An act to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes
PL 115-425 (H.R.2200), enacted 01/08/2019

132 STAT. 5472 
PUBLIC LAW 115–425—JAN. 8, 2019 
Public Law 115–425 
115th Congress 
An Act 
To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, 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 ‘‘Frederick Douglass Trafficking 
Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES 
Subtitle A—Programs to Support Victims and Persons Vulnerable to Human 
Trafficking 
Sec. 101. Grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking. 
Sec. 102. Preventing future trafficking in the United States through receipt of com-
plaints abroad. 
Sec. 103. Modification to grants for victims services. 
Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts to Prevent Human Trafficking 
Sec. 111. Required training to prevent human trafficking for certain contracting air 
carriers. 
Sec. 112. Ensuring United States procurement does not fund human trafficking. 
Sec. 113. Training course on human trafficking and government contracting. 
Sec. 114. Modifications to the Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 
Sec. 115. Sense of Congress on the Senior Policy Operating Group. 
Sec. 116. Best practices to prevent forced child labor trafficking. 
Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking in Persons in the United States 
Sec. 121. Demand reduction strategies in the United States. 
Sec. 122. Designation of a labor prosecutor to enhance State and local efforts to 
combat trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 123. Preventing human trafficking in foreign missions and diplomatic house-
holds. 
Sec. 124. Actions against significant traffickers in persons. 
Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, Forced, and Slave Labor 
Sec. 131. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 132. Report on the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
Sec. 133. Modification to list of child-made and slavery-made goods. 
TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 
Subtitle A—Efforts to Combat Trafficking 
Sec. 201. Including the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade Rep-
resentative as a member of the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and 
Combat Trafficking. 
Sec. 202. Encouraging countries to maintain and share data on human trafficking 
efforts. 
22 USC 7101 
note. 
Frederick 
Douglass 
Trafficking 
Victims 
Prevention and 
Protection 
Reauthorization 
Act of 2018. 
Jan. 8, 2019 
[H.R. 2200] 
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Sec. 203. Appropriate listing of governments involved in human trafficking. 
Sec. 204. Requirements for strategies to prevent trafficking. 
Sec. 205. Briefing on countries with primarily migrant workforces. 
Sec. 206. Report on recipients of funding from the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
Subtitle B—Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2018 
Sec. 211. Findings. 
Sec. 212. Amendments to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations under the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000. 
Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations under the International Megan’s Law. 
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations for airport personnel training to identify 
and report human trafficking victims. 
TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN 
PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES 
Subtitle A—Programs to Support Victims 
and Persons Vulnerable to Human Traf-
ficking 
SEC. 101. GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING. 
(a) GRANTS TO ASSIST IN RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING.—Sec-
tion 106(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7104(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) GRANTS
TO
ASSIST
IN
THE
RECOGNITION
OF
TRAF-
FICKING.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘elementary school’, 
‘local educational agency’, ‘other staff’, and ‘secondary 
school’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
‘‘(ii) 
HIGH-INTENSITY
CHILD
SEX
TRAFFICKING 
AREA.—The term ‘high-intensity child sex trafficking 
area’ means a metropolitan area designated by the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as 
having a high rate of children involved in sex traf-
ficking. 
‘‘(iii) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘labor traf-
ficking’ means conduct described in section 103(9)(B) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)). 
‘‘(iv) SCHOOL STAFF.—The term ‘school staff’ means 
teachers, nurses, school leaders and administrators, 
and other staff at elementary schools and secondary 
schools. 
‘‘(v) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex trafficking’ 
means the conduct described in section 103(9)(A) of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)). 
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‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education 
and the Secretary of Labor, may award grants to local 
educational agencies, in partnership with a nonprofit, non-
governmental agency, to establish, expand, and support 
programs— 
‘‘(i) to educate school staff to recognize and respond 
to signs of labor trafficking and sex trafficking; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide age-appropriate information to stu-
dents on how to avoid becoming victims of labor traf-
ficking and sex trafficking. 
‘‘(C) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts awarded 
under this paragraph shall be used for— 
‘‘(i) education regarding— 
‘‘(I) avoiding becoming victims of labor traf-
ficking and sex trafficking; 
‘‘(II) indicators that an individual is a victim 
or potential victim of labor trafficking or sex traf-
ficking; 
‘‘(III) options and procedures for referring such 
an individual, as appropriate, to information on 
such trafficking and services available for victims 
of such trafficking; 
‘‘(IV) reporting requirements and procedures 
in accordance with applicable Federal and State 
law; and 
‘‘(V) how to carry out activities authorized 
under subparagraph (A)(ii); and 
‘‘(ii) a plan, developed and implemented in con-
sultation with local law enforcement agencies, to 
ensure the safety of school staff and students reporting 
such trafficking. 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this para-
graph, the Secretary shall give priority to local educational 
agencies serving a high-intensity child sex trafficking 
area.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
113(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7110(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 107(b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘sections 106(b) and 107(b)’’. 
SEC. 102. PREVENTING FUTURE TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES 
THROUGH RECEIPT OF COMPLAINTS ABROAD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
each diplomatic or consular post or other mission designates an 
employee to be responsible for receiving information from— 
(1) any person who was a victim of a severe form of traf-
ficking in persons (as such term is defined in section 103(14) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102(14))) while present in the United States; or 
(2) any person who has information regarding a victim 
described in paragraph (1). 
(b) PROVISION
OF INFORMATION.—Any information received 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transmitted to the Department 
of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Department of Homeland 
Security, and to any other relevant Federal agency for appropriate 
22 USC 7104e. 
Plan. 
Consultation. 
Consultation. 
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response. The Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other such 
relevant Federal agency shall establish a process to address any 
actions to be taken in response to such information. 
(c) ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—The employee 
designated for receiving information pursuant to subsection (a) 
should coordinate with foreign governments or civil society organiza-
tions in the countries of origin of victims of severe forms of traf-
ficking in persons, with the permission of and without compromising 
the safety of such victims, to ensure that such victims receive 
any additional support available. 
SEC. 103. MODIFICATION TO GRANTS FOR VICTIMS SERVICES. 
Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘programs 
for’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘programs 
for victims of human trafficking, including programs that provide 
trauma-informed care or housing options to such victims who are— 
‘‘(i)(I) between 12 and 24 years of age; and 
‘‘(II) homeless, in foster care, or involved in the 
criminal justice system; 
‘‘(ii) transitioning out of the foster care system; 
or 
‘‘(iii) women or girls in underserved populations.’’. 
Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts to 
Prevent Human Trafficking 
SEC. 111. REQUIRED TRAINING TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTING AIR CARRIERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40118 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator of General 
Services shall ensure that any contract entered into for provision 
of air transportation with a domestic carrier under this section 
requires that the contracting air carrier submits to the Adminis-
trator of General Services, the Secretary of Transportation, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, the 
Secretary of Labor and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection an annual report regarding— 
‘‘(1) the number of personnel trained in the detection and 
reporting of potential human trafficking (as described in para-
graphs (9) and (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)), including the training 
required under section 44734(a)(4); 
‘‘(2) the number of notifications of potential human traf-
ficking victims received from staff or other passengers; and 
‘‘(3) whether the air carrier notified the National Human 
Trafficking Hotline or law enforcement at the relevant airport 
of the potential human trafficking victim for each such notifica-
tion of potential human trafficking, and if so, when the notifica-
tion was made.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to any contract entered into after the date of enactment 
of this Act except for contracts entered into by the Secretary of 
Defense. 
49 USC 40118 
note. 
Reports. 
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SEC. 112. ENSURING UNITED STATES PROCUREMENT DOES NOT FUND 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) AGENCY ACTION TO PREVENT FUNDING OF HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the end of each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, and 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
each submit a report to the Administrator of General Services 
that includes— 
‘‘(A) the name and contact information of the individual 
within the agency’s Office of Legal Counsel or Office of 
Acquisition Policy who is responsible for overseeing the 
implementation of— 
‘‘(i) subsection (g); 
‘‘(ii) title XVII of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104a et 
seq.); and 
‘‘(iii) any regulation in the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (48 C.F.R. 1 et seq.) that is related to 
any subject matter referred to in clause (i) or (ii); 
‘‘(B) agency action to ensure that contractors are edu-
cated on the applicable laws and regulations listed in 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) agency action to ensure that the acquisition 
workforce and agency officials understand implementation 
of the laws and regulations listed in subparagraph (A), 
including best practices for— 
‘‘(i) ensuring compliance with such laws and regu-
lations; 
‘‘(ii) assessing the serious, repeated, willful, or 
pervasive nature of any violation of such laws or regu-
lations; and 
‘‘(iii) evaluating steps contractors have taken to 
correct any such violation; 
‘‘(D)(i) the number of contracts containing language 
referring to the laws and regulations listed in subparagraph 
(A); and 
‘‘(ii) the number of contracts that did not contain any 
language referring to such laws and regulations; 
‘‘(E)(i) the number of allegations of severe forms of 
trafficking in persons received; and 
‘‘(ii) the source type of the allegation (such as con-
tractor, subcontractor, employee of contractor or subcon-
tractor, or an individual outside of the contract); 
‘‘(F)(i) the number of such allegations investigated by 
the agency; 
‘‘(ii) a summary of any findings from such investiga-
tions; and 
‘‘(iii) any improvements recommended by the agency 
to prevent such conduct from recurring; 
‘‘(G)(i) the number of such allegations referred to the 
Attorney General for prosecution under section 3271 of 
title 18, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) the outcomes of such referrals; 
Summary. 
Reports. 
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‘‘(H) any remedial action taken as a result of such 
investigation, including whether— 
‘‘(i) a contractor or subcontractor (at any tier) was 
debarred or suspended due to a violation of a law 
or regulation relating to severe forms of trafficking 
in persons; or 
‘‘(ii) a contract was terminated pursuant to sub-
section (g) as a result of such violation; 
‘‘(I) any other assistance offered to agency contractors 
to ensure compliance with a law or regulation relating 
to severe forms of trafficking in persons; 
‘‘(J) any interagency meetings or data sharing 
regarding suspended or disbarred contractors or sub-
contractors (at any tier) for severe forms of trafficking 
in persons; and 
‘‘(K) any contract with a contractor or subcontractor 
(at any tier) located outside the United States and the 
country location, where safe to reveal location, for each 
such contractor or subcontractor. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives; 
‘‘(E) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(F) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
‘‘(G) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; 
‘‘(H) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(I) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 113. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND GOVERN-
MENT CONTRACTING. 
Any curriculum, including any continuing education cur-
riculum, for the acquisition workforce used by the Federal Acquisi-
tion Institute established under section 1201 of title 41, United 
States Code, shall include at least 1 course, lasting at least 30 
minutes, regarding the law and regulations relating to human 
trafficking and contracting with the Federal Government. 
SEC. 114. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING. 
The Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act (section 
115 of Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f), by amending paragraph (2) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in 
lieu of subsistence, in accordance with the applicable provisions 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code.’’; and 
41 USC 1201 
note. 
Definitions. 
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(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 115. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SENIOR POLICY OPERATING 
GROUP. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Senior Policy Operating 
Group established under section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)) should create a working 
group to examine the role of demand reduction, both domestically 
and internationally, in achieving the purposes of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and the 
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (Public Law 114–22; 129 
Stat. 227). 
SEC. 116. BEST PRACTICES TO PREVENT FORCED CHILD LABOR TRAF-
FICKING. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the United States Government condemns, in the 
strongest terms, forced child labor, including in situations of 
trafficking; and 
(2) the President should work with the private sector to 
develop best practices and guidance for preventing forced child 
labor and indentured servitude, including in situations of traf-
ficking. 
Subtitle C—Preventing Trafficking in 
Persons in the United States 
SEC. 121. DEMAND REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TASK FORCE.—Section 105(d)(7) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7103(d)(7)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (R), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(S) tactics and strategies employed by human traf-
ficking task forces sponsored by the Department of Justice 
to reduce demand for trafficking victims.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON STATE ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (e)(1)(A) of 
the 
Combat 
Human 
Trafficking 
Act 
of 
2015 
(34 
U.S.C. 
20709(e)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘rates’’ 
and inserting ‘‘number’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, noting the number of covered offenders’’ 
after ‘‘covered offense’’ each place such term appears; 
(3) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘arrest’’ and inserting ‘‘arrests’’; 
(4) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘prosecution’’ and inserting 
‘‘prosecutions’’; and 
(5) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘conviction’’ and inserting 
‘‘convictions’’. 
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SEC. 122. DESIGNATION OF A LABOR PROSECUTOR TO ENHANCE STATE 
AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS. 
Section 
204(a)(1) 
of 
the 
Trafficking 
Victims 
Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20705(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) as appropriate, to designate at least 1 prosecutor 
for cases of severe forms of trafficking in persons (as such 
term is defined in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)).’’. 
SEC. 123. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN MISSIONS 
AND DIPLOMATIC HOUSEHOLDS. 
Section 203(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1375c(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for such period as the Secretary deter-
mines necessary’’ and inserting ‘‘for a period of at least 
1 year, except if the Secretary determines and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees, in advance, 
the reasons a shorter period is in the national interest,’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘there is an unpaid default or final 
civil judgement directly or indirectly related to human 
trafficking against the employer or a family member 
assigned to the embassy, or the diplomatic mission or inter-
national organization hosting the employer or family 
member has not responded affirmatively to a request to 
waive immunity within 6 weeks of the request in a case 
brought by the United States Government and the country 
that accredited the employer or family member or, in the 
case of international organizations, the country of citizen-
ship, has not initiated prosecution against the employer 
or family member.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘a mechanism is in place’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, as applicable, the unpaid default judgment 
or final civil judgement has been resolved, the diplomatic mis-
sion or international organization hosting the employer or 
family member has waived immunity for the employer or family 
member or the country that accredited the employer or family 
member or the country of citizenship of the employer or family 
member completed the prosecution of the employer or family 
member, and the diplomatic mission or international organiza-
tion hosting the employer or family member has a mechanism 
in place’’. 
SEC. 124. ACTIONS AGAINST SIGNIFICANT TRAFFICKERS IN PERSONS. 
Section 111(a)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7108(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘, or section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114– 
Time periods. 
Determination. 
Reports. 
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328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note),’’ after ‘‘1701)’’ the second place 
it appears; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) Officials of a foreign government who participate 
in, facilitate, or condone severe forms of trafficking in per-
sons for significant financial gain.’’. 
Subtitle D—Monitoring Child, Forced, and 
Slave Labor 
SEC. 131. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) foreign assistance that addresses poverty alleviation 
and humanitarian disasters reduces the vulnerability of men, 
women, and children to human trafficking and is a crucial 
part of the response of the United States to modern-day slavery; 
(2) the Deputy Under Secretary of the Bureau of Inter-
national Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor and the 
grant programs administered by the Deputy Under Secretary 
play a critical role in preventing and protecting children from 
the worst forms of child labor, including situations of traf-
ficking, and in reducing the vulnerabilities of men and women 
to situations of forced labor and trafficking; and 
(3) the Secretary of Labor also plays a critical role in 
helping other Federal departments and agencies to prevent 
goods made with forced and child labor from entering the 
United States by consulting with such departments and agen-
cies to reduce forced and child labor internationally and 
ensuring that products made by forced labor and child labor 
in violation of international standards are not imported into 
the United States. 
SEC. 132. REPORT ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 307 OF THE 
TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit a report to the committees listed in subsection 
(b) that describes any obstacles or challenges to enforcing section 
307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
(b) COMMITTEES.—The committees listed in this subsection 
are— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(2) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; 
(3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives; 
(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(5) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives; 
(6) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(7) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate; 
(8) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate; 
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(9) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 
(10) the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) describe the role and best practices of private sector 
employers in the United States in complying with the provisions 
of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930; 
(2) describe any efforts or programs undertaken by relevant 
Federal, State, or local government agencies to encourage 
employers, directly or indirectly, to comply with such provisions; 
(3) describe the roles of the relevant Federal departments 
and agencies in overseeing and regulating such provisions, 
and the oversight and enforcement mechanisms used by such 
departments or agencies; 
(4) provide concrete, actual case studies or examples of 
how such provisions are enforced; 
(5) identify the number of petitions received and cases 
initiated (whether by petition or otherwise) or investigated 
by each relevant Federal department or agency charged with 
implementing and enforcing such provisions, as well as the 
dates petitions were received or investigations were initiated, 
and their current statuses; 
(6) identify any enforcement actions during the most recent 
10 years, including— 
(A) the issuance of Withhold Release Orders; 
(B) the detention of shipments; 
(C) the issuance of civil penalties; and 
(D) the formal charging with criminal charges relating 
to the forced labor scheme taken as a result of petitions 
and investigations identified pursuant to paragraph (5), 
organized by type of action, date of action, commodity, 
and country of origin; 
(7) with respect to any relevant petition filed during the 
10-year period immediately preceding the date of the enactment 
of this Act with the relevant Federal departments and agencies 
tasked with implementing such provisions, list the specific prod-
ucts, country of origin, manufacturer, importer, end-user or 
retailer, and outcomes of any investigation; 
(8) identify any gaps that may exist in enforcement of 
such provisions; 
(9) describe the engagement of the relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies with stakeholders, including the engage-
ment of importers, forced labor experts, and nongovernmental 
organizations; and 
(10) based on the information required under paragraphs 
(1) through (9)— 
(A) identify any regulatory obstacles or challenges to 
enforcement of such provisions; and 
(B) provide recommendations for actions that could 
be taken by the relevant Federal departments and agencies 
to overcome such obstacles. 
SEC. 133. MODIFICATION TO LIST OF CHILD-MADE AND SLAVERY-MADE 
GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, including, to the extent practicable, 
Recommenda- 
tions. 
Time period. 
Time period. 
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goods that are produced with inputs that are produced with forced 
labor or child labor’’ after ‘‘international standards’’. 
(b) INCLUSION
IN
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions under section 113(f) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(f)), as amended by section 301, are 
authorized to be made available to carry out the purposes described 
in section 105(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)), as amended by subsection 
(a). 
TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING ABROAD 
Subtitle A—Efforts to Combat Trafficking 
SEC. 201. INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND THE 
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE AS A MEMBER 
OF THE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND 
COMBAT TRAFFICKING. 
Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the United States Trade Representative,’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary of Education,’’. 
SEC. 202. ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN AND SHARE DATA 
ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING EFFORTS. 
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 striking ‘‘the capacity’’ and inserting ‘‘a demon-
strably increasing capacity’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence; and 
(2) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘consistent with its resources’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, consistent with a demonstrably increasing 
capacity of such government to obtain such data,’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence. 
SEC. 203. APPROPRIATE LISTING OF GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED IN 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘absolute’’ and inserting ‘‘estimated’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and the country is not taking 
proportional concrete actions’’ before the semicolon at 
the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES ON SPECIAL 
WATCH LIST THAT ARE DOWNGRADED AND REINSTATED ON 
SPECIAL WATCH LIST.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs (D) 
and (E), a country may not be included on the special 
Time periods. 
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watch list described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for more than 
1 consecutive year after the country— 
‘‘(i) was included on the special watch list described 
in subparagraph (A)(iii) for— 
‘‘(I) 2 consecutive years after the date of the 
enactment of subparagraph (D); and 
‘‘(II) any additional years after such date of 
enactment as a result of the President exercising 
the waiver authority under subparagraph (D)(ii); 
and 
‘‘(ii) was subsequently included on the list of coun-
tries described in paragraph (1)(C).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) 
as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) and moving such clauses 2 
ems to the right; 
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘In determinations’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In determinations’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) 
PROOF
OF
FAILURE
TO
MAKE
SIGNIFICANT 
EFFORTS.—In addition to the considerations described in 
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A), in determina-
tions under paragraph (1)(C) as to whether the government 
of a country is not making significant efforts to bring 
itself into compliance with the minimum standards for 
the elimination of trafficking, the Secretary of State shall 
consider, as proof of failure to make significant efforts, 
a government policy or pattern of— 
‘‘(i) trafficking; 
‘‘(ii) trafficking in government-funded programs; 
‘‘(iii) forced labor (in government-affiliated medical 
services, agriculture, forestry, mining, construction, or 
other sectors); 
‘‘(iv) sexual slavery in government camps, com-
pounds, or outposts; or 
‘‘(v) employing or recruiting child soldiers.’’. 
SEC. 204. REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT TRAF-
FICKING. 
(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 Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives that— 
(A) describes any practices adopted by the Department 
of State or the United States Agency for International 
Development to better combat trafficking in persons, in 
accordance with the report submitted under section 
101(b)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2005, in order to reduce the risk of trafficking 
in post-conflict or post-disaster areas; or 
Time period. 
Consultation. 
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(B) if no practices referred to in subparagraph (A) 
have been adopted, includes a strategy to reduce the risk 
of trafficking in such areas. 
(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall be posted on a publicly available internet 
website of the Department of State. 
(b) CHILD PROTECTION STRATEGIES
IN WATCH LIST COUN-
TRIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall incorporate into 
the relevant country development cooperation strategy for each 
country on the list described in paragraph (1)(C) of section 
110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107(b)) or the special watch list described in paragraph 
(2)(A)(iii) of such section, strategies for the protection of children 
and the reduction of the risk of trafficking. 
(2) COMPONENTS.—The child protection and trafficking 
reduction strategies required under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) address the root causes of insecurity that leave 
children and youth vulnerable to trafficking; and 
(B) include common metrics and indicators to monitor 
progress across Federal agencies to prevent, address, and 
end violence against children and youth globally in post- 
conflict and post-disaster areas. 
SEC. 205. BRIEFING ON COUNTRIES WITH PRIMARILY MIGRANT 
WORKFORCES. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide a briefing to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives that includes, with 
respect to each country that has a domestic workforce of which 
more than 80 percent are third-country nationals— 
(1) an assessment of the progress made by the government 
of such country toward implementing the recommendations 
with respect to such country contained in the most recent 
Trafficking in Persons Report submitted by the Secretary under 
section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), as amended by section 203 of this Act; 
and 
(2) a description of the efforts made by the United States 
to ensure that any domestic worker brought into the United 
States by an official of such country is not a victim of trafficking. 
SEC. 206. REPORT ON RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING FROM THE UNITED 
STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and by October 1 of each of the following 4 years, the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives that describes, with respect to the prior fiscal year— 
Assessment. 
Deadline. 
22 USC 7107 
note. 
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(1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal funds by the 
Agency for the purpose of combating human trafficking and 
forced labor; and 
(2) with respect to each such obligation or expenditure, 
the program, project, activity, primary recipient, and any sub-
grantees or subcontractors. 
Subtitle B—Child Soldier Prevention Act 
of 2018 
SEC. 211. 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 2016 or 2017 in Afghanistan, Iran, Mali, Niger, 
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 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 partici-
pate in counterterrorism operations, direct and indirect combat, 
security operations, fight alongside regular armies, and are 
targeted for violence by the Taliban and other opposition 
groups. 
(5) In February 2016, a 10-year-old boy was assassinated 
by the Taliban after he had been publicly honored by Afghan 
local police forces for his assistance in combat operations 
against the Taliban. 
(6) Recruitment and use of children in armed conflict by 
government forces has continued in South Sudan with the 
return to hostilities. 
(7) At least 19,000 children have been recruited since South 
Sudan’s civil war began in 2013. 
SEC. 212. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT 
OF 2008. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 402(2) of the Child Soldiers Preven-
tion Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, police, or other 
security forces’’ after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’ each place 
such term appears; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘clauses’’ and inserting 
‘‘clause’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention 
Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, police, or other security forces,’’ 
after ‘‘governmental armed forces’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘recruit and use child soldiers’’ and 
inserting ‘‘recruit or use child soldiers’’; 
22 USC 2370c 
note. 
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(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date on which each report is submitted 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 under paragraph (1) that 
such government is included in such list. 
‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—As soon as prac-
ticable after making all of the notifications required under 
subparagraph (A) with respect to a report, the Secretary 
of State shall notify the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that the requirements of subparagraph (A) have been 
met.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘and certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the government of such country is taking 
effective and continuing steps to address the problem of child 
soldiers’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (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 (as defined in section 
2557(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code), to a country 
subject to the prohibition under subsection (a)’’. 
(c) REPORTS.—Section 405 of the Child Soldiers Prevention 
Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 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’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) a description and the amount of any assistance with-
held under this title pursuant to the application to those coun-
tries of the prohibition in section 404(a);’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by inserting 
‘‘and the amount’’ after ‘‘a description’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL TRAFFICKING 
IN PERSONS REPORT.—If the Secretary of State notifies a country 
pursuant to section 404(b)(2), or the President grants a waiver 
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 to Congress under 
paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (c).’’. 
(d) ELIMINATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT BY AFGHAN SECU-
RITY FORCES.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Department of State and the Department of Defense should 
Certification. 
Deadline. 
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fully implement the recommendations in the Special Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s 2017 report on Child 
Sexual Assault in Afghanistan. 
(2) REPORT
ON
STATUS
OF
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Defense shall report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on the status of implementation, within their respective 
departments, of each recommendation included in the report 
referenced in paragraph (1). 
(3) REPORT
ON
INTERAGENCY
EFFORTS
TO
MONITOR 
ABUSES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Defense shall report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on the status of interagency efforts to establish effective, 
coherent, and discrete reporting by United States personnel 
on child sexual abuse by Afghan security forces with whom 
they train or advise or to whom they provide assistance. 
(4) 
PRIORITIZATION
AT
MINISTERIAL
CONFERENCE
ON 
AFGHANISTAN.—The Department of State shall ensure that the 
issue of child sexual assault by Afghan security forces is incor-
porated and elevated as an issue of international concern and 
focus at the next Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan, sched-
uled for November 27-28, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, with 
the goal of ending the illegal but ongoing practice known as 
‘‘bacha bazi’’. 
(5) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE TRAF-
FICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 
Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(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 
2021, $13,822,000 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) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘$14,500,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘$19,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, 
of which $3,500,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each 
fiscal year for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (1) to read 
as follows: 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2200: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 163 (2017): July 12, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 164 (2018): Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 21, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
TO
COMBAT
TRAFFICKING.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, for 
each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, $65,000,000, 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 stand-
ards described in section 108; and 
‘‘(D) for programs and activities on prevention, protec-
tion, 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 Inter-
national Law Enforcement Academies.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021.’’. 
SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE INTER-
NATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 
Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child 
Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notifica-
tion of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 21509) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 
SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AIRPORT PER-
SONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection $250,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2018 through 2021 to expand outreach and live on- 
site anti-trafficking training for airport and airline personnel. 
Approved January 8, 2019. 
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