composed of countries that have been listed 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) pursuant to the 
current annual report because— 
‘‘(i) the estimated number of victims 
of severe forms of trafficking is very sig-
nificant or is significantly increasing and 
the country is not taking proportional con-
crete actions; or 
‘‘(ii) there is a failure to provide evi-
dence of increasing efforts to combat se-
vere forms of trafficking in persons from 
the previous year, including increased in-
vestigations, prosecutions and convictions 
of trafficking crimes, increased assistance 
to victims, and decreasing evidence of com-
plicity in severe forms of trafficking by 
government officials.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL RULE FOR DOWN-
GRADED
AND
REINSTATED
COUNTRIES.—Subsection 
(b)(2)(F) of such section 110 is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘the special watch list’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘the country—’’ and inserting ‘‘the Tier 2 
watchlist described in subparagraph (A) for more 
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than 1 year immediately after the country consecu-
tively—’’; 
(2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by striking ‘‘the special watch list de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A)’’; 
and 
(3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the year fol-
lowing such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)’’ be-
fore the period at the end. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (b) of 
such section 110 is amended as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (2), as amended by subsection 
(a)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘spe-
cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 
list’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘spe-
cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 
list’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SPE-
CIAL WATCH LIST’’ and inserting ‘‘TIER 2 
WATCH LIST’’; and 
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(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘special 
watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 
list’’. 
(2) In paragraph (3)(B), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘clauses (i), (ii), and 
(iii) of’’. 
(3) In paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘each country 
described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘each country described in paragraph (2)(A)’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking 
‘‘the Special Watch List under paragraph (2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Tier 2 watch list under para-
graph (2)’’. 
SEC. 203. EXPANDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AT THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
AGENCY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
In order to increase the prevention efforts by the 
United States abroad, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall encour-
age incorporation of activities to counter trafficking in 
persons (C–TIP) into broader assistance programming. 
The Administrator shall— 
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(1) determine a reasonable definition for the 
term ‘‘C–TIP Incorporated Development Programs’’, 
which shall at a minimum include any programming 
to address economic development, education, democ-
racy and governance, food security, and humani-
tarian assistance that the Administrator determines 
includes a sufficient counter-trafficking in persons 
element incorporated in the program design or deliv-
ery; 
(2) encourage that any program design or deliv-
ery that may directly serve victims of trafficking in 
persons is age-appropriate, linguistically accessible, 
culturally responsive, and survivor- and trauma-in-
formed, and provides opportunities for anonymous 
and voluntary feedback from the beneficiaries receiv-
ing such services; 
(3) encourage that each USAID mission incor-
porates a counter-trafficking in persons perspective 
and specific approaches into development programs, 
project design, and methods for program monitoring 
and evaluation, when addressing a range of develop-
ment issues, including— 
(A) economic development; 
(B) education; 
(C) democracy and governance; 
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(D) food security; and 
(E) humanitarian assistance; 
(4) implement robust training and disseminate 
tools around the incorporation of a counter-traf-
ficking perspective and awareness in the day-to-day 
work of development professionals; and 
(5) encourage subsequent Country Development 
Cooperation Strategies include a counter-trafficking 
in persons analytic component to guide future 
project design and promote the inclusion of counter- 
trafficking elements in project design, implementa-
tion, monitoring, and evaluation required for Tier 2 
Watch List and Tier 3 countries (as such terms are 
defined for purposes of section 110 of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107), as amended). 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 
VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 
PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 
Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio-
lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2018 through 
2021, $13,822,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 
2028, $17,000,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘To carry out the purposes 
of sections 106(b) and 107(b),’’ and inserting 
‘‘To carry out the purposes of sections 106(b) 
and 107(b) of this Act and sections 101 and 
102 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Vic-
tims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2023,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$19,500,000’’ and all that 
follows, and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2024 through 2028, of which 
$5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated in 
each fiscal year for the National Human Traf-
ficking Hotline and for cybersecurity and public 
education campaigns, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, for identifying 
and responding as needed to cases of human 
trafficking.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘2018 
through 
2021, 
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