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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Leveraging Informa-
tion on Foreign Traffickers Act’’ or the ‘‘LIFT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the annual Trafficking In Persons Report 
prepared by the Department of State pursuant to 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (the 
‘‘TIP Report’’) remains one of the most comprehen-
sive, timely, and important sources of information on 
human trafficking in the world, and currently in-
cludes 187 individual country narratives; 
(2) in January 2019, the statute mandating the 
TIP Report was amended to require that each report 
must cover efforts and activities occurring within the 
period from April 1 of the prior year through March 
31 of the current year, which necessarily requires 
the collection and transmission of information after 
March 31; 
(3) ensuring that the Department of State has 
adequate time to receive, analyze, and incorporate 
trafficking-related information into its annual Traf-
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ficking In Persons Report is important to the quality 
and comprehensiveness of that report; 
(4) information regarding prevalence and pat-
terns of human trafficking is important for under-
standing the scourge of modern slavery and making 
effective decisions about where and how to combat 
it; and 
(5) United States officials responsible for moni-
toring and combating trafficking in persons around 
the world should receive available information re-
garding where and how often United States diplo-
matic and consular officials encounter persons who 
are responsible for, or who knowingly benefit from, 
severe forms of trafficking in persons. 
SEC. 3. ANNUAL DEADLINE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 
REPORT. 
Section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘June 1’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30’’. 
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 115(h) of the Justice for 
Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 
129 Stat. 243) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
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(b) COMPENSATION.—Section 115(f) of the Justice 
for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114– 
22; 129 Stat. 243) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) may each receive compensation for each 
day such member is engaged in the actual perform-
ance of the duties of the Council.’’. 
(c) COMPENSATION REPORT.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall provide to the relevant congressional 
committees a plan to implement compensation for mem-
bers of the United States Advisory Council on Human 
Trafficking pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 115(f) 
of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Pub-
lic Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243), as added by subsection 
(b). 
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SEC. 5. TIMELY PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE OF-
FICE 
TO 
MONITOR 
AND 
COMBAT 
TRAF-
FICKING IN PERSONS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) INFORMATION
REGARDING
HUMAN
TRAF-
FICKING-RELATED VISA DENIALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
shall ensure that the Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking in Persons and the Bureau of Diplo-
matic Security of the Department of State receive 
timely and regular information regarding United 
States visa denials based, in whole or in part, on 
grounds related to human trafficking. 
‘‘(2) DECISIONS
REGARDING
ALLOCATION.— 
The Secretary of State shall ensure that decisions 
regarding the allocation of resources of the Depart-
ment of State related to combating human traf-
ficking and to law enforcement presence at United 
States diplomatic and consular posts appropriately 
take into account— 
‘‘(A) the information described in para-
graph (1); and 
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‘‘(B) the information included in the most 
recent report submitted in accordance with sec-
tion 110(b).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 103 of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(18) GROUNDS
RELATED
TO
HUMAN
TRAF-
FICKING.—The term ‘grounds related to human traf-
ficking’ means grounds related to the criteria for in-
admissibility to the United States described in sub-
section (a)(2)(H) of section 212 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182).’’. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall provide to the relevant congressional commit-
tees a report that— 
(1) describes the actions that have been taken 
and that are planned to implement subsection (l) of 
section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104), as added by section 
5 of this Act; and 
(2) identifies by country and by United States 
diplomatic and consular post the number of visa ap-
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