States Code), to a country subject to the prohibition 
under subsection (a)’’. 
(c) REPORTS.—Section 405 of the Child Soldiers Pre-
vention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘, during any of the 5 
years following the date of the enactment of 
this Act,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘wavier’’ and inserting 
‘‘waiver’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec-
tively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) a description and the amount of any assist-
ance withheld under this title pursuant to the appli-
cation to those countries of the prohibition in section 
404(a);’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘and the amount’’ after ‘‘a descrip-
tion’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:45 Oct 10, 2018
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00093
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2200.RS
H2200
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
‘‘(d) INFORMATION
TO BE INCLUDED
IN ANNUAL 
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT.—If the Secretary of 
State notifies a country pursuant to section 404(b)(2), or 
the President grants a waiver pursuant to section 404(c)(1), 
the Secretary of State shall include, in each report required 
under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), the information required 
to be included in the annual report to Congress under para-
graphs (1) through (5) of subsection (c).’’. 
(d) ELIMINATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT BY AF-
GHAN SECURITY FORCES.— 
(1) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Department of State and the De-
partment of Defense should fully implement the rec-
ommendations in the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction’s 2017 report on Child 
Sexual Assault in Afghanistan. 
(2) REPORT ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of Defense shall report to the 
appropriate congressional committees on the status of 
implementation, within their respective departments, 
of each recommendation included in the report ref-
erenced in paragraph (1). 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:45 Oct 10, 2018
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00094
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2200.RS
H2200
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
(3) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY EFFORTS TO MON-
ITOR ABUSES.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Defense shall report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees on the status of 
interagency efforts to establish effective, coherent, and 
discrete reporting by United States personnel on child 
sexual abuse by Afghan security forces with whom 
they train or advise or to whom they provide assist-
ance. 
(4) 
PRIORITIZATION
AT
MINISTERIAL
CON-
FERENCE
ON
AFGHANISTAN.—The Department of 
State shall ensure that the issue of child sexual as-
sault by Afghan security forces is incorporated and 
elevated as an issue of international concern and 
focus at the next Ministerial Conference on Afghani-
stan, scheduled for November 27-28, 2018, in Geneva, 
Switzerland, with the goal of ending the illegal but 
ongoing practice known as ‘‘bacha bazi’’. 
(5) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:45 Oct 10, 2018
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00095
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2200.RS
H2200
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 
THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT 
OF 2000. 
Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS IN SUP-
PORT OF THE TASK FORCE.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of State, for each of the 
fiscal years 2018 through 2021, $13,822,000 for Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs of the Office to Monitor and Com-
bat Trafficking in Persons, which shall be used to carry 
out sections 105(e), 105(f), and 110, including for addi-
tional personnel.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘$14,500,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$19,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2018 through 2021, of which $3,500,000 is authorized 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:45 Oct 10, 2018
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00096
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2200.RS
H2200
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
to be appropriated for each fiscal year for the Na-
tional Human Trafficking Hotline.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 
(1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
TO
COMBAT
TRAFFICKING.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of State, for each of the fiscal years 2018 
through 2021, $65,000,000, which shall be used— 
‘‘(A) to carry out sections 106 and 107(a); 
‘‘(B) to carry out section 134 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d); 
‘‘(C) to assist countries in meeting the min-
imum standards described in section 108; and 
‘‘(D) for programs and activities on preven-
tion, protection, and prosecution to combat all 
forms of trafficking in persons internationally, 
including training activities for law enforcement 
officers, prosecutors, and members of the judici-
ary with respect to trafficking in persons at the 
International Law Enforcement Academies.’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021.’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:45 Oct 10, 2018
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00097
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2200.RS
H2200
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS