Title: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify: (1) the criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, and (2) actions to be taken against countries that fail to meet such standards.
The U.S. Agency for International Development shall incorporate child protection and anti-trafficking strategies into the development strategy for each country on the special watch list.
The bill sets forth child soldier protection provisions.
The U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank shall initiate discussions to develop anti-human trafficking provisions in project development, procurement, and evaluation policies.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1848 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 225
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1848

 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify the 
  criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the minimum 
   standards for the elimination of human trafficking, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2017

   Mr. Corker, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the 
    following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify the 
  criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the minimum 
   standards for the elimination of human trafficking, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (15) as 
        paragraphs (7) through (17), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Concrete actions.--The term `concrete actions' means 
        actions that demonstrate increased efforts by the government of 
        a country to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of 
        trafficking, including any of the following:
                    ``(A) Enforcement actions taken.
                    ``(B) Investigations actively underway.
                    ``(C) Prosecutions conducted.
                    ``(D) Convictions attained.
                    ``(E) Training provided.
                    ``(F) Programs and partnerships actively underway.
                    ``(G) Efforts to prevent severe forms of 
                trafficking, including programs to reduce the 
                vulnerability of particularly vulnerable populations, 
                involving survivors of trafficking in community 
                engagement and policy making, engagement with foreign 
                migrants, ending recruitment fees, and other such 
                measures.
                    ``(H) Victim services offered, including 
                immigration services and restitution.
                    ``(I) The amount of money the government has 
                committed to the actions described in subparagraphs (A) 
                through (H).
            ``(6) Credible evidence.--The term `credible evidence' 
        includes all of the following:
                    ``(A) Reports by the Department of State.
                    ``(B) Reports of other Federal agencies, including 
                the Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by 
                Child Labor or Forced Labor and List of Products 
                Produced by Forced Labor or Indentured Child Labor.
                    ``(C) Documentation provided by a foreign country, 
                including--
                            ``(i) copies of relevant laws, regulations, 
                        and policies adopted or modified; and
                            ``(ii) an official record of enforcement 
                        actions taken, judicial proceedings, training 
                        conducted, consultations conducted, programs 
                        and partnerships launched, and services 
                        provided.
                    ``(D) Materials developed by civil society 
                organizations.
                    ``(E) Information from survivors of human 
                trafficking, vulnerable persons, and whistleblowers.
                    ``(F) All relevant media and academic reports that, 
                in light of reason and common sense, are worthy of 
                belief.
                    ``(G) Information developed by multilateral 
                institutions.
                    ``(H) An assessment of the impact of the actions 
                described in subparagraphs (A) through (I) of paragraph 
                (5) on the prevalence of human trafficking in the 
                country.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT TO 
              STRENGTHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE ROLE OF 
              PRIVATE BUSINESSES IN PREVENTING AND COMBATING CHILD SEX 
              TRAFFICKING.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the President should work with the private sector to 
        explore, develop, and use technology that strengthens Federal 
        law enforcement capabilities to combat traffickers and criminal 
        networks; and
            (2) private businesses, both domestic and international, 
        should take every reasonable step to prevent and combat child 
        sex trafficking.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON PLACEMENT OR RECRUITMENT FEES.

    Section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7104(g) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv) as paragraphs 
        (1) through (4), respectively, and moving such paragraphs 4 ems 
        to the left; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), as redesignated--
                    (A) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (V) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and moving 
                such subparagraphs 4 ems to the left;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated, by 
                redesignating items (aa) and (bb) as clauses (i) and 
                (ii), respectively, and moving such clauses 4 ems to 
                the left; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, by 
                striking ``unreasonable placement or recruitment fees'' 
                and all that follows through the period at the end and 
                inserting ``placement or recruitment fees.''.

SEC. 5. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TRAFFICKING.

    Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and without bias'' after 
                ``vigorously''; and
                    (B) by striking ``if the government'' and inserting 
                the following: ``if--
                    ``(A) the government'';
                    (C) by striking ``such acts and the Secretary'' and 
                inserting the following: ``such acts;
                    ``(B) the Secretary''; and
                    (D) by striking ``such data.'' and inserting the 
                following: ``such data; and
                    ``(C) the Secretary has included a description of 
                such data and a description of such good faith efforts 
                to collect such data in the annual Trafficking in 
                Persons Report.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (7)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and without bias'' after 
                ``vigorously'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or enable'' after ``condone''; 
                and
                    (C) by striking ``if the government'' and inserting 
                the following: ``if--
                    ``(A) the government'';
                    (D) by striking ``such acts and the Secretary'' and 
                inserting the following: ``such acts;
                    ``(B) the Secretary''; and
                    (E) by striking ``such data.'' and inserting the 
                following: ``such data; and
                    ``(C) the Secretary has included a description of 
                such data in the annual Trafficking in Persons 
                Report.''.

SEC. 6. ACTIONS AGAINST GOVERNMENTS FAILING TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS.

    Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7107) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``The report should'' and inserting 
                ``The report shall, to the extent concurrent reporting 
                data is available, cover efforts and activities taking 
                place during the period between April 1 of the year 
                preceding the report and March 31 of the year in which 
                the report is made, and should'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``based only 
                on concrete actions taken by the country that are 
                recorded during the reporting period'' after ``such 
                standards'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``based only 
                on concrete actions taken by the country (excluding any 
                commitments by the country to take additional future 
                steps during the next year) that are recorded during 
                the reporting period'' after ``compliance'';
                    (D) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(C) a list of those countries, if any, to which 
                the minimum standards for the elimination of 
                trafficking are applicable, and whose governments--
                            ``(i) do not fully comply with such 
                        standards and are not making significant 
                        efforts to bring themselves into compliance;
                            ``(ii) tolerate trafficking in government-
                        funded programs; or
                            ``(iii) have a government-supported 
                        practice of--
                                    ``(I) trafficking;
                                    ``(II) facilitating the use of 
                                forced labor (such as in agriculture, 
                                forestry, mining, or construction);
                                    ``(III) permitting sexual slavery 
                                in government camps, compounds, or 
                                outposts; or
                                    ``(IV) employing child soldiers;''.
                    (E) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (F) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (G) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) for each country included in a different list 
                than the country had been placed in the previous annual 
                report, a detailed explanation of how the concrete 
                actions (or lack of such actions) undertaken (or not 
                undertaken) by the country during the previous 
                reporting period contributed to such change, including 
                a clear linkage between such actions and the minimum 
                standards enumerated in section 108.'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)--
                            (i) in subclause (I), by adding ``or'' at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ``; 
                        or'' and inserting a period; and
                            (iii) by striking subclause (III);
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the last 
                annual report'' and inserting ``April 1 of the previous 
                year'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``2008,'' 
                        and all that follows and inserting--
                            ``2008--
                                    ``(I) shall be included on the list 
                                of countries described in paragraph 
                                (1)(C); and
                                    ``(II) shall be required to meet 
                                the requirements specified in paragraph 
                                (1)(B) before the country may be 
                                removed from the list of countries 
                                described in paragraph (1)(C).''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``2 
                        years'' and inserting ``1 year''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (E)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                        striking ``Public'' and inserting 
                        ``Congressional''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``shall provide'' and all 
                        that follows and inserting the following: 
                        ``shall--
                            ``(i) provide a detailed description of the 
                        credible evidence supporting such determination 
                        on a publicly available website maintained by 
                        the Department of State; and
                            ``(ii) offer to brief the Committee on 
                        Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
                        Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
                        Representatives on any written plan submitted 
                        by the country under subparagraph (D)(ii)(I), 
                        with an opportunity to review the written 
                        plan.'';
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the semicolon 
                at the end and inserting a period; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) the extent to which the government of the 
                country is devoting sufficient budgetary resources--
                            ``(i) to investigate and prosecute acts of 
                        severe trafficking in persons;
                            ``(ii) to convict and sentence persons 
                        responsible for such acts; and
                            ``(iii) to obtain restitution for victims 
                        of human trafficking;
                    ``(E) the extent to which the government of the 
                country is devoting sufficient budgetary resources--
                            ``(i) to protect and rehabilitate victims 
                        of trafficking in persons; and
                            ``(ii) to prevent severe forms of 
                        trafficking in persons; and
                    ``(F) the extent to which the government of the 
                country has consulted with domestic and international 
                civil society organizations to improve the provision of 
                services to victims of trafficking in persons.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Action plans for countries upgraded to tier 2 
        watchlist.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                release of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, 
                the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office to Monitor and 
                Combat Trafficking and the Assistant Secretary of the 
                appropriate regional bureau, in consultation with 
                appropriate officials from the government of each 
                country described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), shall--
                            ``(i) prepare an action plan for each 
                        country upgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 2 
                        Watchlist to further improve such country's 
                        tier ranking under this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) present the relevant action plan to 
                        the government of each such country.
                    ``(B) Coordination.--The United States Ambassador 
                or Charge d'Affaires of the country for which an action 
                plan is being prepared, in consultation with the 
                Ambassador-at-Large of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
                Trafficking in Persons, shall be responsible for 
                coordinating all necessary diplomatic engagement to 
                prepare such plan.
                    ``(C) Contents.--Each action plan prepared under 
                this paragraph--
                            ``(i) shall include specific concrete 
                        actions to be taken by the country to 
                        substantively address deficiencies preventing 
                        the country from meeting Tier 2 standards, 
                        based on credible evidence; and
                            ``(ii) should be focused on short-term and 
                        multiyear goals.
                    ``(D) Briefings.--The Ambassador-at-Large of the 
                Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking and all 
                appropriate regional Assistant Secretaries shall make 
                themselves available to brief the Committee on Foreign 
                Relations of the Senate, the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives on the implementation of each action 
                plan prepared under this paragraph.
                    ``(E) Savings provision.--Nothing in this paragraph 
                may be construed as modifying--
                            ``(i) minimum standards for the elimination 
                        of trafficking under section 108; or
                            ``(ii) the actions against governments 
                        failing to meet minimum standards under this 
                        section or the criteria for placement on the 
                        Special Watch List under paragraph (2).''.

SEC. 7. COMMUNICATION WITH GOVERNMENTS OF COUNTRIES DESIGNATED AS TIER 
              2 WATCH LIST COUNTRIES ON THE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 
              REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Not less than annually, the Secretary of State 
shall provide, to the foreign minister of each country that has been 
downgraded to a ``Tier 2 Watch List'' country pursuant to the 
Trafficking in Persons report submitted under section 110(b) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b))--
            (1) a copy of the annual Trafficking in Persons report; and
            (2) information pertinent to that country's downgrade, 
        including--
                    (A) confirmation of the country's designation to 
                the Tier 2 Watch List;
                    (B) the implications associated with such 
                designation and the consequences for the country of a 
                downgrade to Tier 3;
                    (C) the factors that contributed to the downgrade; 
                and
                    (D) the steps that the country must take to be 
                considered for an upgrade in status of designation.
    (b) Sense of Congress Regarding Communications.--It is the sense of 
Congress that, given the gravity of a Tier 2 Watch List designation, 
the Secretary of State should communicate the information described in 
subsection (a) to the foreign minister of any country downgraded to the 
Tier 2 Watch List.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7110) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations in Support of the Task 
Force.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
State, for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2023, $12,500,000 for 
Diplomatic and Consular Programs of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking in Persons, which shall be used to carry out sections 
105(e), 105(f), and 110, including for additional personnel.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations for the Department of 
State.--
            ``(1) Assistance to combat trafficking.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, for 
        each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2023, $64,800,000, 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 minimum 
                standards described in section 108; and
                    ``(D) for programs and activities on prevention, 
                protection, and prosecution to combat all forms of 
                trafficking in persons internationally, including 
                training activities for law enforcement officers, 
                prosecutors, and members of the judiciary with respect 
                to trafficking in persons at the International Law 
                Enforcement Academies.
            ``(2) End modern slavery initiative.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                appropriated to the Department of State, for each of 
                the fiscal years 2021 through 2023, $37,500,000, which 
                shall be used to reduce the prevalence of modern 
                slavery globally.
                    ``(B) Use of funds.--The Secretary of State may 
                obligate amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph 
                (A), on an incremental basis--
                            ``(i) to carry out the grant program 
                        authorized under section 1298(b) of the 
                        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
                        Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114 note); and
                            ``(ii) to ensure the effective and 
                        efficient implementation of program 
                        activities.'';
            (3) by striking subsection (e); and
            (4) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) as 
        subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively.

SEC. 9. REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING.

    (a) Report on New Practices to Combat Trafficking.--
            (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 consultation 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 or the Agency--
                            (i) to better combat trafficking in 
                        persons, in accordance with the results of the 
                        study conducted under section 101(b) of the 
                        Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
                        Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164); and
                            (ii) to reduce the risk of trafficking in 
                        post-conflict or post-disaster areas; or
                    (B) includes a strategy to reduce the risk of 
                trafficking in the areas referred to in subparagraph 
                (A)(ii), if none of the practices referred to in 
                subparagraph (A) have been adopted.
            (2) Public availability.--Each report submitted under 
        paragraph (1) shall be posted on a publicly available website 
        of the Department of State.
    (b) Child Protection Strategies in Watch List Countries.--The 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 
shall incorporate into the relevant country development cooperation 
strategy for each country on the special watch list described in 
paragraph (2)(A) of section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) or on the list described in 
paragraph (1)(C) of such section, strategies for the protection of 
children and the reduction of the risk of trafficking.

SEC. 10. CHILD SOLDIER PREVENTION.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Child Soldier 
Prevention Act of 2017''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The recruitment or use of children in armed conflict is 
        unacceptable for any government or government-supported entity 
        receiving United States assistance.
            (2) The recruitment or use of children in armed conflict, 
        including direct combat, support roles, and sexual slavery, 
        occurred during 2015 and 2016 in Afghanistan, 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 the Afghan National Police, 
        continue to recruit children to serve as combatants or as 
        servants, including as sex slaves.
            (4) Police forces of the Government of Afghanistan 
        participate in counterterrorism operations, direct and indirect 
        combat, and security operations, fight alongside regular 
        armies, and are targeted for violence by the Taliban and by 
        other opposition groups.
            (5) In February 2016, a 10-year-old boy was assassinated by 
        the Taliban after he had been publically honored by Afghan 
        local police forces for his assistance in combat operations 
        against the Taliban.
            (6) The recruitment and use of children in armed conflict 
        by government forces continued during 2016 in South Sudan with 
        the return to hostilities.
            (7) At least 650 children have been recruited and used in 
        armed conflict in South Sudan during 2016, and at least 16,000 
        children have been recruited since that country's civil war 
        began in 2013.
    (c) Amendments to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.--
            (1) Definitions.--Section 402 of the Child Soldiers 
        Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, 
                        police, or other security forces'' after 
                        ``governmental armed forces'' each place such 
                        phrase appears; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``clauses'' and inserting ``clause''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Nonlethal supplies.--The term `nonlethal supplies' 
        means property, other than real property, of the Department of 
        Defense that is not a weapon, ammunition, or other equipment or 
        material that is designed to inflict serious bodily harm or 
        death.''.
            (2) Prohibition.--Section 404 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2370c-
        1) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, police, other security 
                        forces,'' after ``governmental armed forces''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``recruit and use child 
                        soldiers'' and inserting ``recruit or use child 
                        soldiers'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to 
                read as follows:
            ``(2) Notification.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 45 days after the 
                submission of each report required 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 government included in the list required 
                under paragraph (1) of its inclusion on such list.
                    ``(B) Congressional notification.--As soon as 
                practicable after making all of the notifications 
                required under subparagraph (A) with respect to a 
                report, the Secretary of State shall notify the 
                appropriate congressional committees that the 
                requirements under subparagraph (A) have been 
                completed.''; and
                    (C) 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 to a country subject 
                to the prohibition under subsection (a)''.
            (3) Reports.--Section 405 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2370c-2) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) 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'';
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
                        and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), 
                        respectively;
                            (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
                        following:
            ``(2) a description and the amount of any assistance 
        withheld under this title pursuant to the application of the 
        prohibition under section 404(a) to those countries;''; and
                            (iv) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by 
                        inserting ``and the amount'' after ``a 
                        description''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Information To Be Included in Annual Trafficking in Persons 
Report.--If a country is notified pursuant to section 404(b)(2), or if 
a waiver is granted 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 under 
subsection (c).''.

SEC. 11. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING 
              INTERVENTIONS IN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

    (a) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Department of State's Ambassador at Large for Monitoring and 
Combating Trafficking in Persons, shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to initiate 
discussions with the other executive directors and management of the 
respective multilateral development bank to--
            (1) further develop anti-human trafficking provisions in 
        relevant project development, safeguards, procurement, and 
        evaluation policies;
            (2) employing a risk-based approach, require human 
        trafficking risk assessments and integration plans as a routine 
        part of developing projects through existing, forthcoming or 
        new mechanisms and processes;
            (3) support analyses of the impact of severe forms of 
        trafficking in persons on key indicators of economic and social 
        development and of the benefits of reducing human trafficking 
        on economic and social development;
            (4) support the proactive integration of effective anti-
        trafficking interventions into projects with the objectives of 
        enhancing development outcomes and reducing the incidence of 
        severe forms of trafficking in project areas;
            (5) increase the capacity of multilateral development banks 
        and of recipient governments to conduct human trafficking risk 
        assessments and integrate anti-trafficking interventions into 
        projects;
            (6) support the development of meaningful risk mitigation 
        and reduction policies, regulations, and strategies within the 
        multilateral development banks to reduce the incidence and 
        prevalence of severe forms of trafficking in persons and 
        enhance development outcomes that may be improved by reducing 
        the incidence and prevalence of human trafficking; and
            (7) support the inclusion of human trafficking risk 
        analysis in the development of relevant 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 and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives on the implementation of this section.
                                                       Calendar No. 225

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1848

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify the 
  criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the minimum 
   standards for the elimination of human trafficking, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 19, 2017

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar