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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prevention of Escapement of 
Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF GENETICALLY ALTERED SALMON.

    (a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for a person--
            (1) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase a 
        covered fish, or a product containing covered fish, in 
        interstate or foreign commerce;
            (2) to have custody, control, or possession of, with the 
        intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase a 
        covered fish, or a product containing covered fish, in 
        interstate commerce;
            (3) to engage in net-pen aquaculture of covered fish;
            (4) to release a covered fish into a natural environment; 
        or
            (5) to have custody, control, or possession of a covered 
        fish with the intent to release it into a natural environment.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a fish, fish 
part, or product--
            (1) under confined use, or intended for confined use, for 
        scientific research;
            (2) collected for the purpose of enforcing this Act; or
            (3) if the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
        Atmosphere, in consultation with the Director of the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service and any other Federal, State, 
        or tribal entity the Under Secretary considers appropriate, 
        reviews any application requesting an action by a department or 
        agency of the Federal government to permit an act prohibited 
        under subsection (a), including any environmental assessment 
        prepared as part of that application, and--
                    (A) prepares a finding of no significant impact in 
                accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
                of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
                    (B) finds the application to be consistent with an 
                environmental impact statement prepared by the Under 
                Secretary in accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the 
                National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
                4332) that includes--
                            (i) an environmental risk analysis that 
                        assesses the potential direct and indirect 
                        impacts from escapement of covered fish on wild 
                        and cultured fish stocks and environments that 
                        may be exposed to such covered fish;
                            (ii) a failure mode and effects analysis 
                        that quantitatively assesses the best- and 
                        worst-case probabilities of failure of each 
                        applicable confinement technique;
                            (iii) an assessment of the costs of control 
                        or eradication of escaped covered fish; and
                            (iv) an assessment of the potential 
                        economic damage in terms of loss of production 
                        or sales to relevant wild and cultured fish 
                        stocks and environments from the escapement of 
                        covered fish.
    (c) Environmental Impact Considerations.--
            (1) Notice.--Each agency, department, or other unit of the 
        Federal Government shall promptly notify the Under Secretary of 
        Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere when an action involving 
        covered fish, or a product containing covered fish is first 
        identified by such unit.
            (2) Ensuring compliance.--The Under Secretary of Commerce 
        for Oceans and Atmosphere, in cooperation with each Federal, 
        State, or tribal entity that the Under Secretary considers 
        appropriate, may monitor any mitigation measures proposed under 
        subsection (b)(3) to ensure implementation and compliance 
        therewith.
            (3) Provisions as complementary.--The provisions of this 
        Act are in addition to, and shall not affect the operation of, 
        other Federal, State, or local laws regulating a covered fish, 
        or a product containing covered fish.
    (d) Rules and Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
rules and regulations as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES.

    (a) Enforcement.--The Secretary of Commerce may enforce section 2 
in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
powers, and duties provided under sections 308, 309, 310, and 311 of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861).
    (b) Penalties.--A person who violates section 2 shall be subject to 
the penalties, and entitled to the privileges and immunities, under 
sections 308, 309, 310, and 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861).

SEC. 4. REPORT ON RISKS TO WILD FISH STOCKS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall 
transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives the report under section 1007 of the Food and Drug 
Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (21 U.S.C. 2106).

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Confined use.--The term ``confined use'' means any 
        operation, undertaken within a secured, land-based facility, 
        that involves a covered fish controlled by specific measures 
        that effectively prevent the covered fish from having contact 
        with and impact on the external environment, including 
        biological and physical confinement measures.
            (2) Covered fish.--The term ``covered fish'' means any 
        finfish, live or dead, including the gametes, fertilized eggs, 
        offspring, and descendants thereof, that is modified or 
        produced through the application of recombinant 
        deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technologies, using DNA from an 
        organism's own genome or that of another species, that overcome 
        natural physiological reproductive barriers and that are not 
        techniques used in traditional breeding and selection.
            (3) Finding of no significant impact.--The term ``finding 
        of no significant impact'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 1508.13 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (4) Product.--The term ``product'' means an item 
        manufactured or produced for sale or use as food.
[EX A]: Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act  This bill prohibits a person from:   shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a genetically altered finfish, or a food product containing those fish, in commerce;  having custody, control, or possession of those fish or food products with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase them in commerce;  engaging in net-pen aquaculture (pens of fish contained by nets) of those fish;  releasing those fish into a natural environment; or  having custody, control, or possession of those fish with the intent to release them into a natural environment.    Fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this Act are exempted from the prohibition. An additional exemption is established if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 after reviewing an application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this Act, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage. Each federal agency must promptly notify NOAA when an action involving those fish or food products is first identified by the agency. The Department of Commerce may enforce penalties for violations of this Act under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National High Performance Passenger 
Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish an initiative to 
promote passenger rail operations and transportation-oriented 
development by creating incentives for communities to encourage 
dedicated revenue sources for urban and regional rail corridor 
development.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary shall appoint a Planning 
Developer to oversee implementation of this initiative. The Planning 
Developer shall report to the Secretary.
    (c) Coordinating Committee.--The Secretary shall harmonize planning 
requirements and direct coordination and administration of the 
initiative between the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal 
Transit Administration. The Secretary shall appoint a Transportation-
Oriented Development Coordinating Committee composed of the Planning 
Developer as Chair, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration, and the Administrator of the Federal Transit 
Administration.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL INCENTIVES.

    (a) Qualified Projects.--
            (1) Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish criteria for 
        the designation of projects qualified for Federal incentives 
        pursuant to this section and the amendments made by this 
        section.
            (2) Types of projects that may qualify.--Projects that may 
        qualify for Federal incentives pursuant to this section and the 
        amendments made by this section are those that contribute to 
        the generation of revenue by the capture of increasing value 
        from development around station areas, as defined by the 
        Secretary, which are likely to make long-term contributions to 
        rail corridor development funds or similar mechanisms that help 
        finance intercity and urban passenger rail infrastructure or 
        operating expenses. Such commercial development or other 
        projects designated as qualified by the Secretary may generate 
        revenue for transportation-oriented development and rail 
        operations in the region by increasing the tax base, promoting 
        job growth, promoting cost effectiveness, facilitating 
        intermodal connectivity, combining congestion relief with 
        station development, stimulating economic development, or any 
        other appropriate means. The capture of increased value shall 
        be through the establishment of special assessment districts or 
        similar mechanisms, and distribution of revenues shall be 
        through rail corridor development funds or similar mechanisms 
        established within the regions.
            (3) Designated coordinating authority.--The Secretary shall 
        designate a State authority, or regional commission in 
        appropriate regions of the country as defined by the Secretary, 
        that petitions the Secretary to participate in the initiative 
        established under section 2. Such designated entity shall 
        provide for coordination among stakeholders, local governments, 
        and private developers in the defined region, and shall endorse 
        each project of, and be the lead party in, an application for 
        Federal incentives pursuant to this section and the amendments 
        made by this section.
    (b) Railroad Rehabilitation Improvement Financing.--Section 502 of 
the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 
U.S.C. 822) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (5);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (6) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(7) persons conducting a qualified project (as defined in 
        section 8 of the National High Performance Passenger Rail 
        Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2012).''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (B);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (C) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) conduct a qualified project (as defined by 
                the Secretary under section 3 of the National High 
                Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented 
                Development Act of 2012.''.
    (c) Transportation Infrastructure Finance.--Section 601(a)(8) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) a qualified project (as defined by the 
                Secretary under section 3 of the National High 
                Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented 
                Development Act of 2012).''.
    (d) Application Priority.--In general, Federal applications to the 
Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Transit Administration for 
railroad projects that participate in the transportation-oriented 
development program under this Act shall receive a priority for funding 
in the application decision process.
    (e) Administrative Costs.--For administrative costs to carry out 
this Act, including contracting with and support for the Planning 
Developer and transportation-oriented development initial 
administrative costs of the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal 
Transit Administration for the first 5 years, the Secretary may use 
such funds as necessary which are appropriated for carrying out chapter 
6 of title 23, United States Code.
    (f) Revenue Neutral Program Cost.--The Secretary may establish a 
mechanism whereby amounts used under subsection (e) will be repaid to 
the Secretary for use in carrying out chapter 6 of title 23, United 
States Code. Repayment shall be derived from a small fee to all 
recipients of funding provided under subsection (e). The repayment 
shall commence upon substantial completion of qualified projects.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) National Technical Assistance.--The program established under 
this Act shall provide technical assistance to the States with respect 
to--
            (1) identification of transportation-oriented development 
        opportunities;
            (2) establishment of special assessment districts in 
        regions;
            (3) establishment of rail corridor development funds; and
            (4) expediting Federal, State, and local regulatory 
        approvals.
    (b) States and Regions Outside the Northeast Corridor.--The 
Secretary, through the initiative established by this Act, shall 
provide technical assistance to the States and regions outside the 
Northeast Corridor as identified by the Secretary, and shall provide--
            (1) technical assistance on the establishment of Regional 
        Advisory Committees appropriate to carrying out the purposes of 
        this Act at the regional level; and
            (2) technical assistance at the request of a State or 
        qualified entity provided by the Planning Developer that will 
        identify stations and potential stations within a given region, 
        and conduct a preliminary survey of property available and 
        potentially available, to maximize development and commercial 
        revenue generation to financially support the development of a 
        high performance rail passenger corridor.
    (c) Northeast Corridor.--The Secretary, through the initiative 
established under this Act, shall provide technical assistance to the 
States and entities along the Northeast Corridor as identified by the 
Secretary--
            (1) on the establishment, by the Northeast Corridor 
        Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission established 
        under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code, of a 
        Northeast Corridor Transportation-Oriented Development Working 
        Group, which shall--
                    (A) include outside members with expertise in 
                transportation-oriented development;
                    (B) be chaired by the Planning Developer; and
                    (C) advise the Secretary and the Northeast Corridor 
                Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission on 
                the ways and means for carrying out the purposes of 
                this Act at the regional level; and
            (2) technical assistance provided by the Planning Developer 
        to the Secretary and identified States and entities, not more 
        than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, that 
        will identify Northeast Corridor stations and potential 
        stations, and conduct a preliminary survey of property 
        available and potentially available, to maximize development 
        and commercial revenue generation to financially support the 
        creation of a true high-speed rail corridor in the Northeast 
        Corridor.
[EX A]: National High Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish an initiative to promote passenger rail operations and transportation-oriented development by creating rail projects qualified for federal incentives for communities to encourage dedicated revenue sources for urban and regional rail corridor development.

Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary to provide direct loans and loan guarantees for qualified rail projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make secured loans, loan guarantees, or lines of credit for such projects.

Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to: (1) states to identify transportation-oriented development opportunities, (2) states and regions outside the Northeast Corridor to establish Regional Advisory Committees and identify stations and potential stations within the region to maximize development and commercial revenue generation to support financially the development of a high performance rail passenger corridor, and (3) states and entities along the Northeast Corridor to establish a Northeast Corridor Transportation-Oriented Development Working Group and identify Northeast Corridor stations and potential stations to maximize development and commercial revenue generation to support financially the creation of a true high-speed rail corridor in the Northeast Corridor.

[EX Q]: 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 information.--The term `credible 
        information' 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.

    (a) 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.
    (b) Efforts to End Modern Slavery.--It is the sense of Congress 
that any future authorization of appropriations to carry out the grant 
program authorized under section 1298 of the Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) should simultaneously extend the 
accountability provisions under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of such 
section.

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)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7106(b)(7)) is amended by inserting ``or enable'' after 
``condone''.

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) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (E) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (F) 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)(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 information 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 support 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 that resulted in concrete 
                actions 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 180 days after 
                the release of the annual Trafficking in Persons 
                Report, the Secretary of State, acting through 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), and with the 
                assistance of the United States Ambassador or Charge 
                d'Affaires in each country, 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) 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 information; and
                            ``(ii) should be focused on short-term and 
                        multi-year goals.
                    ``(C) 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.
                    ``(D) 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. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING 
              INTERVENTIONS IN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

    (a) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, acting through the 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 of the 
Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 
Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives on the implementation 
of this section.

            Passed the Senate December 17, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1862

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 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.
[EX A]:
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.