What This Bill Does
This bill updates and strengthens federal laws designed to fight human trafficking both in the United States and around the world. It creates new programs to help trafficking survivors get jobs and education, funds efforts to prevent trafficking through schools and international development programs, and updates requirements for how the federal government tracks and reports on countries' anti-trafficking efforts.
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Who It Affects
* Adults who are survivors of human trafficking (both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals)
* Elementary and secondary schools in areas with high rates of child trafficking
* The U.S. Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
* Foreign governments receiving U.S. foreign aid
* Non-profit organizations working to combat human trafficking
* Domestic workers employed by embassy staff and international organization officials in the United States
* Law enforcement and school personnel who train to recognize trafficking
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Key Provisions
* Congress creates a new "Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program" that provides eligible trafficking survivors (age 18 and older) with job training, education assistance, resume help, scholarship aid, and help removing criminal records for up to 5 years. (Sec. 102)
* The federal government must fund education grants called "Frederick Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Education Grants" to schools in areas with high child trafficking rates, and these programs must train teachers, guardians, and students to recognize trafficking and exploitation, including through technology. (Sec. 101)
* The U.S. Agency for International Development must build anti-trafficking efforts into its development programs worldwide, particularly in countries identified as having serious trafficking problems. (Sec. 202)
* The Secretary of State must brief Congress within 30 days after releasing the annual Trafficking in Persons Report about which countries were upgraded or downgraded in their anti-trafficking ratings and what efforts the United States is making to help improve those countries' performance. (Sec. 401)
* The federal government will expand a registration program for domestic workers with A-3 and G-5 visas (workers for embassy staff and international organization employees) to inform them of their labor rights and connect them with the National Human Trafficking Hotline. (Sec. 207)
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What Changes
* A new employment and education program launches to serve trafficking survivors, offering services like job training, educational assistance, and help with criminal record expungement (legal removal) for survivors whose crimes resulted from their trafficking victimization.
* Schools in high-trafficking areas become eligible to receive federal grants to implement anti-trafficking education and training for staff and students.
* Federal development assistance programs abroad must now incorporate anti-trafficking components in their planning and implementation, especially in countries with serious trafficking problems.
* The federal government must report annually to Congress on trafficking statistics, including information about trafficking for organ harvesting (previously not included in reports).
* Domestic workers employed by embassy and international organization officials in the United States now receive information about their labor rights and access to the National Human Trafficking Hotline upon arrival and annually during their employment.
* Terms like "Special Watch List" in previous laws are renamed to "Tier 2 Watch List" for clarity (this is a naming change only).
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Important Definitions
* **Eligible individual**: A trafficking survivor who is at least 18 years old and qualifies to receive federal trafficking victim services.
* **Train the trainers**: Having experienced trainers coach and teach newer trainers who can then teach others, creating wider reach and cost-efficient training efforts.
* **C-TIP Incorporated Development Programs**: Development assistance projects in areas like education, economic growth, food security, and disaster response that include a component specifically designed to counter human trafficking.
* **Nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance**: Foreign aid that is not for humanitarian purposes, does not support trade, and typically includes military sales or general development aid (but excludes certain types of aid like narcotics enforcement assistance, disaster relief, health programs, and anti-trafficking assistance).
* **A-3 and G-5 visas**: Special visa categories for domestic workers employed by embassy staff and international organization employees.
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Effective Date
The provisions about tier rankings (Sections 204 and 206) take effect on the first day of the first full reporting period for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report after the bill becomes law. (Sec. 209)
All other provisions take effect upon enactment of the bill unless otherwise specified in the text.
118TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 920
AN ACT
To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Traf-
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ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
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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. Modifications to grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking.
Sec. 102. Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program.
TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD
Sec. 201. United States support for integration of anti-trafficking in persons
interventions in multilateral development banks.
Sec. 202. Expanding prevention efforts at the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development.
Sec. 203. Counter-trafficking in persons efforts in development cooperation and
assistance policy.
Sec. 204. Technical amendments to tier rankings.
Sec. 205. Modifications to the program to end modern slavery.
Sec. 206. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance.
Sec. 207. Expanding protections for domestic workers of official and diplomatic
persons.
Sec. 208. Trafficking for the purposes of organ harvesting.
Sec. 209. Effective dates.
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 301. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking and Vio-
lence Protection Act of 2000.
Sec. 302. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan’s Law.
TITLE IV—BRIEFINGS
Sec. 401. Briefing on annual trafficking in person’s report.
Sec. 402. Briefing on use and justification of waivers.
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TITLE
I—COMBATING
TRAF-
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FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE
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UNITED STATES
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Subtitle A—Programs to Support
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Victims and Persons Vulnerable
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to Human Trafficking
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SEC. 101. MODIFICATIONS TO GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE
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RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING.
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Section 106(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking and
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Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(b)(2))
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is amended—
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(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking
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‘‘GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAF-
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FICKING’’ and inserting ‘‘FREDERICK
DOUGLASS
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HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
PREVENTION
EDUCATION
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GRANTS’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (B)—
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(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
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inserting ‘‘under a program named ‘Frederick
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Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu-
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cation Grants’ ’’ after ‘‘may award grants’’; and
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(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, linguis-
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tically accessible, and culturally responsive’’
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after ‘‘age-appropriate’’;
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(3) in subparagraph (C), in the subparagraph
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heading, by inserting ‘‘FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
PREVENTION
EDUCATION
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GRANTS’’ after ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS’’;
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(4) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as
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follows:
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‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding Frederick
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Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu-
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cation Grants under this paragraph, the Sec-
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retary shall—
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‘‘(i) give priority to local educational
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agencies serving a high-intensity child sex
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trafficking area or an area with significant
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child labor trafficking;
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‘‘(ii) give additional priority to local
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educational agencies that partner with
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nonprofit
organizations
specializing
in
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human trafficking prevention education,
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which partner with law enforcement and
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technology or social media companies, to
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assist in training efforts to protect children
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from labor trafficking and sexual exploi-
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tation and abuse including grooming, ma-
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terials depicting the sexual abuse of chil-
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dren, and human trafficking transmitted
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through technology; and
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‘‘(iii) consult, as appropriate, with the
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Secretary of Education, the Secretary of
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Housing and Urban Development, the Sec-
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retary of the Interior, the Secretary of
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Labor, and the Attorney General, to iden-
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tify the geographic areas in the United
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States with the highest prevalence of at-
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risk populations for child trafficking, in-
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cluding children who are members of a ra-
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cial or ethnic minority, homeless youth,
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foster youth, youth involved in the child
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welfare system, and children and youth
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who run away from home or an out-of-
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home placement.’’; and
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(5) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(E) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—Grant-
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ees should be selected based on their dem-
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onstrated ability—
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‘‘(i) to engage stakeholders, including
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survivors of human trafficking, and Fed-
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eral, State, local, or Tribal partners, to de-
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velop the programs;
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‘‘(ii) to train the trainers, guardians,
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K–12 students, teachers, and other school
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personnel in a linguistically accessible, cul-
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turally responsive, age-appropriate, and
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trauma-informed fashion; and
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‘‘(iii) to create a scalable, repeatable
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program to prevent child labor trafficking
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and sexual exploitation and abuse, includ-
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ing grooming, child sexual abuse materials,
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and trafficking transmitted through tech-
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nology that—
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‘‘(I) uses evidence-based (as such
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term
is
defined
in
section
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8101(21)(A) of the Elementary and
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Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
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U.S.C. 7801(21)(A))) best practices;
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and
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‘‘(II) employs appropriate techno-
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logical tools and methodologies, in-
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cluding linguistically accessible, cul-
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turally
responsive,
age-appropriate,
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and trauma-informed approaches for
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trainers, guardians, educators, and
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K–12 students.
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‘‘(F) TRAIN
THE
TRAINERS.—For pur-
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poses of subparagraph (E), the term ‘train the
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trainers’ means having experienced or master
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trainers coach new trainers who are less experi-
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enced with a particular topic or skill, or with
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training overall, who can then teach the mate-
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rial to others, creating a broader reach, sustain-
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ability, and making efforts cost- and time-effi-
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cient (commonly referred to as ‘training of
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trainers’).
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‘‘(G) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary
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shall consult with the Secretary of Education,
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the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
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ment, and the Secretary of the Interior to de-
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termine the appropriate demographics of the re-
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cipients or of students at risk of being traf-
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ficked or exploited, to be collected and reported
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with respect to grants under this paragraph,
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which shall include data collection of, at a min-
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imum, students who are economically disadvan-
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taged, members of a racial or ethnic minority,
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homeless youth, foster youth, youth involved in
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the child welfare system, and children and
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youth who run away from home or an out-of-
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home placement.
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‘‘(H) REPORT.—Not later than 540 days
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after the date of the enactment of the Inter-
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national Trafficking Victims Protection Reau-
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thorization Act of 2024, and annually there-
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after, the Secretary of Health and Human
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Services shall submit to the Committee on the
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Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on
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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
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Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the
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House of Representatives, the Committee on
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Education and the Workforce of the House of
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Representatives, and the Committee on Energy
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and Commerce of the House of Representatives,
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and make available to the public a report that
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includes data regarding—
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‘‘(i) the total number of entities that
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received a Frederick Douglass Human
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Trafficking Prevention Education Grant
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during the previous fiscal year;
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‘‘(ii) the total number of partnerships
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or consultants that included survivors,
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nonprofit
organizations
specialized
in
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human trafficking prevention education,
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law enforcement, and technology or social
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media companies;
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‘‘(iii) the total number of elementary
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and secondary schools that established and
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implemented evidence-based (as such term
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is defined in section 8101(21)(A) of the
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A))) best
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practices
through
programs
developed
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using such grants;
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‘‘(iv) the total number and geographic
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distribution of trainers, guardians, stu-
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dents, teachers, and other school personnel
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trained using such grants pursuant to this
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paragraph;
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‘‘(v) the results of pre-training and
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post-training surveys to gauge trainees’ in-
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creased understanding of the scope and
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signs of child trafficking and child sexual
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exploitation and abuse, how to interact
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with potential victims and survivors of
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child trafficking and child sexual exploi-
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tation and abuse using age-appropriate
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and trauma-informed approach, and the
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manner in which to respond to potential
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child trafficking and child sexual exploi-
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tation and abuse;
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‘‘(vi) the number of potential victims
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and survivors of child trafficking and child
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sexual exploitation and abuse identified
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and served by grantees, excluding any indi-
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vidually identifiable information about such
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children and acting in full compliance with
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all applicable privacy laws and regulations;
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‘‘(vii) the number of students in ele-
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mentary or secondary school identified by
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grantees as being at risk of being traf-
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ficked or sexually exploited and abused, ex-
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cluding any individually identifiable infor-
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mation about such children.;
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‘‘(viii) the demographic characteristics
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of child trafficking survivors and victims,
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sexually exploited and abused children, and
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students at risk of being trafficked or sex-
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ually exploited and abused described in
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clauses (vi) and (vii), excluding any indi-
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vidually identifiable information about such
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children; and
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‘‘(ix) any service gaps and best prac-
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tices identified by grantees.’’.
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SEC. 102. HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS EMPLOYMENT
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AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
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Human Services may carry out a Human Trafficking Sur-
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vivors Employment and Education Program to prevent the
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re-exploitation of eligible individuals who have been vic-
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tims of trafficking, by assisting such individuals to inte-
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grate or reintegrate into society through social services
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support for the attainment of life-skills, employment, and
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education necessary to achieve self-sufficiency.
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(b) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services offered, pro-
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vided, and funded by the Program shall include (as rel-
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evant to the victim of trafficking)—
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(1) enrollment and participation in—
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(A) basic education, including literacy edu-
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cation and English as a second language edu-
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cation;
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(B) job-related skills training;
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(C) vocational and certificate programs;
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and
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(D) programs for attaining a regular high
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school diploma or its recognized equivalent;
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(2) life-skill training programs, including man-
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agement of personal finances, self-care, and par-
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enting classes;
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(3) resume creation and review;
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(4) interview coaching and counseling;
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(5) assistance with expungement of criminal
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records when such records are for nonviolent crimes
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that were committed as a consequence of the eligible
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individual’s victimization, including assistance with
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credit repair;
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(6) assistance with enrollment in college or
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technical school;
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(7) scholarship assistance for attending college
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or technical school;
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(8) professional coaching or professional devel-
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opment classes;
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(9) case management to develop an individual-
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ized plan with each victim of trafficking, based on
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each person’s needs and goals; and
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(10) assistance with obtaining victim compensa-
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tion, direct victim assistance, or other funds for
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mental health care.
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(c) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re-
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ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe-
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riod of 5 years.
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(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the
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availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter
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into cooperative agreements with 1 or more eligible organi-
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zations to carry out this section.
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible
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individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of
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trafficking who—
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(A) has attained 18 years of age; and
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(B) is eligible to receive services under sec-
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tion 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
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tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)).
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(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘eligi-
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ble organization’’ means a service provider, including
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a nongovernmental organization, that has experi-
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ence—
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(A) using national or local anti-trafficking
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networks to serve victims of trafficking;
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(B) qualifying, providing, and coordinating
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services for victims of trafficking, as described
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in subsection (b), that is linguistically acces-
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sible, culturally responsive, age-appropriate, and
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trauma-informed;
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(C) with respect to a service provider for
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victims of trafficking served by the Program
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who are not United States citizens, identifying
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and assisting foreign-born victims of trafficking,
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including helping them qualify for Continued
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Presence, T–Visas, and other Federal, State,
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and local services and funding; and
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(D) with respect to a service provider for
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victims of trafficking served by the Program
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who are United States citizens and legal perma-
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nent residents, identifying and assisting victims
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of trafficking (as defined in section 103 of the
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Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
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U.S.C. 7102)), especially youth and under-
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served populations.
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(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means
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the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and
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Education Program established under this section.
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(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
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the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN
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TRAFFICKING ABROAD
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SEC. 201. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF
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ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INTERVEN-
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TIONS
IN
MULTILATERAL
DEVELOPMENT
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BANKS.
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(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury,
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in consultation with the Secretary of State acting through
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the Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Traf-
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ficking in Persons, shall instruct the United States Execu-
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tive Director of each multilateral development bank (as
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defined in section 110(d) of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
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tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d))) to e
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