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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2620
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2003
Received 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 
for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Trafficking in persons continues to victimize 
countless men, women, and children in the United 
States and abroad. 
(2) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (division A of Public 
Law 106–386), the United States Government has 
made significant progress in investigating and pros-
ecuting acts of trafficking and in responding to the 
needs of victims of trafficking in the United States 
and abroad. 
(3) On the other hand, victims of trafficking 
have faced unintended obstacles in the process of se-
curing needed assistance, including admission to the 
United States under section 101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(4) Additional research is needed to fully under-
stand the phenomenon of trafficking in persons and 
to determine the most effective strategies for com-
bating trafficking in persons. 
(5) Corruption among foreign law enforcement 
authorities continues to undermine the efforts by
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governments to investigate, prosecute, and convict 
traffickers. 
(6) International Law Enforcement Academies 
should be more fully utilized in the effort to train 
law enforcement authorities, prosecutors, and mem-
bers of the judiciary to address trafficking in per-
sons-related crimes. 
SEC. 3. ENHANCING PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS. 
(a) BORDER INTERDICTION, PUBLIC INFORMATION 
PROGRAMS, AND COMBATING INTERNATIONAL SEX TOUR-
ISM.—Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (f); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(c) BORDER INTERDICTION.—The President shall 
establish and carry out programs of border interdiction 
outside the United States. Such programs shall include 
providing grants to foreign nongovernmental organizations 
that provide for transit shelters operating at key border 
crossings and that help train survivors of trafficking in 
persons to educate and train border guards and officials, 
and other local law enforcement officials, to identify traf-
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fickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking, and the 
appropriate manner in which to treat such victims. Such 
programs shall also include, to the extent appropriate, 
monitoring by such survivors of trafficking in persons of 
the implementation of border interdiction programs, in-
cluding helping in the identification of such victims to stop 
the cross-border transit of victims. The President shall en-
sure that any program established under this subsection 
provides the opportunity for any trafficking victim who is 
freed to return to his or her previous residence if the vic-
tim so chooses. 
‘‘(d) INTERNATIONAL MEDIA.—The President shall 
establish and carry out programs that support the produc-
tion of television and radio programs, including documen-
taries, to inform vulnerable populations overseas of the 
dangers of trafficking, and to increase awareness of the 
public in countries of destination regarding the slave-like 
practices and other human rights abuses involved in traf-
ficking, including fostering linkages between individuals 
working in the media in different countries to determine 
the best methods for informing such populations through 
such media. 
‘‘(e) COMBATING INTERNATIONAL SEX TOURISM.—
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT
AND
DISSEMINATION
OF 
MATERIALS.—The President, pursuant to such regu-
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lations as may be prescribed, shall ensure that mate-
rials are developed and disseminated to alert trav-
elers that sex tourism (as described in subsections 
(b) through (f) of section 2423 of title 18, United 
States Code) is illegal, will be prosecuted, and pre-
sents dangers to those involved. Such materials shall 
be disseminated to individuals traveling to foreign 
destinations where the President determines that sex 
tourism is significant. 
‘‘(2) 
MONITORING
OF
COMPLIANCE.—The 
President shall monitor compliance with the require-
ments of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) FEASIBILITY
REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2003, the President shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the Senate a report that describes the feasi-
bility of such United States Government materials 
being disseminated through public-private partner-
ships to individuals traveling to foreign destina-
tions.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘initiatives described in subsections (a) and (b)’’
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and inserting ‘‘initiatives and programs described in 
subsections (a) through (e)’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN GRANTS, CONTRACTS 
AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 106 of such 
Act (as amended by subsection (a)) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION
OF CERTAIN GRANTS, CON-
TRACTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(1) TERMINATION.—The President shall en-
sure that any grant, contract, or cooperative agree-
ment provided or entered into by a Federal depart-
ment or agency under which funds described in 
paragraph (2) are to be provided to a private entity, 
in whole or in part, shall include a condition that au-
thorizes the department or agency to terminate the 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, without 
penalty, if the grantee or any subgrantee, or the 
contractor or any subcontractor (i) engages in severe 
forms of trafficking in persons or has procured a 
commercial sex act during the period of time that 
the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement is in 
effect, or (ii) uses forced labor in the performance 
of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—Funds referred 
to in paragraph (1) are funds made available to
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carry out any program, project, or activity abroad 
funded under major functional budget category 150 
(relating to international affairs).’’. 
SEC. 4. ENHANCING PROTECTION FOR TRAFFICKING VIC-
TIMS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PRO-
TECTION ACT OF 2000.—
(1) COOPERATION BETWEEN FOREIGN GOVERN-
MENTS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—
Section 107(a)(1)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(a)(1)(B)) is 
amended by adding at the end before the period the 
following: ‘‘, and by facilitating contact between rel-
evant foreign government agencies and such non-
governmental organizations to facilitate cooperation 
between the foreign governments and such organiza-
tions’’. 
(2) ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF VIC-
TIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN UNITED STATES.—Section 
107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 
an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under 
section 101(a)(15)(T)(ii),’’ after ‘‘in persons’’; 
and
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(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘and aliens classified 
as 
a 
nonimmigrant 
under 
section 
101(a)(15)(T)(ii),’’ after ‘‘United States,’’; 
and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘In the case of nonentitle-
ment programs funded by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, such benefits 
and services may include services to assist 
potential victims of trafficking in achieving 
certification and to assist minor dependent 
children of victims of severe forms of traf-
ficking in persons or potential victims of 
trafficking.’’. 
(3) CERTIFICATION OF VICTIMS OF A SEVERE 
FORM
OF
TRAFFICKING
IN
PERSONS.—Section 
107(b)(1)(E)) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(E)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) 
ASSISTANCE
TO
INVESTIGA-
TIONS.—In making the certification de-
scribed in this subparagraph with respect 
to the assistance to investigation or pros-
ecution described in clause (i)(I), the Sec-
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retary of Health and Human Services shall 
consider statements from State and local 
law enforcement officials that the person 
referred to in subparagraph (C)(ii)(II) has 
been willing to assist in every reasonable 
way with respect to the investigation and 
prosecution of State and local crimes such 
as kidnapping, rape, slavery, or other 
forced labor offenses, where severe forms 
of trafficking appear to have been in-
volved.’’.
(4) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of part I of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1595. Civil remedy 
‘‘(a) An individual who is a victim of a violation of 
section 1589, 1590, or 1591 of this chapter may bring 
a civil action against the perpetrator in an appropriate dis-
trict court of the United States and may recover damages 
and reasonable attorneys fees. 
‘‘(b)(1) Any civil action filed under this section shall 
be stayed during the pendency of any criminal action aris-
ing out of the same occurrence in which the claimant is 
the victim.
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‘‘(2) In this subsection, a ‘criminal action’ includes 
investigation and prosecution and is pending until final 
adjudication in the trial court.’’. 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The 
table of contents of chapter 77 of part I of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘1595.
Civil remedy.’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATION-
ALITY ACT.—
(1) NONIMMIGRANT
ALIEN
CLASSES.—Section 
101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)) is amended—
(A) in clause (i)(III)(bb), by striking ‘‘15 
years of age,’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years of age,’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (ii)(I), by inserting ‘‘unmar-
ried siblings under 18 years of age on the date 
on which such alien applied for status under 
such clause,’’ before ‘‘and parents’’.
(2) ADMISSION
OF
NONIMMIGRANTS.—Section 
214(n) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(n)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘sib-
lings,’’ before ‘‘or parents’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(4) An unmarried alien who seeks to accompany, or 
follow to join, a parent granted status under section 
101(a)(15)(T)(i), and who was under 21 years of age on 
the date on which such parent applied for such status, 
shall continue to be classified as a child for purposes of 
section 101(a)(15)(T)(ii), if the alien attains 21 years of 
age after such parent’s application was filed but while it 
was pending. 
‘‘(5) An alien described in clause (i) of section 
101(a)(15)(T) shall continue to be treated as an alien de-
scribed in clause (ii)(I) of such section if the alien attains 
21 years of age after the alien’s application for status 
under such clause (i) is filed but while it is pending. 
‘‘(6) In making a determination under section 
101(a)(15)(T)(i)(III)(aa) with respect to an alien, state-
ments from State and local law enforcement officials that 
the alien has complied with any reasonable request for as-
sistance in the investigation or prosecution of crimes such 
as kidnapping, rape, slavery, or other forced labor of-
fenses, where severe forms of trafficking in persons (as 
defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000) appear to have been involved, shall be 
considered.’’. 
(3) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Section 245(l) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
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1255(l)) (as added by section 107(f) of Public Law 
106–386) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘admitted under that 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘admitted under 
section 101(a)(15)(T)(ii)’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘sibling,’’ after ‘‘par-
ent,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ‘‘sib-
lings,’’ after ‘‘daughters,’’. 
(4) EXEMPTION FROM PUBLIC CHARGE GROUND 
FOR
INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(d)(13) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(d)(13)), as added by section 107(e)(3) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7105(e)(3)), is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 
period at the end and adding the following: 
‘‘, except that the ground for inadmissibility described in 
subsection (a)(4) shall not apply with respect to such a 
nonimmigrant.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by amending clause (i) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) subsection (a)(1); and’’; and
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(ii) in clause (ii)—
(I) by striking ‘‘such subsection’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘(4),’’ after 
‘‘(3),’’. 
(5) AGGRAVATED
FELONY
DEFINED.—Section 
101(a)(43)(K)(iii) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(K)(iii)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(iii) is described in any of sections 
1581–1585 or 1588–1591 of title 18, 
United States Code (relating to peonage, 
slavery, involuntary servitude, and traf-
ficking in persons);’’. 
SEC. 5. ENHANCING PROSECUTIONS OF TRAFFICKERS. 
(a) SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, 
FRAUD, OR COERCION.—Section 1591 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in the heading, by inserting a comma after 
‘‘FRAUD’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘in or af-
fecting interstate commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘in or af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce, or within the 
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 
United States’’; and
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2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) Not later than May 1, 2004, and annually 
thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on 
International Relations, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate, a report on Federal agencies that are 
implementing any provision of this division, or any 
amendment made by this division, which shall in-
clude, at a minimum, information on—
‘‘(A) the number of persons who received 
benefits or other services under section 107(b) 
in connection with programs or activities fund-
ed or administered by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, 
the Board of Directors of the Legal Services 
Corporation, and other appropriate Federal 
agencies during the preceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) the number of persons who have been 
granted continued presence in the United 
States under section 107(c)(3) during the pre-
ceding fiscal year;
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‘‘(C) the number of persons who have ap-
plied for, been granted, or been denied a visa or 
otherwise 
provided 
status 
under 
section 
101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)(i)) dur-
ing the preceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(D) the number of persons who have been 
charged or convicted under one or more of sec-
tions 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, 1591, 
1592, or 1594 of title 18, United States Code, 
during the preceding fiscal year and the sen-
tences imposed against each such person; 
‘‘(E) the amount, recipient, and purpose of 
each grant issued by any Federal agency to 
carry out the purposes of sections 106 and 107 
of this Act, or section 134 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, during the preceding fis-
cal year; 
‘‘(F) the nature of training conducted pur-
suant to section 107(c)(4) during the preceding 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(G) the activities undertaken by the Sen-
ior Policy Operating Group to carry out its re-
sponsibilities under section 105(f) of this divi-
sion.’’.
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(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
107(b)(1) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (D). 
(b) SUPPORT FOR THE TASK FORCE.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—The second sentence of sec-
tion 105(e) of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio-
lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(e)) is 
amended by inserting at the end before the period 
the following: ‘‘, who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, with the rank of Ambassador-at-Large’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The individual who holds 
the position of Director of the Office to Monitor and 
Combat Trafficking of the Department of State may 
continue to hold such position notwithstanding the 
amendment made by paragraph (1). 
(c) SENIOR POLICY OPERATING GROUP.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 105 of the Victims 
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7103) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) SENIOR POLICY OPERATING GROUP.—
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be estab-
lished within the executive branch a Senior Policy 
Operating Group. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP; RELATED MATTERS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Operating Group 
shall consist of the senior officials designated as 
representatives of the appointed members of the 
Task Force (pursuant to Executive Order 
13257 of February 13, 2002). 
‘‘(B) 
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Operating 
Group shall be chaired by the Director of the 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of 
the Department of State. 
‘‘(C) MEETINGS.—The Operating Group 
shall meet on a regular basis at the call of the 
Chairperson. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Operating Group shall co-
ordinate activities of Federal departments and agen-
cies regarding policies (including grants and grant 
policies) involving the international trafficking in 
persons and the implementation of this division. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY
OF
INFORMATION.—Each 
Federal department or agency represented on the 
Operating Group shall fully share all information 
with such Group regarding the department or agen-
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cy’s plans, before and after final agency decisions 
are made, on all matters relating to grants, grant 
policies, and other significant actions regarding the 
international trafficking in persons and the imple-
mentation of this division. 
‘‘(5) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, the 
President shall promulgate regulations to implement 
this section, including regulations to carry out para-
graph (4).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 406 
of the Department of State and Related Agency Ap-
propriations Act, 2003 (as contained in division B of 
Public Law 108–7) is hereby repealed. 
(d) MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 
TRAFFICKING.—Section 108(b) of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7106(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘that take place wholly or 
partly within the territory of the country’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, and convicts and sentences persons 
responsible for such acts, that take place wholly
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or partly within the territory of the country’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentences: ‘‘After reasonable requests from the 
Department of State for data regarding inves-
tigations, prosecutions, convictions, and sen-
tences, a government which does not provide 
such data, consistent with the capacity of such 
government to obtain such data, shall be pre-
sumed not to have vigorously investigated, pros-
ecuted, convicted or sentenced such acts. Dur-
ing the periods prior to the annual report sub-
mitted on June 1, 2004, and on June 1, 2005, 
and the periods afterwards until September 30 
of each such year, the Secretary of State may 
disregard the presumption contained in the pre-
ceding sentence if the government has provided 
some data to the Department of State regard-
ing such acts and the Secretary has determined 
that the government is making a good faith ef-
fort to collect such data.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and prosecutes’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, prosecutes, convicts, and sentences’’; 
and
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(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘After reasonable requests from the 
Department of State for data regarding such 
investigations, prosecutions, convictions, and 
sentences, a government which does not provide 
such data consistent with its resources shall be 
presumed not to have vigorously investigated, 
prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced such acts. 
During the periods prior to the annual report 
submitted on June 1, 2004, and on June 1, 
2005, and the periods afterwards until Sep-
tember 30 of each such year, the Secretary of 
State may disregard the presumption contained 
in the preceding sentence if the government has 
provided some data to the Department of State 
regarding such acts and the Secretary has de-
termined that the government is making a good 
faith effort to collect such data.’’. 
(3) by adding the following new paragraphs at 
the end: 
‘‘(8) Whether the percentage of victims of se-
vere forms of trafficking in the country that are 
non-citizens of such countries is insignificant. 
‘‘(9) Whether the government of the country, 
consistent with the capacity of such government,
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systematically monitors its efforts to satisfy the cri-
teria described in paragraphs (1) through (8) and 
makes available publicly a periodic assessment of 
such efforts. 
‘‘(10) Whether the government of the country 
achieves appreciable progress in eliminating severe 
forms of trafficking when compared to the assess-
ment in the previous year.’’. 
(e) SPECIAL WATCH LIST.—Section 110(b) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL WATCH LIST.—
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION
OF
LIST.—Not later 
than the date on which the determinations de-
scribed in subsections (c) and (d) are submitted 
to the appropriate congressional committees in 
accordance with such subsections, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a list of countries that 
the Secretary determines requires special scru-
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tiny during the following year. The list shall be 
composed of the following countries: 
‘‘(i) Countries that have been listed 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) in the cur-
rent annual report and were listed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(B) in the previous 
annual report. 
‘‘(ii) Countries that have been listed 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) pursuant to 
the current annual report and were listed 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) in the pre-
vious annual report. 
‘‘(iii) Countries that have been listed 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) pursuant to 
the current annual report, where—
‘‘(I) the absolute number of vic-
tims of severe forms of trafficking is 
very significant or is significantly in-
creasing; 
‘‘(II) there is a failure to provide 
evidence of increasing efforts to com-
bat severe forms of trafficking in per-
sons from the previous year, including 
increased investigations, prosecutions 
and convictions of trafficking crimes,
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increased assistance to victims, and 
decreasing evidence of complicity in 
severe forms of trafficking by govern-
ment officials; or 
‘‘(III) the determination that a 
country is making significant efforts 
to bring themselves into compliance 
with minimum standards was based 
on commitments by the country to 
take additional future steps over the 
next year. 
‘‘(B) INTERIM
ASSESSMENT.—Not later 
than February 1st of each year, the Secretary 
of State shall provide to the appropriate con-
gressional committees an assessment of the 
progress that each country on the special watch 
list described in subparagraph (A) has made 
since the last annual report. 
‘‘(C) RELATION OF SPECIAL WATCH LIST 
TO
ANNUAL
TRAFFICKING
IN
PERSONS
RE-
PORT.—A determination that a country shall 
not be placed on the special watch list described 
in subparagraph (A) shall not affect in any way 
the determination to be made in the following 
year as to whether a country is complying with
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the minimum standards for the elimination of 
trafficking or whether a country is making sig-
nificant efforts to bring itself into compliance 
with such standards.’’. 
(f) ENHANCING UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 134(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2152d(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Assistance may be provided 
under this section notwithstanding section 660 of this 
Act.’’. 
(g) RESEARCH RELATING TO TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Victims of Trafficking 
and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
112 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 112A. RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL 
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 
‘‘The President, acting through the Council of Eco-
nomic Advisors, the National Research Council of the Na-
tional Academies, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, and the Director 
of Central Intelligence, shall carry out research, including
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by providing grants to nongovernmental organizations, as 
well as relevant United States Government agencies and 
international organizations, which furthers the purposes 
of this division and provides data to address the problems 
identified in the findings of this division. Such research 
initiatives shall, to the maximum extent practicable, in-
clude, but not be limited to, the following: 
‘‘(1) The economic causes and consequences of 
trafficking in persons. 
‘‘(2) The effectiveness of programs and initia-
tives funded or administered by Federal agencies to 
prevent trafficking in persons and to protect and as-
sist victims of trafficking. 
‘‘(3) The interrelationship between trafficking 
in persons and global health risks.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 112 the following new 
item:
‘‘Sec. 112A. Research on domestic and international trafficking in persons.’’.
(h) SANCTIONS AND WAIVERS.—Section 110(d) of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘non-
humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance’’
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the following: ‘‘or funding for participation in edu-
cational and cultural exchange programs’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(A)(i), by inserting after 
‘‘foreign assistance’’ the following: ‘‘or funding for 
participation in educational and cultural exchange 
programs’’. 
(i) SUBSEQUENT WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 110 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) After the President has made a determination 
described in subsection (d)(1) with respect to the govern-
ment of a country, the President may at any time make 
a determination described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 
subsection (d) to waive, in whole or in part, the measures 
imposed against the country by the previous determination 
under subsection (d)(1).’’. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RELATED 
MATTERS. 
Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘105’’ and inserting 
‘‘105(e), 105(f)’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘and $3,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2002 and 2003, and $5,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2004 and 2005’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘and $15,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TRAF-
FICKING.—
‘‘(A) PREVENTION.—To carry out the pur-
poses of section 106, there are authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
of 
State 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 
and 2005. 
‘‘(B) PROTECTION.—To carry out the pur-
poses of section 107(a), there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
$15,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2003 
and 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 
and 2005. 
‘‘(C) PROSECUTION
AND
MEETING
MIN-
IMUM STANDARDS.—To carry out the purposes
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of section 134 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 
and 2005 to assist in promoting prosecution of 
traffickers and otherwise to assist countries in 
meeting the minimum standards described in 
section 108 of this Act, including $250,000 for 
each such fiscal year to carry out training ac-
tivities for law enforcement officers, prosecu-
tors, and members of the judiciary with respect 
to trafficking in persons at the International 
Law Enforcement Academies.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for each 
of the fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 2001 
through 2005’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) by adding at the end before the period 
the following: ‘‘and $15,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2004 and 2005’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘To carry out the purposes of section 
134 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
added by section 109), there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the President, acting
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through the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of State, $250,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
and 2005 to carry out training activities for law 
enforcement officers, prosecutors, and members 
of the judiciary with respect to trafficking in 
persons at the International Law Enforcement 
Academies.’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)—
(A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 
‘‘for fiscal year 2003’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 2003 
through 2005’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) RESEARCH.—To carry out the purposes of 
section 112A, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the President $300,000 for fiscal year 
2004 and $300,000 for fiscal year 2005.’’; 
(6) in subsection (f), by adding at the end be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘and $10,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—
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‘‘(1) RESTRICTION ON PROGRAMS.—No funds 
made available to carry out this division, or any 
amendment made by this division, may be used to 
promote, support, or advocate the legalization or 
practice of prostitution. Nothing in the preceding 
sentence shall be construed to preclude assistance 
designed to promote the purposes of this Act by 
ameliorating the suffering of, or health risks to, vic-
tims while they are being trafficked or after they are 
out of the situation that resulted from such victims 
being trafficked. 
‘‘(2) RESTRICTION
ON
ORGANIZATIONS.—No 
funds made available to carry out this division, or 
any amendment made by this division, may be used 
to implement any program that targets victims of se-
vere forms of trafficking in persons described in sec-
tion 103(8)(A) of this Act through any organization 
that has not stated in either a grant application, a 
grant agreement, or both, that it does not promote, 
support, or advocate the legalization or practice of 
prostitution. The preceding sentence shall not apply 
to organizations that provide services to individuals 
solely after they are no longer engaged in activities 
that resulted from such victims being trafficked.’’.
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SEC. 8. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—
(1) CLASSES OF NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS.—Sec-
tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended—
(A) by moving the margins of subpara-
graphs (T) and (U) 2 ems to the left; 
(B) in subparagraph (T), by striking 
‘‘214(n),’’ and inserting ‘‘214(o),’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (U), by striking 
‘‘214(o),’’ and inserting ‘‘214(p),’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (V), by striking 
‘‘214(o),’’ and inserting ‘‘214(q),’’. 
(2) CLASSES OF ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS 
AND ADMISSION.—Section 212(d) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)) is 
amended by redesignating the paragraph (13) added 
by section 1513(e) of the Battered Immigrant 
Women Protection Act of 2000 (title V of division 
B of Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1536) as para-
graph (14). 
(3) ADMISSION
OF
NONIMMIGRANTS.—Section 
214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184) is amended by redesignating sub-
sections (m) (as added by section 105 of Public Law 
106–313), (n) (as added by section 107(e) of Public
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Law 106–386), (o) (as added by section 1513(c) of 
Public Law 106–386), (o) (as added by section 
1102(b) of the Legal Immigration Family Equity 
Act), and (p) (as added by section 1503(b) of the 
Legal Immigration Family Equity Act) as sub-
sections (n), (o), (p), (q), and (r), respectively. 
(4) 
ADJUSTMENT
OF
STATUS
OF
NON-
IMMIGRANTS.—Section 245 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended—
(A) in the subsection (l) added by section 
107(f) of Public Law 106–386, by redesig-
nating the second paragraph (2), and para-
graphs (3) and (4), as paragraphs (3), (4), and 
(5), respectively; and 
(B) by redesignating the subsection (l) 
added by section 1513(f) of Public Law 106–
386 as subsection (m). 
(b) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT
OF 
2000.—(1) Section 103(7)(A)(i) of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(7)(A)(i)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘part II of that Act’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘in support of programs of nongovernmental orga-
nizations’’.