SEC. 134. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVEN-
TION AND TREATMENT ACT. 
Section 111(b)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g(b)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘a victim of’’ and all that follows through the end 
of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘a victim of ‘child abuse 
and neglect’ and ‘sexual abuse’ if the child is identified, 
by a State or local agency employee of the State or locality 
involved, as being a victim of sex or labor trafficking in 
accordance with severe forms of trafficking in persons, as 
such terms are defined in section 103 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000.’’. 
SEC. 
135. 
SENSE 
OF 
CONGRESS 
ON 
CRITERIA 
FOR 
CLASSIFYING VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAF-
FICKING. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) all States (including the District of Colum-
bia) and territories should eliminate the requirement 
for third-party control to properly qualify a child as 
a victim of sex trafficking, to aid in the identifica-
tion and prevention of child sex trafficking, protect 
children, and appropriately prosecute perpetrators to 
the fullest extent of the law; and 
(2) a person is qualified as a victim of child sex 
trafficking if such person is a victim, as a child, of 
severe forms of trafficking in persons as defined in 
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section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 
SEC. 136. AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. 
(a) MODIFICATION
TO
STATE
PLANS.—Section 
471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9)(C)(i)(I), by striking ‘‘sex 
trafficking victim’’ and inserting ‘‘sex or labor traf-
ficking victim’’; 
(2) in paragraph (34), by striking ‘‘sex traf-
ficking victims’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘sex or labor trafficking victims’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (35)(A)(iii), by striking 
‘‘possible sex trafficking victim’’ and inserting ‘‘pos-
sible sex or labor trafficking victim’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (35)(B), by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, the 
State agency shall maintain regular communication 
with law enforcement and the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children in efforts to provide 
a safe recovery of the missing child, including by 
sharing information pertaining to the child’s recov-
ery and circumstances related to the recovery, and 
the State report submitted to law enforcement and 
NCMEC shall include where reasonably possible— 
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‘‘(i) a photo of the missing child; 
‘‘(ii) physical features, such as height, 
weight, sex, ethnicity, race, hair color, and 
eye color; and 
‘‘(iii) endangerment information, such 
as pregnancy status, prescription medica-
tions, suicidal tendencies, vulnerability to 
being sex trafficked, and other health or 
risk factors.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION TO DEFINITIONS.—Paragraph (9) 
of section 475 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) The term ‘sex or labor trafficking victim’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘victim of a severe 
form of trafficking in persons’ under section 103 of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102).’’. 
SEC. 137. MODIFICATIONS TO DATA REPORTING FOR CON-
TINUED PRESENCE AND THE T-VISA APPLICA-
TION. 
Section 105(d) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) The following data included in the report 
required by paragraph (7) shall be disaggregated by 
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type of trafficking (labor, sex, both, or unknown) 
and should also be captured in reports from any 
Federal, State, local, or tribal agencies that receive 
Federal counter-trafficking in persons funding: 
‘‘(A) The number of requests for continued 
presence that were received from or on behalf 
of potential trafficking victims and whether 
each request was filed or not and if filed, ap-
proved or denied. 
‘‘(B) The month and year of filing the con-
tinued presence request in each applicable case. 
‘‘(C) The reasons for failing to file a con-
tinued presence request in each applicable case. 
‘‘(D) The reasons for denial of request for 
continued presence in each applicable case. 
‘‘(E) Whether or not an investigation was 
initiated into each potential human trafficking 
case described in subparagraph (A) and if not, 
the reasons for not initiating an investigation. 
‘‘(F) The number of requests for T-visa 
certifications that were received from or on be-
half of potential trafficking victims and the out-
comes of their requests, indicating whether a T- 
visa certification was provided or not. 
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‘‘(G) The month and year of submission of 
the T-visa certification request for approval in 
each applicable case. 
‘‘(H) The reasons for denying T-visa cer-
tification requests in each applicable case. 
‘‘(I) Whether an investigation was initiated 
into each potential human trafficking case de-
scribed in subparagraph (F).’’. 
SEC. 138. ESTABLISHMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
ON COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS FOR 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Not later than September 30, 2023, and once every 
4 fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Office of the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Personnel and Readiness shall submit to Con-
gress and make available to the general public a report 
on the Department’s progress in implementing Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction 2200.01, ‘‘Combating Traf-
ficking in Persons’’, as updated and entered into effect 
on June 21, 2019, in accordance with authority under De-
partment of Defense Directive 5124.02, including specifi-
cally with respect to sections 2.2h, 2.2i, 2.2j, 2.2k, 2.8, 
2.9, 2.10, 2.11, and 2.12 of such document. 
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SEC. 139. ESTABLISHMENT OF INVESTIGATION UNITS ON 
FORCED LABOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall establish a team of 10 agents within the De-
partment of Justice Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation to be assigned to exclusively inves-
tigate labor trafficking. There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this subsection for each of fiscal years 
2022 to 2026, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a team 
of 10 agents within the Department of Homeland Security 
Center for Countering Human Trafficking to be assigned 
to exclusively investigate labor trafficking. There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
for each of fiscal years 2022 to 2026, $2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 140. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SUBMISSION OF DE-
PARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORTS ON TIME. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of 
Justice has failed to meet reporting requirements under 
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title IV of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 
(34 U.S.C. 10101) and that progress on critical data col-
lection on human trafficking and crime reporting are in 
jeopardy as a result of such failure and must be addressed 
immediately. 
SEC. 141. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REQUIRING CHILD WEL-
FARE AGENCIES TO REPORT INFORMATION 
ON MISSING AND ABDUCTED FOSTER CHIL-
DREN AND YOUTH. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) each State child welfare agency should 
prioritize developing and implementing protocols to 
comply with section 471(1)(35)(B) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(35)(B)); 
(2) report the information it receives on missing 
or abducted foster children and youth to the Na-
tional Center on Missing and Exploited Children 
(NCMEC) and to law enforcement authorities for in-
clusion in the FBI’s National Crime Information 
Center database, in accordance with subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of section 471(a)(34) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(34)); 
(3) such reports must be made immediately 
(and in no case later than 24 hours) after the infor-
mation is received; and 
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(4) such reports to the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services were required 
to start on September 30, 2016, and annual reports 
were required to start on September 30, 2017, by 
such section 471(a)(34), to provide total number of 
children and youth who are sex trafficking victims. 
TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING ABROAD 
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S 
LAW. 
(a) PERIODIC
INFORMATION
SHARING.—Section 
4(e)(3) of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child 
Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced 
Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 
21503(e)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) BI-ANNUAL
INFORMATION
SHAR-
ING.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and each October 1 
and April 1 thereafter, the Center shall obtain 
from each country participating in the visa 
waiver program a list of covered sex offenders 
who are citizens or nationals of such countries. 
Such information shall be obtained to the ex-
tent feasible with respect to both convicted and 
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registered sex offenders. The Center may recip-
rocate, as appropriate, with such information 
relating to covered sex offenders who are citi-
zens or nationals of the United States.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4(f)(2) of the Inter-
national Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and 
Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of 
Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 21503(f)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘or would have to register if the individual 
returned to that jurisdiction after departing it to reside 
outside the United States,’’ after ‘‘jurisdiction’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 240(b) of 
Public Law 110–457 (22 U.S.C. 212b(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO CON-
TINUING
REGISTRATION.—A person may not be 
issued or reissued a passport without a unique iden-
tifier solely because the person has moved or other-
wise resides outside the United States.’’. 
SEC. 202. AMENDMENT TO THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF 
PREFERENCES. 
Section 502(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2462(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) FAILURE TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS 
FOR THE ELIMINATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.— 
‘‘(A) TIER 3 COUNTRIES.— 
‘‘(i) 
PROHIBITION
ON
DESIGNA-
TION.—During the 1-year period beginning 
on the date that is 90 days after the date 
of the submission of an annual report on 
trafficking in persons, the President may 
not designate any country as a beneficiary 
developing country under this title if that 
country is also listed as a Tier 3 country 
in such report. 
‘‘(ii) SUSPENSION OF DESIGNATION.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the submission of an annual report on traf-
ficking in persons, the President shall sus-
pend for one year any previous designation 
of a country as a beneficiary developing 
country under this title if the country is 
listed as a Tier 3 country in such report. 
‘‘(iii) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Presi-
dent may waive the prohibition under 
clause (i) or a suspension under 
clause (ii) with respect to a country if, 
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not later than 90 days after the date 
of the submission of the applicable an-
nual report on trafficking in persons, 
the President certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that 
the government of such country has 
taken concrete actions to implement 
the principal recommendations with 
respect to that country in such report. 
‘‘(II) REQUIREMENTS FOR CER-
TIFICATION.—A 
certification 
sub-
mitted pursuant to subclause (I) with 
respect to a country shall— 
‘‘(aa) include a description 
of the concrete actions that the 
government of the country has 
taken to implement the principal 
recommendations described in the 
annual report on trafficking in 
persons; 
‘‘(bb) be accompanied by 
supporting documentation pro-
viding credible evidence of each 
such concrete action, including 
copies of relevant laws or regula-
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tions adopted or modified and 
any enforcement actions taken, 
where appropriate; 
‘‘(cc) include a certification 
that none of the eligible articles 
originating from the country are 
included on the list of goods pro-
duced by child labor or forced 
labor maintained by the Depart-
ment of Labor and that all such 
eligible articles are otherwise rea-
sonably believed to be free of 
forced labor; 
‘‘(dd) include any public 
comments received from civil so-
ciety organizations with respect 
to the laws and practices of the 
country regarding trafficking in 
persons; and 
‘‘(ee) be published in the 
Federal Register. 
‘‘(III) LIMITATION.—The Presi-
dent may not exercise the waiver au-
thority under this clause with respect 
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to a country for more than three con-
secutive years. 
‘‘(B) TIER 2 WATCH LIST COUNTRIES.— 
Not later than 90 days after the submission of 
an annual report on trafficking in persons, the 
President shall notify the government of each 
Generalized System of Preferences’ country list-
ed as a Tier 2 watch list country in such report 
that a downgrade to the classification of the 
country to classification as a Tier 3 country in 
the next annual report on trafficking in persons 
will result in— 
‘‘(i) a suspension of the designation of 
the country as a beneficiary developing 
country; and 
‘‘(ii) the ineligibility of the country for 
designation as a beneficiary developing 
country. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ANNUAL
REPORT
ON
TRAF-
FICKING IN PERSONS.—The term ‘annual 
report on trafficking in persons’ means the 
annual report on trafficking in persons re-
quired under section 110(b)(1) of the Traf-
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ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)). 
‘‘(ii) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(I) the Committee on Ways and 
Means and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
‘‘(II) the Committee on Finance 
and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate. 
‘‘(iii) TIER
WATCH
LIST
COUN-
TRY.—The term ‘Tier 2 watch list country’ 
means a country listed in an annual report 
on trafficking in persons pursuant to sec-
tion 110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000. 
‘‘(iv) TIER
COUNTRY.—The term 
‘Tier 3 country’ means a country listed in 
an annual report on trafficking in persons 
pursuant to section 110(b)(1)(C) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000.’’. 
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SEC. 203. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF 
ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INTERVEN-
TIONS 
IN 
MULTILATERAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
BANKS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State acting through 
the Ambassador at Large for Monitoring and Combating 
Trafficking in Persons, shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director of each multilateral development 
bank— 
(1) to vote against proposed projects in 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) unless there 
is a counter-trafficking strategy, including assess-
ment and mitigation efforts as needed, as part of the 
project; and 
(2) to initiate discussions with the other execu-
tive directors and management of the respective 
multilateral development bank to— 
(A) further develop anti-trafficking in per-
sons provisions in relevant project development, 
safeguards, procurement, and evaluation poli-
cies; 
(B) employing a risk-based approach, re-
quire human trafficking risk assessments and 
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integration plans as a routine part of devel-
oping projects through existing, forthcoming, or 
new mechanisms and processes; 
(C) support analyses of the impact of se-
vere forms of trafficking in persons on key indi-
cators of economic and social development and 
of the benefits of reducing human trafficking on 
economic and social development; 
(D) support the proactive integration of ef-
fective 
anti-trafficking 
interventions 
into 
projects with the objectives of enhancing devel-
opment outcomes and reducing the incidence of 
severe forms of trafficking in project areas; 
(E) increase the capacity of multilateral 
development banks and of recipient govern-
ments to conduct human trafficking risk assess-
ments and integrate anti-trafficking in persons 
interventions into projects; 
(F) support the development of meaningful 
risk mitigation and reduction policies, regula-
tions, and strategies within the multilateral de-
velopment banks to reduce the incidence and 
prevalence of severe forms of trafficking in per-
sons and enhance development outcomes that 
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may be improved by reducing the incidence and 
prevalence of human trafficking; and 
(G) support the inclusion of human traf-
ficking risk analysis in the development of rel-
evant country strategies by each multilateral 
development bank. 
(b) BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
make relevant officials available to brief the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate, the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
on the implementation of this section. 
SEC. 204. MODIFICATIONS TO PROGRAM TO END MODERN 
SLAVERY GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 
7114) is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Frederick Douglass 
Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reau-
thorization Act of 2021’’. 
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(2) In subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
(3) In subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30, 2022, 
and September 30, 2026’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for funding under 
the Program to End Modern Slavery, a grant recipient 
shall publish the names of all subgrantee organizations on 
the recipient’s website or, if the subgrantee organization 
expresses a security concern, the grant recipient shall 
transmit the names of all subgrantee organizations in a 
classified annex to the chairs of the appropriate congres-
sional committees defined in section 1298(i) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 
7114(i)). 
(c) AWARD OF FUNDS.—All grants— 
(1) shall be awarded on a competitive basis; and 
(2) subject to the regular congressional notifica-
tion procedures applicable with respect to grants 
made available under section 1298(b) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 
7114(b)). 
(d) SUNSET.—The Program to End Modern Slavery 
shall sunset at the end of fiscal year 2026. 
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