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‘‘(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 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is amend-
ed— 
(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 
watch list described in subparagraph (A) for more 
than 2 years immediately after the country consecu-
tively—’’; 
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(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 (22 U.S.C. 7107) 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 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘special 
watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 
list’’. 
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(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 (USAID) 
shall encourage incorporation of activities to counter traf-
ficking in persons (C–TIP) into broader assistance pro-
gramming. The Administrator shall— 
(1) determine a reasonable definition for the 
term ‘‘C–TIP Incorporated Development Programs’’, 
which shall at a minimum include any programming 
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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; 
(D) food security; and 
(E) humanitarian assistance; 
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(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). 
SEC. 204. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN 
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND ASSIST-
ANCE POLICY. 
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 102(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 2151– 
1(b)(4))— 
(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) effective counter-trafficking in per-
sons policies and programs.’’; and 
(2) 
in 
section 
492(d)(1) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2292a(d)(1))— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘that the funds’’ and in-
serting the following:— ‘‘that 
‘‘(A) the funds’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) in carrying out the provisions of this 
chapter, the President shall, to the greatest ex-
tent possible— 
‘‘(i) ensure that assistance made 
available under this section does not create 
or contribute to conditions that can be rea-
sonably expected to result in an increase in 
trafficking in persons who are in condi-
tions of heightened vulnerability as a result 
of natural and manmade disasters; and 
‘‘(ii) integrate appropriate protections 
into the planning and execution of activi-
ties authorized under this chapter.’’. 
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SEC. 
205. 
CLARIFICATION 
OF 
NONHUMANITARIAN, 
NONTRADE-RELATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF WITHHELD AS-
SISTANCE.—Section 110(d)(1)(A) of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1)(A)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) the United States will not provide 
nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign as-
sistance to the central government of the coun-
try, or any funding to facilitate the participa-
tion by officials or employees of such central 
government in educational and cultural ex-
change programs, before the end of the first fis-
cal year beginning after such government com-
plies with the minimum standards or makes sig-
nificant efforts to bring itself into compliance; 
and’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE- 
RELATED ASSISTANCE.—Section 103(10) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102(10)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(10) 
NONHUMANITARIAN, 
NONTRADE-RE-
LATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
term 
‘non-
humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist-
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ance’ means United States foreign assistance, 
other than— 
‘‘(i) with respect to the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961— 
‘‘(I) assistance for international 
narcotics and law enforcement under 
chapter 8 of part I of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 2291 et seq.); 
‘‘(II) assistance for International 
Disaster Assistance under subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 491 of such Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2292); 
‘‘(III) antiterrorism assistance 
under chapter 8 of part II of such Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.); and 
‘‘(IV) health programs under 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I and chap-
ter 4 of part II of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) assistance under the Food for 
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) assistance under sections 2(a) 
through (c) of the Migration and Refugee 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1962 
(22 
U.S.C. 
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2601(a)–(c)) to meet refugee and migra-
tion needs; 
‘‘(iv) any form of United States for-
eign assistance provided through non-
governmental organizations, international 
organizations, or private sector partners— 
‘‘(I) to combat human and wild-
life trafficking; 
‘‘(II) to promote food security; 
‘‘(III) to respond to emergencies; 
‘‘(IV) to provide humanitarian 
assistance; 
‘‘(V) to address basic human 
needs, including for education; 
‘‘(VI) to advance global health 
security; or 
‘‘(VII) to promote trade; 
‘‘(v) any other form of United States 
foreign assistance that the President deter-
mines, by not later than October 1 of each 
fiscal year, is necessary to advance the se-
curity, economic, humanitarian, or global 
health interests of the United States with-
out compromising the country’s steadfast 
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commitment to combating human traf-
ficking globally; or 
‘‘(vi) sales, or financing on any terms, 
under the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), other than sales or 
financing provided for narcotics-related 
purposes following notification in accord-
ance with the prior notification procedures 
applicable to reprogramming pursuant to 
section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1). 
‘‘(B) 
EXCLUSIONS.—The 
term 
‘non-
humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist-
ance’ also excludes payments to, or the partici-
pation of, government entities necessary or inci-
dental to the implementation of a program that 
is otherwise consistent with section 110 of this 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 206. TRAFFICKING FOR THE PURPOSES OF ORGAN 
HARVESTING. 
Section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) information about the trafficking in 
persons for the purpose of organ removal, in-
cluding cases and steps governments are under-
taking to prevent, identify, and eliminate such 
trafficking.’’. 
SEC. 207. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE REPORTING. 
Sec. 106(b)(6)(C) of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act, P.L. 114-26, as 
added by Sec. 914(e)(1) of the Trade Facilitation and 
Trade Enforcement Act, P.L. 114-125 (19 U.S.C. 
4205(b)(6)(C)), is hereby repealed. 
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 Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for each of 
the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, $13,822,000’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 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, 
$65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 
2028, $116,400,000’’; 
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