Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-2200
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Asia
Assault and harassment offenses
Aviation and airports
Child safety and welfare
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of the Treasury
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Human trafficking
International organizations and cooperation
Labor standards
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Public contracts and procurement
Sanctions
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Visas and passports
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes local educational agencies to establish programs to educate children on the dangers of severe forms of trafficking in persons. 
 
Diplomatic or consular posts shall designate an employee to receive information from any person who was a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons while in the United States. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services may carry out a Human Trafficking Victims Reintegration Through Employment Program. 
 
Department of Justice (DOJ) victim services grants may be used for programs that provide trauma-informed care or long-term housing for: (1) youth transitioning from foster care, and (2) women or girls in underserved populations.
 
Airlines that contract with the federal government shall provide personnel with training in recognizing human trafficking incidents.
 
Federal Acquisition Institute curricula for the acquisition workforce shall include a course on the law relating to human trafficking and government contracting.
 
The United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking Council is extended to September 30, 2020. 
 
The bill sets forth agency actions to prevent funding of human trafficking.
 
DOJ law enforcement grants may be used to designate at least one prosecutor for cases of severe forms of trafficking in persons.
 
Civil damages awarded in an action brought for slavery or trafficking in persons are excluded from gross income.
 
The Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade Representative are included in the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking.
 
The bill provides for transparency in U.S. Agency for International Development anti-trafficking expenditures. 
 
The bill authorizes appropriations through FY2021 for: (1) specified anti-trafficking programs and entities, and (2) U.S. Customs and Border Protection for on-site anti-trafficking training for airport and airline personnel.

action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes programs to combat human trafficking, forced labor, and the use of child soldiers. It also modifies existing programs to address such issues.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to local educational agencies to educate school staff on how to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking, and to educate students on how to avoid becoming trafficking victims.
 
The Department of State shall ensure that each diplomatic or consular post has a designated employee to receive information from severe trafficking victims or information about such victims. The information shall be transmitted to the relevant agencies, and the designated employee shall coordinate with foreign government and groups to provide support to the victims.
 
Domestic air carriers that contract to provide air transportation to the federal government shall report annually various information related to human trafficking. Such information shall include the number of carrier personnel that are trained in detecting and reporting potential trafficking, and the number of notifications of potential human trafficking victims the carrier has received. 
 
The bill directs various government agencies, including the State Department and the Department of Labor, to annually report to the General Services Administration information related to efforts to ensure compliance with various laws and regulations relating to human trafficking. The report shall also contain information on investigations into contractors that may have violated such laws and regulations.
 
Federal Acquisition Institute courses for the acquisition workforce shall contain material on law and regulations relating to human trafficking and federal government contracting.
 
The Department of Justice may make grants for programs to designate a prosecutor for cases involving severe human trafficking. 
 
The State Department shall suspend issuing visas for domestic workers hired by individuals affiliated with an international organization or foreign diplomatic mission, if there is an unpaid judgment related to human trafficking against a person affiliated with that mission. The State Department shall suspend issuing such A-3 or G-5 visas to individuals affiliated with that mission, if the mission refuses to waive diplomatic immunity in a prosecution involving human trafficking.
 
The bill also gives the President authority to investigate or impose sanctions on foreign government officials who participate in or condone severe forms of human trafficking for significant financial gain.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on obstacles to enforcing the prohibition against the importation of goods made by convicts or using forced labor. The report shall address topics including best practices for private employers to comply with the law and federal efforts to enforce the prohibition. 
 
Labor shall, in its public list of goods believed to be produced using forced or child labor, include goods that are produced with inputs made with forced or child labor. 
 
The State Department shall report to Congress annually on its practices and strategies to combat human trafficking in post-conflict or post-disaster areas. It shall also report to Congress on countries that have a workforce that is more than 80% nationals from other countries. The report shall assess each country's progress toward implementing the recommendations from the State Department's most recent Trafficking in Persons Report.
 
The U.S. Agency for International Development shall report annually to Congress on its expenditures and grants for programs to combat human trafficking and forced labor.
 
The bill expands the definition of a &quot;child soldier&quot; as used in the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 to include minors who take part in hostilities as part of police forces or other security forces or recruited into such forces. It also modifies various reporting requirements on issues involving child soldiers. 
 
The State Department shall elevate the issue of child sexual assault by Afghan security forces at the Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan, scheduled for November 27-28, 2018. The Department of Defense shall report to Congress on efforts to establish a mechanism to allow U.S. personnel to report on child sexual abuse by Afghan security forces that work with or are trained by the United States.
 
The bill reauthorizes through FY2021 various programs for combatting human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Became Public Law No: 115-425.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Became Public Law No: 115-425.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-27
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-27
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 7 (Roll no. 487). (text as House agree to Senate amendment: CR H10539-10543)
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 7 (Roll no. 487).(text as House agree to Senate amendment: CR H10539-10543)
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2200.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Mr. Royce (CA) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H10539-10544)
action_date: 2018-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (CR S7631-7636)
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7631-7636; text as reported in Senate: CR S7631-7636)
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5492-5497)
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5492-5497)
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2200.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5492-5503)
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2017-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-05-03
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-05-03
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E590)
action_date: 2017-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-425