care system; or 
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‘‘(iii) women or girls in underserved 
populations.’’. 
Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts to 
Prevent Human Trafficking 
SEC. 111. REQUIRED TRAINING TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTING AIR 
CARRIERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40118 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator 
of General Services shall ensure that any contract entered 
into for provision of air transportation with a domestic car-
rier under this section requires that the contracting air car-
rier submits to the Administrator of General Services, the 
Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration, and the Commis-
sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection an annual 
report regarding— 
‘‘(1) the number of personnel trained in the de-
tection and reporting of potential human trafficking 
(as described in paragraphs (9) and (10) of section 
103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7102)), including the training required 
under section 44734(a)(4); 
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‘‘(2) the number of notifications of potential 
human trafficking victims received from staff or other 
passengers; and 
‘‘(3) whether the air carrier notified the National 
Human Trafficking Hotline or law enforcement at the 
relevant airport of the potential human trafficking 
victim for each such notification of potential human 
trafficking, and if so, when the notification was 
made.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any contract entered into after 
the date of enactment of this Act except for contracts entered 
into by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 112. PRIORITY FOR ACCOMMODATION IN PLACES WITH 
CERTAIN POLICIES RELATING TO CHILD SEX-
UAL EXPLOITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘§ 5712. Priority for accommodation in places with 
certain policies relating to child sexual 
exploitation. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of making pay-
ments under this chapter for lodging expenses, each agency 
shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that commercial-lodg-
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ing room nights in the United States for employees of that 
agency are booked in a preferred place of accommodation. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY AS A PREFERRED PLACE OF ACCOM-
MODATION.—A hotel, motel, or another place of public ac-
commodation shall be considered a preferred place of accom-
modation if it— 
‘‘(1) enforces a zero-tolerance policy regarding 
the sexual exploitation of children (as described in 
section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A))) developed by 
the Administrator of General Services under sub-
section (c)(1), or a similar zero-tolerance policy devel-
oped by the place of accommodation, which shall be 
demonstrated by— 
‘‘(A) attesting through the General Services 
Administration’s website of the use of such zero- 
tolerance policy; 
‘‘(B) posting such policy in a nonpublic 
space within the place of accommodation that is 
accessible by all employees; or 
‘‘(C) including such policy in the employee 
handbook; 
‘‘(2) has procedures in place for employees to 
identify and report any such exploitation to the ap-
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propriate law enforcement authorities and hotel man-
agement; 
‘‘(3) posts the informational materials developed 
under subsection (c)(3) in an appropriate nonpublic 
space within the place of accommodation that is ac-
cessible by all employees; 
‘‘(4) requires each employee who is physically lo-
cated at the place of accommodation and is likely to 
interact with guests, including security, front desk, 
housekeeping, room service, and bell staff, to complete 
the training described in subsection (c)(2), (c)(3), or 
(d), which shall— 
‘‘(A) take place— 
‘‘(i) not later than 180 days after the 
starting date of the employee; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an employee start-
ing employment before the effective date of 
this section, not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section; 
‘‘(B) include training on— 
‘‘(i) the identification of possible cases 
of sexual exploitation of children; and 
‘‘(ii) procedures to report suspected 
abuse to the appropriate authorities; 
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‘‘(5) includes a notice to all independent contrac-
tors in any agreement negotiated or renewed on or 
after the date of the enactment of this section that 
states ‘Federal law prohibits the trafficking of hu-
mans under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
(22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.)’; 
‘‘(6) ensures that the place of accommodation 
does not retaliate against employees for reporting sus-
pected cases of such exploitation if reported according 
to the protocol identified in the employee training; 
and 
‘‘(7) keeps records, to the extent permissible by 
law and on an individual hotel property basis, of 
each suspected case of such exploitation that is re-
ported to accommodation management or law enforce-
ment, including the date and approximate time of 
such report, and the name of the accommodation 
manager or law enforcement agency to which the re-
port was made. 
‘‘(c) GSA REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall— 
‘‘(1) develop, and make available on the General 
Services Administration publicly accessible website, a 
zero-tolerance policy for places of accommodation re-
garding the sexual exploitation of children (as de-
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scribed in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A))), in-
cluding informational materials regarding such pol-
icy that could be posted in places of accommodation 
in nonpublic spaces; 
‘‘(2) make available on the website described in 
paragraph (1) a list of Federal Government and pri-
vately developed training programs that address— 
‘‘(A) the identification of possible cases of 
sexual exploitation of children; and 
‘‘(B) reporting such cases to law enforce-
ment authorities; 
‘‘(3) coordinate with the Department of Home-
land Security’s Blue Campaign to develop— 
‘‘(A) training materials on preventing the 
sexual exploitation of children; and 
‘‘(B) informational materials to be posted 
in nonpublic spaces in places of accommodation 
on spotting the signs of sexual exploitation of 
children and reporting possible incidences of 
such exploitation; and 
‘‘(4) identify, and maintain a list of, each pre-
ferred place of accommodation that meets the require-
ments described in subsection (b) by examining places 
of accommodation that— 
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‘‘(A) are enrolled in Federal Government 
travel programs, such as FedRooms; 
‘‘(B) are included on the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency’s Hotel-Motel Na-
tional Master List (commonly known as the 
‘Fire Safe List’); or 
‘‘(C) received Federal Government travel 
business during the 2-year period immediately 
preceding the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—A place of accommoda-
tion or lodging company may use a training program de-
veloped or acquired by such place of accommodation or com-
pany to satisfy the requirements under subsection (b)(4) if 
such training program— 
‘‘(1) focuses on identifying and reporting sus-
pected cases of sexual exploitation of children; and 
‘‘(2) was developed in consultation with a glob-
ally or nationally recognized organization with exper-
tise in anti-trafficking initiatives. 
‘‘(e) PREVIOUSLY TRAINED EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) PRIOR TRAINING.—Any employee of a place 
of accommodation who was trained to identify and 
report potential sexual exploitation of children before 
the effective date of this section shall be considered to 
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have met the training requirement under subsection 
(b)(4) with respect to any employment at that place 
of accommodation or at any other place of accommo-
dation managed by the same entity. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING PRIOR TO TRANSFER OF EMPLOY-
MENT.—Any employee of a place of accommodation 
who has met the training requirements under sub-
section (b)(4) shall be considered to have met such re-
quirements with respect to any employment at a 
place of accommodation managed by the same entity. 
‘‘(f) 
PROPERTY-BY-PROPERTY
IMPLEMENTATION.— 
Compliance with the requirements under this section shall 
be assessed and enforced separately for each place of accom-
modation. Lack of compliance by 1 place of accommodation 
shall not impact the eligibility of affiliated places of accom-
modation to receive funds for Federal employee travel. Lack 
of compliance by a franchisee shall not impact the eligi-
bility of the respective franchisor for other places of accom-
modation affiliated with that franchisor. 
‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion that applies to an employee of a place of accommoda-
tion may be construed to apply to an individual who is 
an independent contractor or otherwise not directly em-
ployed by a place of accommodation.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘5712. Priority for accommodation in places with certain policies relating to child 
sexual exploitation.’’. 
(c) RULEMAKING.—The Administrator of General 
Services shall issue such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out section 5712 of title 5, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5712(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take 
effect on the later of— 
(1) the date that is 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and 
(2) 60 days after the completion of the require-
ments under subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 113. ENSURING UNITED STATES PROCUREMENT DOES 
NOT FUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(k) AGENCY ACTION TO PREVENT FUNDING
OF 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—At the end of each fiscal 
year, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
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International Development, and the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall each submit 
a report to the Administrator of General Services that 
includes— 
‘‘(A) the name and contact information of 
the individual within the agency’s Office of 
Legal Counsel or Office of Acquisition Policy 
who is responsible for overseeing the implementa-
tion of— 
‘‘(i) subsection (g); 
‘‘(ii) title XVII of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 
U.S.C. 7104a et seq.); and 
‘‘(iii) any regulation in the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. 1 et seq.) 
that is related to any subject matter referred 
to in clause (i) or (ii); 
‘‘(B) agency action to ensure that contrac-
tors are educated on the applicable laws and reg-
ulations listed in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) agency action to ensure that the acqui-
sition workforce and agency officials understand 
implementation of the laws and regulations list-
ed in subparagraph (A), including best practices 
for— 
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‘‘(i) ensuring compliance with such 
laws and regulations; 
‘‘(ii) assessing the serious, repeated, 
willful, or pervasive nature of any violation 
of such laws or regulations; and 
‘‘(iii) evaluating steps contractors have 
taken to correct any such violation; 
‘‘(D)(i) the number of contracts containing 
language referring to the laws and regulations 
listed in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) the number of contracts that did not 
contain any language referring to such laws and 
regulations; 
‘‘(E)(i) the number of allegations of severe 
forms of trafficking in persons received; and 
‘‘(ii) the source type of the allegation (such 
as contractor, subcontractor, employee of con-
tractor or subcontractor, or an individual out-
side of the contract); 
‘‘(F)(i) the number of such allegations in-
vestigated by the agency; 
‘‘(ii) a summary of any findings from such 
investigations; and 
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‘‘(iii) any improvements recommended by 
the agency to prevent such conduct from recur-
ring; 
‘‘(G)(i) the number of such allegations re-
ferred to the Attorney General for prosecution 
under section 3271 of title 18, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(ii) the outcomes of such referrals; 
‘‘(H) any remedial action taken as a result 
of such investigation, including whether— 
‘‘(i) a contractor or subcontractor (at 
any tier) was debarred or suspended due to 
a violation of a law or regulation relating 
to severe forms of trafficking in persons; or 
‘‘(ii) a contract was terminated pursu-
ant to subsection (g) as a result of such vio-
lation; 
‘‘(I) any other assistance offered to agency 
contractors to ensure compliance with a law or 
regulation relating to severe forms of trafficking 
in persons; 
‘‘(J) any interagency meetings or data 
sharing regarding suspended or disbarred con-
tractors or subcontractors (at any tier) for severe 
forms of trafficking in persons; and 
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‘‘(K) any contract with a contractor or sub-
contractor (at any tier) located outside the 
United States and the country location, where 
safe to reveal location, for each such contractor 
or subcontractor. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
‘‘(E) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(F) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
‘‘(G) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
‘‘(H) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; and 
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‘‘(I) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 114. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. 
Any curriculum, including any continuing education 
curriculum, for the acquisition workforce used by the Fed-
eral Acquisition Institute established under section 1201 of 
title 41, United States Code, shall include at least 1 course, 
lasting at least 30 minutes, regarding the law and regula-
tions relating to human trafficking and contracting with 
the Federal Government. 
SEC. 115. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
The Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment 
Act (section 115 of Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (f), by amending paragraph (2) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) shall receive travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with the 
applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2021’’. 
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SEC. 116. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING FED-
ERAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE DEMAND. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) all Federal anti-trafficking training, includ-
ing training under subsection (c) of the Combat 
Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20709(c)) 
and section 107(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) provided 
to Federal judges, prosecutors, and State and local 
law enforcement officials, should— 
(A) explain the circumstances under which 
sex buyers are considered parties to the crime of 
trafficking; 
(B) provide best practices for arresting or 
prosecuting buyers of illegal sex acts as a form 
of sex trafficking prevention; and 
(C) specify that any comprehensive ap-
proach to eliminating sex and labor trafficking 
must include a demand reduction component; 
and 
(2) any request for proposals for grants or coop-
erative agreement opportunities issued by the Attor-
ney General with respect to the prevention of traf-
ficking should include specific language with respect 
to demand reduction. 
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SEC. 117. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SENIOR POLICY OP-
ERATING GROUP. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Senior Policy Oper-
ating Group established under section 105(g) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)) 
should create a working group to examine the role of de-
mand reduction, both domestically and internationally, in 
achieving the purposes of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and the Justice for 
Victims of Trafficking Act (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 
227). 
SEC. 118. BEST PRACTICES TO PREVENT FORCED CHILD 
LABOR TRAFFICKING. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the United States Government condemns, in 
the strongest terms, forced child labor, including in 
situations of trafficking; and 
(2) the President should work with the private 
sector to develop best practices and guidance for pre-
venting forced child labor and indentured servitude, 
including in situations of trafficking. 
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Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking 
in Persons in the United States 
SEC. 
121. 
DEMAND 
REDUCTION 
STRATEGIES 
IN 
THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TASK FORCE.—Section 
105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (R), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(S) tactics and strategies employed by 
human trafficking task forces sponsored by the 
Department of Justice to reduce demand for traf-
ficking victims.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON STATE ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection 
(e)(1)(A) of the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 
(34 U.S.C. 20709(e)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘rates’’ and inserting ‘‘number’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, noting the number of covered 
offenders’’ after ‘‘covered offense’’ each place such term 
appears; 
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(3) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘arrest’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘arrests’’; 
(4) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘prosecution’’ and 
inserting ‘‘prosecutions’’; and 
(5) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘conviction’’ and 
inserting ‘‘convictions’’. 
SEC. 122. DESIGNATION OF A LABOR PROSECUTOR TO EN-
HANCE STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COM-
BAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 
Section 204(a)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20705(a)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) as appropriate, to designate at least 1 
prosecutor for cases of severe forms of trafficking 
in persons (as such term is defined in section 
103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)).’’. 
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SEC. 123. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN 
MISSIONS AND DIPLOMATIC HOUSEHOLDS. 
Section 203(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
1375c(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for such period as the Sec-
retary determines necessary’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
a period of at least 1 year, except if the Sec-
retary determines and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees, in advance, the reasons 
a shorter period is in the national interest,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘there is an 
unpaid default or final civil judgement directly 
or indirectly related to human trafficking 
against the employer or a family member as-
signed to the embassy, or the diplomatic mission 
or international organization hosting the em-
ployer or family member has not responded af-
firmatively to a request to waive immunity 
within 6 weeks of the request in a case brought 
by the United States Government and the coun-
try that accredited the employer or family mem-
ber or, in the case of international organizations, 
the country of citizenship, has not initiated pros-
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ecution against the employer or family mem-
ber.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘a mechanism 
is in place’’ and inserting ‘‘, as applicable, the un-
paid default judgment or final civil judgement has 
been resolved, the diplomatic mission or international 
organization hosting the employer or family member 
has waived immunity for the employer or family 
member or the country that accredited the employer 
or family member or the country of citizenship of the 
employer or family member completed the prosecution 
of the employer or family member, and the diplomatic 
mission or international organization hosting the em-
ployer or family member has a mechanism in place’’. 
SEC. 124. ACTIONS AGAINST SIGNIFICANT TRAFFICKERS IN 
PERSONS. 
Section 111(a)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7108(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘, or section 1263 of the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub-
title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 
2656 note),’’ after ‘‘1701)’’ the second place it ap-
pears; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(D) Officials of a foreign government who 
participate in, facilitate, or condone severe forms 
of trafficking in persons for significant financial 
gain.’’. 
Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, 
Forced, and Slave Labor 
SEC. 131. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) foreign assistance that addresses poverty alle-
viation and humanitarian disasters reduces the vul-
nerability of men, women, and children to human 
trafficking and is a crucial part of the response of the 
United States to modern-day slavery; 
(2) the Deputy Under Secretary of the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs of the Department of 
Labor and the grant programs administered by the 
Deputy Under Secretary play a critical role in pre-
venting and protecting children from the worst forms 
of child labor, including situations of trafficking, and 
in reducing the vulnerabilities of men and women to 
situations of forced labor and trafficking; and 
(3) the Secretary of Labor also plays a critical 
role in helping other Federal departments and agen-
cies to prevent goods made with forced and child labor 
from entering the United States by consulting with 
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such departments and agencies to reduce forced and 
child labor internationally and ensuring that prod-
ucts made by forced labor and child labor in violation 
of international standards are not imported into the 
United States. 
SEC. 132. REPORT ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 307 
OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit a report to the committees 
listed in subsection (b) that describes any obstacles or chal-
lenges to enforcing section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1307). 
(b) COMMITTEES.—The committees listed in this sub-
section are— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; 
(2) the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives; 
(3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives; 
(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives; 
(5) the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives; 
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(6) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; 
(7) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate; 
(8) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(9) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; and 
(10) the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) describe the role and best practices of private 
sector employers in the United States in complying 
with the provisions of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 
1930; 
(2) describe any efforts or programs undertaken 
by relevant Federal, State, or local government agen-
cies to encourage employers, directly or indirectly, to 
comply with such provisions; 
(3) describe the roles of the relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies in overseeing and regulating 
such provisions, and the oversight and enforcement 
mechanisms used by such departments or agencies; 
(4) provide concrete, actual case studies or exam-
ples of how such provisions are enforced; 
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(5) identify the number of petitions received and 
cases initiated (whether by petition or otherwise) or 
investigated by each relevant Federal department or 
agency charged with implementing and enforcing 
such provisions, as well as the dates petitions were re-
ceived or investigations were initiated, and their cur-
rent statuses; 
(6) identify any enforcement actions during the 
most recent 10 years, including— 
(A) the issuance of Withhold Release Orders; 
(B) the detention of shipments; 
(C) the issuance of civil penalties; and 
(D) the formal charging with criminal 
charges relating to the forced labor scheme taken 
as a result of petitions and investigations identi-
fied pursuant to paragraph (5), organized by 
type of action, date of action, commodity, and 
country of origin; 
(7) with respect to any relevant petition filed 
during the 10-year period immediately preceding the 
date of the enactment of this Act with the relevant 
Federal departments and agencies tasked with imple-
menting such provisions, list the specific products, 
country of origin, manufacturer, importer, end-user 
or retailer, and outcomes of any investigation; 
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(8) identify any gaps that may exist in enforce-
ment of such provisions; 
(9) describe the engagement of the relevant Fed-
eral departments and agencies with stakeholders, in-
cluding the engagement of importers, forced labor ex-
perts, and nongovernmental organizations; and 
(10) based on the information required under 
paragraphs (1) through (9)— 
(A) identify any regulatory obstacles or 
challenges to enforcement of such provisions; and 
(B) provide recommendations for actions 
that could be taken by the relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies to overcome such obsta-
cles. 
SEC. 133. MODIFICATION TO LIST OF CHILD-MADE AND 
SLAVERY-MADE GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 
U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including, 
to the extent practicable, goods that are produced with in-
puts that are produced with forced labor or child labor’’ 
after ‘‘international standards’’. 
(b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authoriza-
tion of appropriations under section 113(f) of the Traf-
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SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 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 ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 
SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AIR-
PORT PERSONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY 
AND REPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commis-
sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection $250,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021 to expand out-
reach and live on-site anti-trafficking training for airport 
and airline personnel. 
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Calendar No. 628 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2200 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 10, 2018 
Reported with an amendment 
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