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curity, human rights and dignity of the civilian 
population; 
(B) within the context of a comprehensive 
program to strengthen the rule of law and im-
prove the administration of justice; and 
(C) in conjunction with a system to mon-
itor and evaluate the impact of such advice, 
training, and equipment. 
SEC. 3302. GLOBAL RULE OF LAW POLICY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 
a Global Rule of Law Policy Committee (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’), to include the 
Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator, and the heads 
of other Federal agencies engaged in rule of law assist-
ance. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Committee shall 
be to promote coordination among Federal agencies car-
rying out rule of law assistance and to build capacity to 
provide such assistance effectively. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Committee shall have the author-
ity to review any proposed legislative or legal advice to 
be provided by private contractors to foreign law enforce-
ment agencies. 
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(d) COORDINATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee 
shall establish a plan for the coordination of rule of law 
assistance, including— 
(1) building capacity within the United States 
Government to provide expert, long-term advice and 
training for foreign civilian law enforcement agencies 
and judicial systems; 
(2) utilizing such capacity currently existing 
within other donor countries and international and 
nongovernmental organizations; 
(3) delineating the roles and responsibilities of 
each Federal agency in carrying out rule of law as-
sistance; 
(4) establishing general policies and principles 
guiding the provision of rule of law assistance; and 
(5) ensuring policy and program coordination 
among Federal agencies carrying out rule of law as-
sistance. 
(e) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The coordination 
plan required under subsection (d) shall be transmitted 
to the appropriate congressional committees and made 
publicly available on the Internet. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘rule of 
law assistance’’ means assistance under this or any other 
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Act to combat crime, improve law enforcement, and 
strengthen the administration of justice in a foreign coun-
try, including assistance under sections 1803, 3303, and 
5203. 
SEC. 3303. ASSISTANCE FOR RULE OF LAW. 
(a) NONLETHAL ASSISTANCE.—The President is au-
thorized to provide training, advice, and nonlethal equip-
ment to eligible foreign law enforcement agencies to im-
prove the capacity of such agencies to— 
(1) protect the safety and security of civilian 
populations, including through community policing; 
(2) promote respect for human rights and due 
process of law; 
(3) prevent and respond to violence against 
women and girls; 
(4) reduce organized crime, corruption, and fi-
nancial crimes; 
(5) carry out investigative and forensic func-
tions; 
(6) bring penal institutions into conformity with 
international humanitarian standards; 
(7) develop training curricula; 
(8) manage human and financial resources and 
carry out administrative functions, including internal 
discipline procedures; 
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(9) conduct strategic planning and institutional 
reform consistent with civilian democratic control; 
(10) institute effective mechanisms for account-
ability and oversight; 
(11) develop constructive relationships with the 
communities they serve; 
(12) prevent disputes from escalating into vio-
lence; 
(13) respond appropriately and effectively in 
disasters and emergencies; 
(14) control and protect land, air and maritime 
borders, and enforce customs; 
(15) participate in international peace support 
operations; 
(16) monitor and enforce sanctions regimes; 
(17) detect and interdict trafficking in persons, 
weapons, narcotics, and other contraband; 
(18) conduct maritime law enforcement and 
border control; and 
(19) combat terrorism and violent extremism. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.—The President is 
authorized to assist eligible foreign law enforcement agen-
cies to improve administration of justice, including 
through— 
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(1) revision and modernization of legal codes 
and procedures; 
(2) improving transparency and efficiency of ju-
dicial processes; 
(3) professional training, scholarships, and ex-
changes of lawyers, judges, and other judicial offi-
cials; 
(4) building administrative and financial man-
agement capacity in the justice sector; 
(5) programs to enhance protection of witnesses 
and participants in judicial cases; 
(6) strengthening professional organizations in 
order to promote services to members and the role 
of the bar in judicial selection, enforcement of eth-
ical standards, and legal reform; 
(7) increasing the availability of legal materials 
and publications; 
(8) developing systems to ensure competent de-
fense of indigent clients charged with crimes; 
(9) enhancing access of crime victims to legal 
information and services; and 
(10) programs to strengthen respect for the 
rule of law and internationally recognized human 
rights. 
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(c) ELIGIBLE AGENCIES.—A foreign law enforcement 
agency shall be eligible for assistance under this section 
only if— 
(1) the President determines, and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees not less than 
15 days in advance of providing such assistance, 
that such agency has demonstrated a commitment to 
improving protection of the security, human rights, 
and dignity of the civilian population; 
(2) the assistance will be used to strengthen 
democratic control over the police or prison author-
ity or to improve adherence to international human 
rights standards; and 
(3) such agency is not otherwise prohibited by 
any provision of this Act from receiving assistance. 
(d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall, not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, conduct a review of the 
effectiveness and results of rule of law programs supported 
by the United States Government over the prior 5-year 
period, including their outcomes for human rights, in 
order to determine best practices and lessons learned for 
future programming. 
(e) PARTICIPATION IN FOREIGN POLICE ACTIONS.— 
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(1) PROHIBITION ON EFFECTING AN ARREST.— 
No officer or employee of the United States may di-
rectly effect an arrest in any foreign country as part 
of any foreign police action, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law. 
(2) PARTICIPATION
IN
ARREST
ACTIONS.— 
Paragraph (1) does not prohibit an officer or em-
ployee of the United States, with the approval of the 
United States chief of mission, from being present 
when foreign officers are effecting an arrest or from 
assisting foreign officers who are effecting an arrest. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR EXIGENT, THREATENING 
CIRCUMSTANCES.—Paragraph (1) does not prohibit 
an officer or employee from taking direct action to 
protect life or safety if exigent circumstances arise 
which are unanticipated and which pose an imme-
diate threat to United States officers or employees, 
officers or employees of a foreign government, or 
members of the public. 
(4) EXCEPTION FOR MARITIME LAW ENFORCE-
MENT.—With the agreement of a foreign country, 
paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to mari-
time law enforcement operations in the territorial 
sea or archipelagic waters of that country. 
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(5) EXCEPTION FOR STATUS OF FORCES AR-
RANGEMENTS.—This subsection does not apply to 
the activities of the United States Armed Forces in 
carrying out their responsibilities under applicable 
status of forces arrangements. 
SEC. 3304. DEFINITION. 
In this subtitle, the term ‘‘foreign law enforcement 
agency’’ means an agency— 
(1) with domestic arrest powers; 
(2) responsible for internal security, including 
the protection of life and property; and 
(3) that does not report to a defense ministry 
or similar or related entity of a foreign government 
and is not a military force. 
Subtitle D—Child Protection 
SEC. 3401. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (Public Law 106–386) and subsequent reau-
thorization Acts establish a comprehensive frame-
work for monitoring and combating human traf-
ficking, including that of children; 
(2) under the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000, the Secretary annually identifies coun-
tries that do not comply with minimum standards 
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for the elimination of trafficking, some of which are 
making significant efforts to bring themselves into 
compliance; 
(3) additional incentives should be provided to 
encourage countries to protect and rescue children 
subjected to severe forms of trafficking or sexual ex-
ploitation; and 
(4) such incentives can be provided in the form 
of assistance to countries that— 
(A) have a significant prevalence of traf-
ficking in children; 
(B) agree to address institutional weak-
nesses within the government that result in the 
failure to protect vulnerable children and to res-
cue and properly rehabilitate victims; and 
(C) agree to enhance efforts to apprehend 
perpetrators who engage in severe forms of 
trafficking in children and bring them to justice 
in national courts of law. 
SEC. 3402. CHILD PROTECTION COMPACTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons 
and in consultation with the Senior Policy Operating 
Group on Trafficking in Persons, is authorized to enter 
into a compact described in subsection (b) with an eligible 
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country described in subsection (c) to protect and rescue 
children subjected to severe forms of trafficking or sexual 
exploitation. Such compact shall be known as a ‘‘Child 
Protection Compact’’. 
(b) COMPACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A compact described in this 
subsection is an agreement between the United 
States and an eligible country that establishes a 
multiyear plan to protect and rescue children sub-
jected to severe forms of trafficking or sexual exploi-
tation. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—A compact shall contain— 
(A) the specific objectives that the country 
and the United States expect to achieve during 
the term of the compact; 
(B) the responsibilities of the country and 
the United States in the achievement of such 
objectives; 
(C) the particular programs or initiatives 
to be undertaken in the achievement of such ob-
jectives and the amount of funding to be allo-
cated to each program or initiative; 
(D) regular outcome indicators to monitor 
and measure progress toward achieving such 
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objectives, including indicators for each pro-
gram or initiative; 
(E) a multi-year financial plan, including 
the estimated amount of contributions by the 
United States and the country; and 
(F) the strategy of the country to sustain 
progress made toward achieving such objectives 
after expiration of the compact. 
(3) PROGRAMS
AND
INITIATIVES.—Programs 
and initiatives under a compact may include— 
(A) evaluating legal standards and prac-
tices and recommending improvements that will 
increase the likelihood of successful prosecu-
tions; 
(B) training anti-trafficking police and in-
vestigators; 
(C) increasing public awareness of the 
risks and dangers of child trafficking; 
(D) building cooperation between domestic 
nongovernmental organizations and law enforce-
ment agencies to identify and rescue victims; 
(E) making courts more friendly to vic-
tims; 
(F) providing rehabilitation and reintegra-
tion services for rescued children; 
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