ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(f)), 
as amended by section 301, are authorized to be made avail-
able to carry out the purposes described in section 105(b)(2) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)), as amended by subsection 
(a). 
TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING ABROAD 
Subtitle A—Efforts to Combat 
Trafficking 
SEC. 201. INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 
AND 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
TRADE 
REP-
RESENTATIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE INTER-
AGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COM-
BAT TRAFFICKING. 
Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Trade 
Representative,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Education,’’. 
SEC. 202. ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN AND 
SHARE DATA ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING EF-
FORTS. 
Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘the capacity’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a demonstrably increasing capacity’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence; and 
(2) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘consistent with its re-
sources’’ and inserting ‘‘, consistent with a de-
monstrably increasing capacity of such govern-
ment to obtain such data,’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence. 
SEC. 203. APPROPRIATE LISTING OF GOVERNMENTS IN-
VOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘absolute’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘estimated’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and the country is 
not taking proportional concrete actions’’ 
before the semicolon at the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CERTAIN
COUN-
TRIES ON SPECIAL WATCH LIST THAT ARE DOWN-
GRADED AND REINSTATED ON SPECIAL WATCH 
LIST.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs (D) and 
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(E), a country may not be included on the spe-
cial watch list described in subparagraph 
(A)(iii) for more than 1 consecutive year after 
the country— 
‘‘(i) was included on the special watch 
list described in subparagraph (A)(iii) 
for— 
‘‘(I) 2 consecutive years after the 
date of the enactment of subparagraph 
(D); and 
‘‘(II) any additional years after 
such date of enactment as a result of 
the President exercising the waiver au-
thority under subparagraph (D)(ii); 
and 
‘‘(ii) was subsequently included on the 
list of countries described in paragraph 
(1)(C).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) and 
moving such clauses 2 ems to the right; 
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 
redesignated, by striking ‘‘In determinations’’ 
and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In determinations’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) PROOF OF FAILURE TO MAKE SIGNIFI-
CANT
EFFORTS.—In addition to the consider-
ations described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of 
subparagraph (A), in determinations under 
paragraph (1)(C) as to whether the government 
of a country is not making significant efforts to 
bring itself into compliance with the minimum 
standards for the elimination of trafficking, the 
Secretary of State shall consider, as proof of fail-
ure to make significant efforts, a government 
policy or pattern of— 
‘‘(i) trafficking; 
‘‘(ii) trafficking in government-funded 
programs; 
‘‘(iii) forced labor (in government-af-
filiated medical services, agriculture, for-
estry, mining, construction, or other sec-
tors); 
‘‘(iv) sexual slavery in government 
camps, compounds, or outposts; or 
‘‘(v) employing or recruiting child sol-
diers.’’. 
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SEC. 204. REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT 
TRAFFICKING. 
(a) REPORT ON NEW PRACTICES TO COMBAT TRAF-
FICKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for 7 years, the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, shall submit a 
report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives that— 
(A) describes any practices adopted by the 
Department of State or the United States Agency 
for International Development to better combat 
trafficking in persons, in accordance with the re-
port submitted under section 101(b)(4) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2005, in order to reduce the risk of traf-
ficking in post-conflict or post-disaster areas; or 
(B) if no practices referred to in subpara-
graph (A) have been adopted, includes a strategy 
to reduce the risk of trafficking in such areas. 
(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall be posted on a pub-
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licly available internet website of the Department of 
State. 
(b) CHILD PROTECTION STRATEGIES IN WATCH LIST 
COUNTRIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall incorporate into the relevant country develop-
ment cooperation strategy for each country on the list 
described in paragraph (1)(C) of section 110(b) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107(b)) or the special watch list described in para-
graph (2)(A)(iii) of such section, strategies for the 
protection of children and the reduction of the risk of 
trafficking. 
(2) COMPONENTS.—The child protection and 
trafficking reduction strategies required under para-
graph (1) shall— 
(A) address the root causes of insecurity 
that leave children and youth vulnerable to traf-
ficking; and 
(B) include common metrics and indicators 
to monitor progress across Federal agencies to 
prevent, address, and end violence against chil-
dren and youth globally in post-conflict and 
post-disaster areas. 
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SEC. 205. BRIEFING ON COUNTRIES WITH PRIMARILY MI-
GRANT WORKFORCES. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide a briefing 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
that includes, with respect to each country that has a do-
mestic workforce of which more than 80 percent are third- 
country nationals— 
(1) an assessment of the progress made by the 
government of such country toward implementing the 
recommendations with respect to such country con-
tained in the most recent Trafficking in Persons Re-
port submitted by the Secretary under section 110(b) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107(b)), as amended by section 203 of this 
Act; and 
(2) a description of the efforts made by the 
United States to ensure that any domestic worker 
brought into the United States by an official of such 
country is not a victim of trafficking. 
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SEC. 206. REPORT ON RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING FROM THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
AGENCY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and by October 1 of each of the following 4 
years, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives that describes, with respect to the prior fiscal year— 
(1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal 
funds by the Agency for the purpose of combating 
human trafficking and forced labor; and 
(2) with respect to each such obligation or ex-
penditure, the program, project, activity, primary re-
cipient, and any subgrantees or subcontractors. 
Subtitle B—Child Soldier 
Prevention Act of 2018 
SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The recruitment or use of children in armed 
conflict is unacceptable for any government or govern-
ment-supported entity receiving United States assist-
ance. 
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(2) The recruitment or use of children in armed 
conflict, including direct combat, support roles, and 
sexual slavery, occurred during 2016 or 2017 in Af-
ghanistan, Iran, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Sudan, 
Burma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, 
Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. 
(3) Entities of the Government of Afghanistan, 
particularly the Afghan Local Police and Afghan Na-
tional Police, continue to recruit children to serve as 
combatants or as servants, including as sex slaves. 
(4) Police forces of the Government of Afghani-
stan participate in counterterrorism operations, di-
rect and indirect combat, security operations, fight 
alongside regular armies, and are targeted for vio-
lence by the Taliban and other opposition groups. 
(5) In February 2016, a 10-year-old boy was as-
sassinated by the Taliban after he had been publicly 
honored by Afghan local police forces for his assist-
ance in combat operations against the Taliban. 
(6) Recruitment and use of children in armed 
conflict by government forces has continued in South 
Sudan with the return to hostilities. 
(7) At least 19,000 children have been recruited 
since South Sudan’s civil war began in 2013. 
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SEC. 212. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVEN-
TION ACT OF 2008. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 402(2) of the Child Sol-
diers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, police, 
or other security forces’’ after ‘‘governmental armed 
forces’’ each place such term appears; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘clauses’’ 
and inserting ‘‘clause’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, police, or other security 
forces,’’ after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘recruit and use child sol-
diers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit or use child sol-
diers’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 
(2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the date on which each report is submitted 
under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), the 
Secretary of State shall formally notify each gov-
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ernment included in the list under paragraph 
(1) that such government is included in such list. 
‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—As 
soon as practicable after making all of the notifi-
cations required under subparagraph (A) with 
respect to a report, the Secretary of State shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees 
that the requirements of subparagraph (A) have 
been met.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘and certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that the govern-
ment of such country is taking effective and con-
tinuing steps to address the problem of child soldiers’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to a country’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘under section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) through the Defense Institute 
for International Legal Studies or the Center for 
Civil-Military Relations at the Naval Post-Graduate 
School, and may provide nonlethal supplies (as de-
fined in section 2557(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United 
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