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and services under section 412(d) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(d)) 
until the earlier of— 
(i) the date on which the child reaches 
the age designated in section 412(d)(2)(B) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)(B)); or 
(ii) the date on which the child is 
placed in a permanent adoptive home. 
(B) STATE REIMBURSEMENT.—If State fos-
ter care funds are expended on behalf of a child 
who is not described in subparagraph (A) and 
has been granted special immigrant status under 
section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)), the 
Federal Government shall reimburse the State in 
which the child resides for such expenditures by 
the State. 
(5) STATE COURTS ACTING IN LOCO PARENTIS.— 
A department or agency of a State, or an individual 
or entity appointed by a State court or juvenile court 
located in the United States, acting in loco parentis, 
shall not be considered a legal guardian for purposes 
of this section or section 462 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279). 
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(6) TRANSITION
RULE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, an alien described in section 
101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)), as amended by para-
graph (1), may not be denied special immigrant sta-
tus under such section after the date of the enactment 
of this Act based on age if the alien was a child on 
the date on which the alien applied for such status. 
(7) ACCESS TO ASYLUM PROTECTIONS.—Section 
208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1158) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(E) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) shall not apply to an unaccompanied 
alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
279(g))).’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(3), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(C) INITIAL
JURISDICTION.—An asylum 
officer (as defined in section 235(b)(1)(E)) shall 
have initial jurisdiction over any asylum appli-
cation filed by an unaccompanied alien child (as 
defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Secu-
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rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))), regardless of 
whether filed in accordance with this section or 
section 235(b).’’. 
(8) SPECIALIZED NEEDS OF CHILDREN.—Appli-
cations for asylum and other forms of relief from re-
moval in which a child is the principal applicant 
shall be governed by regulations which take into ac-
count the specialized needs of children and which ad-
dress both procedural and substantive aspects of han-
dling children’s cases. 
(f) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Attorney General shall provide specialized 
training to all Federal personnel who come into contact 
with unaccompanied alien children. Such personnel shall 
be trained to work with unaccompanied alien children, in-
cluding identifying children who are a victim of a severe 
form of trafficking in persons, and children for whom asy-
lum or special immigrant relief may be appropriate, in-
cluding children described in subsection (b)(2). 
(g) AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT 
OF 2002.— 
(1) 
ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 
462(b)(1)(L) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 279(b)(1)(L)) is amended by striking the pe-
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riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, including regular fol-
low-up visits to such facilities, placements, and other 
entities, to assess the continued suitability of such 
placements.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS.—Section 462(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
279(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (1)(G),’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1),’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
paragraph (2)(B) may be construed to require that a 
bond be posted for an unaccompanied alien child who 
is released to a qualified sponsor.’’. 
(h) DEFINITION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘unaccompanied alien child’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 462(g) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)). 
(2) CLARIFICATION
OF
DEFINITION.—For the 
purposes of section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)) and this section, 
a parent or legal guardian shall not be considered to 
be available to provide care and physical custody of 
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an alien child unless such parent is in the physical 
presence of, and able to exercise parental responsibil-
ities over, such child at the time of such child’s appre-
hension and during the child’s detention. 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on 
the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(j) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to all 
aliens in the United States before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(k) GRANTS
AND
CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services may award grants to, and 
enter into contracts with, voluntary agencies to carry out 
this section and section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279). 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATIONS OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 301. TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 
Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘104,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
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‘‘$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2011’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘$1,500,000 for addi-
tional personnel for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2011’’ after ‘‘Office to Monitor 
and Combat Trafficking’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2006 and 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2008 through 2011’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of the fis-
cal years 2008 through 2011’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2004, 2005, 2006, and 
2007’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2008 through 2011’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘To carry out the 
purposes of section 107(a)(1)(F), there 
are authorized to be appropriated to 
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(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘$250,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$500,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2011’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 109’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 134 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as added by section 
109)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2011’’; and 
(C) 
in 
paragraph 
(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$300,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$500,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2011’’; 
(6) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
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‘‘$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
2011’’; 
(7) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2006’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2011’’; and 
(8) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘$18,000,000’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘$18,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
2011’’. 
SEC. 302. TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHOR-
IZATION ACT OF 2005. 
The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7) of section 102(b), by strik-
ing ‘‘2006 and 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 
2011’’; 
(2) in subsection (b) of section 105, by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection, there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Labor $1,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c) of section 201— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 
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2007’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘$3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2011’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,000,000’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’; 
(4) in subsection (d) of section 202, by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2011’’; 
(5) in subsection (g) of section 203, by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2011’’; and 
(6) in subsection (d) of section 204, by striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2011’’. 
SEC. 303. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
The amendments made by sections 301 and 302 shall 
not be construed to affect the availability of funds appro-
priated pursuant to the authorizations of appropriations 
under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (divi-
sion A of Public Law 106–386; 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and 
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the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–164) before the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 304. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TRAFFICKING
VICTIMS
PROTECTION
ACT
OF 
2000.—Sections 103(1) and 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(1) and 
7103(d)(7)) are amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Inter-
national Relations’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
(b) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHOR-
IZATION ACT OF 2005.—Section 102(b)(6) and subsections 
(c)(2)(B)(i) and (e)(2) of section 104 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–164) are amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Inter-
national Relations’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
TITLE IV—PREVENTION OF THE 
USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Child Soldier Preven-
tion Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
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(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(2) CHILD SOLDIER.—Consistent with the provi-
sions of the Optional Protocol, the term ‘‘child sol-
dier’’— 
(A) means— 
(i) any person under age 18 who takes 
a direct part in hostilities as a member of 
governmental armed forces; 
(ii) any person under age 18 who has 
been compulsorily recruited into govern-
mental armed forces; 
(iii) any person under age 16 volun-
tarily recruited into governmental armed 
forces; and 
(iv) any person under age 18 recruited 
or used in hostilities by armed forces dis-
tinct from the armed forces of a state; and 
(B) includes any person described in clauses 
(ii), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A) who is 
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serving in any capacity, including in a support 
role such as a cook, porter, messenger, medic, 
guard, or sex slave. 
(3) OPTIONAL PROTOCOL.—The term ‘‘Optional 
Protocol’’ means the Optional Protocol to the Conven-
tion on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of 
Children in Armed Conflict, which establishes 18 as 
the minimum age for conscription or forced recruit-
ment and requires states party to ensure that mem-
bers of their armed forces under the age of 18 do not 
take a direct part in hostilities 
(4) UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.—The term 
‘‘United States Munitions List’’ means the list re-
ferred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
SEC. 403. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) According to the September 7, 2005, report 
to the General Assembly of the United Nations by the 
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for 
Children and Armed Conflict, ‘‘In the last decade, two 
million children have been killed in situations of 
armed conflict, while six million children have been 
permanently disabled or injured. Over 250,000 chil-
dren continue to be exploited as child soldiers and 
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tens of thousands of girls are being subjected to rape 
and other forms of sexual violence.’’. 
(2) According to the Center for Emerging 
Threats and Opportunities (CETO), Marine Corps 
Warfighting Laboratory, ‘‘The Child Soldier Phe-
nomenon has become a post-Cold War epidemic that 
has proliferated to every continent with the exception 
of Antarctica and Australia.’’. 
(3) Many of the children currently serving in 
armed forces or paramilitaries were forcibly con-
scripted through kidnapping or coercion, a form of 
human trafficking, while others joined military units 
due to economic necessity, to avenge the loss of a fam-
ily member, or for their own personal safety. 
(4) Some military and militia commanders force 
child soldiers to commit gruesome acts of ritual 
killings or torture, including acts of violence against 
other children. 
(5) Many female child soldiers face the addi-
tional psychological and physical horrors of rape and 
sexual abuse, enslavement for sexual purposes by mili-
tia commanders, and severe social stigma should they 
return home. 
(6) Some military and militia commanders tar-
get children for recruitment because of their psycho-
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logical immaturity and vulnerability to manipula-
tion and indoctrination. Children are often separated 
from their families in order to foster dependence on 
military units and leaders. Consequently, many of 
these children suffer from deep trauma and are in 
need of psychological counseling and rehabilitation. 
(7) Child soldiers are exposed to hazardous con-
ditions and are at risk of physical injury and dis-
ability, psychological trauma, sexually transmitted 
diseases, respiratory and skin infections, and often 
death. 
(8) On May 25, 2000, the United Nations adopt-
ed and opened for signature, ratification, and acces-
sion the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the 
Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in 
Armed Conflict. 
(9) On June 18, 2002, the Senate unanimously 
approved the resolution advising and consenting to 
the ratification of the Optional Protocol. 
(10) On December 23, 2002, the United States 
presented the ratified Optional Protocol to the United 
Nations. 
(11) More than 110 governments worldwide have 
ratified the Optional Protocol, establishing a clear 
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international norm concerning the use of children in 
combat. 
(12) On December 2, 1999, the United States 
ratified International Labour Convention 182, the 
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Imme-
diate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms 
of Child Labour, which includes the use of child sol-
diers among the worst forms of child labor. 
(13) On October 7, 2005, the Senate gave its ad-
vice and consent to the ratification of the Protocol to 
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, 
Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the 
United Nations Convention Against Transnational 
Organized Crime. 
(14) It is in the national security interest of the 
United States to reduce the chances that members of 
the United States Armed Forces will be forced to en-
counter children in combat situations. 
(15) Section 502B(a)(3) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(a)(3)) provides that 
‘‘the President is directed to formulate and conduct 
international security assistance programs of the 
United States in a manner which will promote and 
advance human rights and avoid identification of the 
United States, through such programs, with govern-
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ments which deny to their people internationally rec-
ognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, in 
violation of international law or in contravention of 
the policy of the United States as expressed in this 
section or otherwise’’. 
SEC. 404. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States Government should con-
demn the conscription, forced recruitment or use of 
children by governments, paramilitaries, or other or-
ganizations in hostilities; 
(2) the United States Government should support 
and, where practicable, lead efforts to establish and 
uphold international standards designed to end this 
abuse of human rights; 
(3) the United States Government should expand 
ongoing services to rehabilitate recovered child sol-
diers and to reintegrate them back into their commu-
nities by— 
(A) offering ongoing psychological services 
to help victims recover from their trauma and 
relearn how to deal with others in nonviolent 
ways such that they are no longer a danger to 
their community, taking into consideration the 
needs of girl soldiers, who may be at risk of ex-
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clusion from disarmament, demobilization, and 
reintegration programs; 
(B) facilitating reconciliation with their 
communities through negotiations with tradi-
tional leaders and elders to enable recovered 
abductees to resume normal lives in their com-
munities; and 
(C) providing educational and vocational 
assistance; 
(4) the United States should work with the inter-
national community, including, where appropriate, 
third country governments, nongovernmental organi-
zations, faith-based organizations, United Nations 
agencies, local governments, labor unions, and private 
enterprise— 
(A) on efforts to bring to justice rebel orga-
nizations that kidnap children for use as child 
soldiers, including the Lord’s Resistance Army 
(LRA) 
in 
Uganda, 
Fuerzas 
Armadas 
Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), and Lib-
eration Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri 
Lanka, including, where feasible, by arresting 
the leaders of such groups; and 
(B) on efforts to recover those children who 
have been abducted and to assist them in their 
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SEC. 405. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF MILITARY AS-
SISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT 
RECRUIT OR USE CHILD SOLDIERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b), (c), and 
(d), none of the funds made available to carry out sections 
516 or 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321j or 2347) or section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) may be used to provide assistance to, 
and no item on the United States Munition List may be 
exported to, the government of a country that the Secretary 
of State determines has governmental armed forces or gov-
ernment supported armed groups, including paramilitaries, 
militias, or civil defense forces, that recruit or use child sol-
diers. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
AND NOTIFICATION TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.— 
(1) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF FOREIGN GOVERN-
MENTS.—The Secretary of State shall include a list of 
the foreign governments subject to the prohibition in 
subsection (a) in the report required by section 110(b) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107(b)). 
(2) NOTIFICATION TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.— 
The Secretary of State shall formally notify each for-
eign government subject to the prohibition in sub-
section (a). 
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(c) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.— 
(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication to a foreign government of the prohibition 
in subsection (a) if the President determines that such 
waiver is in the interest of the United States. 
(2) 
PUBLICATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—The 
President shall publish each waiver granted under 
paragraph (1) in the Federal Register and shall no-
tify the appropriate congressional committees of each 
such waiver, including the justification for the waiv-
er, in accordance with the regular notification proce-
dures of such committees. 
(d) REINSTATEMENT OF ASSISTANCE.—The President 
may provide to a foreign government assistance otherwise 
prohibited under subsection (a) upon certifying to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that the foreign govern-
ment— 
(1) has implemented effective measures to come 
into compliance with the standards of this title; and 
(2) has implemented effective policies and mech-
anisms to prohibit and prevent future use of child sol-
diers and to ensure that no children are recruited, 
conscripted, or otherwise compelled to serve as child 
soldiers. 
(e) EXCEPTIONS.— 
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(1) ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF 
CHILD SOLDIERS AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE 
MILITARY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The President may pro-
vide to a foreign government assistance under 
section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2347; relating to international mili-
tary education and training) otherwise prohib-
ited under subsection (a) upon certifying to the 
appropriate congressional committees that— 
(i) the government is implementing ef-
fective measures to demobilize child soldiers 
in its forces or in government supported 
paramilitaries and to provide demobiliza-
tion, rehabilitation, and reintegration as-
sistance to those former child soldiers; and 
(ii) the assistance provided by the 
United States Government to the govern-
ment will go to programs that will directly 
support professionalization of the military. 
(B) LIMITATION.—The exception under sub-
paragraph (A) may not remain in effect for 
more than 2 years following the date of notifica-
tion specified in subsection (b)(2). 
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(2) ASSISTANCE
TO
FURTHER
COOPERATION 
WITH
THE
UNITED
STATES
TO
COMBAT
INTER-
NATIONAL TERRORISM.—The President may provide 
to a foreign government assistance under any provi-
sion of law specified in subsection (a) if the purpose 
of the assistance is specifically designed to further co-
operation between the United States and the foreign 
government to combat international terrorism. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—This section 
takes effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and shall apply to funds made available for the first 
fiscal year beginning after such effective date and each sub-
sequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 406. REPORTS. 
(a) PREPARATION OF REPORTS REGARDING CHILD 
SOLDIERS.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
United States missions abroad thoroughly investigate re-
ports of the use of child soldiers in the countries in which 
such missions are located. 
(b) INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS RE-
PORTS.—In preparing those portions of the Department of 
State’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Prac-
tices that relate to child soldiers, the Secretary of State shall 
ensure that such portions include a description of the use 
of child soldiers in each foreign country, including— 
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(1) trends toward improvement in such country 
of the status of child soldiers or the continued or in-
creased tolerance of such practices; and 
(2) the role of the government of such country in 
engaging in or tolerating the use of child soldiers. 
(c) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than June 
15 of each year for 10 years following the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees— 
(1) a list of any waivers or exceptions exercised 
under section 405; 
(2) a justification for those waivers and excep-
tions; and 
(3) a description of any assistance provided pur-
suant to section 405. 
(d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TITLE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall submit to appropriate congressional 
committees a report setting forth a strategy for achieving 
the policy objectives of this title, including a description 
of an effective mechanism for coordination of United States 
Government efforts to implement this strategy. 
(e) REPORT ON CHILD SOLDIERS IN BURMA.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
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gressional committees a report of the recruitment and use 
of child soldiers by the governmental armed forces or gov-
ernment-supported armed groups of the Government of 
Burma, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense 
forces. 
SEC. 407. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 
Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary of State, with the assistance of other 
relevant officials, shall establish as part of the standard 
training provided after January 1, 2008, for members of 
the Service, including chiefs of mission, instruction on mat-
ters related to child soldiers and the terms of the Child Sol-
dier Prevention Act of 2007.’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance 
measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other 
purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 281 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3887 
[Report No. 110–430, Part 1] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 
through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat 
forced labor, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 20, 2007 
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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