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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1144
5	5	To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for
6	6	other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY7, 2025
9	9	Mr. S
10	10	MITHof New Jersey (for himself, Mr. MFUME, Mr. MCCAUL, and Ms.
11	11	S
12	12	ALAZAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
13	13	mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Ju-
14	14	diciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently
15	15	determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
16	16	sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
19	19	2000, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Frederick Douglass 4
24	24	Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthor-5
25	25	ization Act of 2025’’. 6
26	26	SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 7
27	27	The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 8
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31	31	Sec. 1. Short title.
32	32	Sec. 2. Table of contents.
33	33	TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED
34	34	STATES
35	35	Sec. 101. Modifications to grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking.
36	36	Sec. 102. Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program.
37	37	TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD
38	38	Sec. 201. Modifications to program to end modern slavery grants.
39	39	Sec. 202. Amendments to tier standards.
40	40	Sec. 203. Counter-trafficking in persons efforts in development cooperation and
41	41	assistance policy.
42	42	Sec. 204. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance.
43	43	Sec. 205. Trafficking for the purposes of organ harvesting.
44	44	Sec. 206. Elimination of duplicative reporting.
45	45	Sec. 207. Effective dates.
46	46	Sec. 208. Printed version of the annual tip report.
47	47	TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
48	48	Sec. 301. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking and Vio-
49	49	lence Protection Act of 2000.
50	50	Sec. 302. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan’s Law.
51	51	TITLE I—COMBATING TRAF-1
52	52	FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE 2
53	53	UNITED STATES 3
54	54	SEC. 101. MODIFICATIONS TO GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE 4
55	55	RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING. 5
56	56	(a) A
57	57	MENDMENTS TO AUTHORITIES TO PREVENT 6
58	58	T
59	59	RAFFICKING.—Section 106(b)(2) of the Victims of Traf-7
60	60	ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 8
61	61	7104(b)) is amended— 9
62	62	(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘G
63	63	RANTS TO AS-10
64	64	SIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING ’’ and 11
65	65	inserting ‘‘F
66	66	REDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN TRAF -12
67	67	FICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS ’’; 13
68	68	(2) in subparagraph (B)— 14
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72	72	(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 1
73	73	inserting ‘‘under a program named ‘Frederick 2
74	74	Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu-3
75	75	cation Grants’’’ after ‘‘may award grants’’; and 4
76	76	(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, linguis-5
77	77	tically accessible, and culturally responsive’’ 6
78	78	after ‘‘age-appropriate’’; 7
79	79	(3) in the heading of subparagraph (C), by in-8
80	80	serting ‘‘
81	81	FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN TRAF -9
82	82	FICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS ’’ after 10
83	83	‘‘
84	84	PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ’’; 11
85	85	(4) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as 12
86	86	follows: 13
87	87	‘‘(D) P
88	88	RIORITY.—In awarding Frederick 14
89	89	Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu-15
90	90	cation Grants under this paragraph, the Sec-16
91	91	retary shall— 17
92	92	‘‘(i) give priority to local educational 18
93	93	agencies serving a high-intensity child sex 19
94	94	trafficking area or an area with significant 20
95	95	child labor trafficking; 21
96	96	‘‘(ii) give additional priority to local 22
97	97	educational agencies that partner with 23
98	98	non-profit organizations specializing in 24
99	99	human trafficking prevention education, 25
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103	103	which partner with law enforcement and 1
104	104	technology or social media companies, to 2
105	105	assist in training efforts to protect children 3
106	106	from labor trafficking and sexual exploi-4
107	107	tation and abuse including grooming, ma-5
108	108	terials depicting the sexual abuse of chil-6
109	109	dren, and human trafficking transmitted 7
110	110	through technology; and 8
111	111	‘‘(iii) consult, as appropriate, with the 9
112	112	Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 10
113	113	Housing and Urban Development, the Sec-11
114	114	retary of the Interior, the Secretary of 12
115	115	Labor, and the Attorney General, to iden-13
116	116	tify the geographic areas in the United 14
117	117	States with the highest prevalence of at- 15
118	118	risk populations for child trafficking, in-16
119	119	cluding children who are members of a ra-17
120	120	cial or ethnic minority, homeless youth, 18
121	121	foster youth, youth involved in the child 19
122	122	welfare system, and children and youth 20
123	123	who run away from home or an out-of- 21
124	124	home placement.’’; and 22
125	125	(5) by adding at the end the following: 23
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129	129	‘‘(E) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION .—Grant-1
130	130	ees should be selected based on their dem-2
131	131	onstrated ability to— 3
132	132	‘‘(i) engage stakeholders, including 4
133	133	survivors of human trafficking, and Fed-5
134	134	eral, State, local, or Tribal partners, to de-6
135	135	velop the programs; 7
136	136	‘‘(ii) train the trainers, guardians, K– 8
137	137	12 students, teachers, and other school 9
138	138	personnel in a linguistically accessible, cul-10
139	139	turally responsive, age-appropriate, and 11
140	140	trauma-informed fashion; and 12
141	141	‘‘(iii) create a scalable, repeatable pro-13
142	142	gram to prevent child labor trafficking and 14
143	143	sexual exploitation and abuse including 15
144	144	grooming, child sexual abuse materials, 16
145	145	and trafficking transmitted through tech-17
146	146	nology that— 18
147	147	‘‘(I) uses evidence-based (as such 19
148	148	term is defined in section 20
149	149	8101(21)(A) of the Elementary and 21
150	150	Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 22
151	151	U.S.C. 7801(21)(A))) best practices; 23
152	152	and 24
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156	156	‘‘(II) employs appropriate techno-1
157	157	logical tools and methodologies, in-2
158	158	cluding linguistically accessible, cul-3
159	159	turally responsive, age-appropriate, 4
160	160	and trauma-informed approaches for 5
161	161	trainers, guardians, educators, and 6
162	162	K–12 students. 7
163	163	‘‘(F) T
164	164	RAIN THE TRAINERS .—For pur-8
165	165	poses of subparagraph (E), the term ‘train the 9
166	166	trainers’ means having experienced or master 10
167	167	trainers coach new trainers who are less experi-11
168	168	enced with a particular topic or skill, or with 12
169	169	training overall, who can then teach the mate-13
170	170	rial to others, creating a broader reach, sustain-14
171	171	ability, and making efforts cost- and time-effi-15
172	172	cient (commonly referred to as ‘training of 16
173	173	trainers’). 17
174	174	‘‘(G) D
175	175	ATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary 18
176	176	shall consult with the Secretary of Education, 19
177	177	the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-20
178	178	ment, and the Secretary of the Interior to de-21
179	179	termine the appropriate demographics of the re-22
180	180	cipients or of students at risk of being traf-23
181	181	ficked or exploited, to be collected and reported 24
182	182	with respect to grants under this paragraph, 25
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186	186	which shall include data collection of, at a min-1
187	187	imum, students who are economically disadvan-2
188	188	taged, members of a racial or ethnic minority, 3
189	189	homeless youth, foster youth, youth involved in 4
190	190	the child welfare system, and children and 5
191	191	youth who run away from home or an out-of- 6
192	192	home placement. 7
193	193	‘‘(H) R
194	194	EPORT.—Not later than 540 days 8
195	195	after the date of the enactment of this subpara-9
196	196	graph, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 10
197	197	Health and Human Services shall submit to the 11
198	198	Committees on Education and Labor, Energy 12
199	199	and Commerce, and the Judiciary of the House 13
200	200	of Representatives and the Committees on the 14
201	201	Judiciary and Health, Education, Labor, and 15
202	202	Pensions of the Senate and make available to 16
203	203	the public a report, including data on the fol-17
204	204	lowing: 18
205	205	‘‘(i) The total number of entities that 19
206	206	received a Frederick Douglass Human 20
207	207	Trafficking Prevention Education Grant 21
208	208	over the past year. 22
209	209	‘‘(ii) The total number of partnerships 23
210	210	or consultants that included survivors, 24
211	211	non-profit organizations specialized in 25
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215	215	human trafficking prevention education, 1
216	216	law enforcement, and technology or social 2
217	217	media companies. 3
218	218	‘‘(iii) The total number of elementary 4
219	219	and secondary schools that established and 5
220	220	implemented evidence-based (as such term 6
221	221	is defined in section 8101(21)(A) of the 7
222	222	Elementary and Secondary Education Act 8
223	223	of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A))) best 9
224	224	practices through programs developed 10
225	225	using such grants. 11
226	226	‘‘(iv) The total number and geo-12
227	227	graphic distribution of trainers, guardians, 13
228	228	students, teachers, and other school per-14
229	229	sonnel trained using such grants pursuant 15
230	230	to this paragraph. 16
231	231	‘‘(v) The results of pre-training and 17
232	232	post-training surveys to gauge trainees’ in-18
233	233	creased understanding of the scope and 19
234	234	signs of child trafficking and child sexual 20
235	235	exploitation and abuse; how to interact 21
236	236	with potential victims and survivors of 22
237	237	child trafficking and child sexual exploi-23
238	238	tation and abuse using age-appropriate 24
239	239	and trauma-informed approach; and the 25
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243	243	manner in which to respond to potential 1
244	244	child trafficking and child sexual exploi-2
245	245	tation and abuse. 3
246	246	‘‘(vi) The number of potential victims 4
247	247	and survivors of child trafficking and child 5
248	248	sexual exploitation and abuse identified 6
249	249	and served by grantees, excluding any indi-7
250	250	vidually identifiable information about such 8
251	251	children and acting in full compliance with 9
252	252	all applicable privacy laws and regulations. 10
253	253	‘‘(vii) The number of students in ele-11
254	254	mentary or secondary school identified by 12
255	255	grantees as being at risk of being traf-13
256	256	ficked or sexually exploited and abused, ex-14
257	257	cluding any individually identifiable infor-15
258	258	mation about such children. 16
259	259	‘‘(viii) The demographic characteris-17
260	260	tics of child trafficking survivors and vic-18
261	261	tims, sexually exploited and abused chil-19
262	262	dren, and students at risk of being traf-20
263	263	ficked or sexually exploited and abused de-21
264	264	scribed in clauses (vi) and (vii), excluding 22
265	265	any individually identifiable information 23
266	266	about such children. 24
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270	270	‘‘(ix) Any service gaps and best prac-1
271	271	tices identified by grantees.’’. 2
272	272	SEC. 102. HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS EMPLOYMENT 3
273	273	AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 4
274	274	(a) I
275	275	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 5
276	276	Human Services may carry out a Frederick Douglass 6
277	277	Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education 7
278	278	Program to prevent the re-exploitation of eligible individ-8
279	279	uals who have been victims of trafficking, by assisting 9
280	280	such individuals to integrate or reintegrate into society 10
281	281	through social services support for the attainment of life- 11
282	282	skills, employment, and education necessary to achieve 12
283	283	self-sufficiency. 13
284	284	(b) S
285	285	ERVICESPROVIDED.—Services offered, pro-14
286	286	vided, and funded by the Program shall include (as rel-15
287	287	evant to the victim of trafficking)— 16
288	288	(1) enrollment and participation in— 17
289	289	(A) basic education, including literacy edu-18
290	290	cation and English as a second language edu-19
291	291	cation; 20
292	292	(B) job-related skills training; 21
293	293	(C) vocational and certificate programs; 22
294	294	and 23
295	295	(D) programs for attaining a regular high 24
296	296	school diploma or its recognized equivalent; 25
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300	300	(2) life-skill training programs, including man-1
301	301	agement of personal finances, self-care, and par-2
302	302	enting classes; 3
303	303	(3) re´sume´creation and review; 4
304	304	(4) interview coaching and counseling; 5
305	305	(5) assistance with expungement of criminal 6
306	306	records when such records are for nonviolent crimes 7
307	307	that were committed as a consequence of the eligible 8
308	308	individual’s victimization, including assistance with 9
309	309	credit repair; 10
310	310	(6) assistance with enrollment in college or 11
311	311	technical school; 12
312	312	(7) scholarship assistance for attending college 13
313	313	or technical school; 14
314	314	(8) professional coaching or professional devel-15
315	315	opment classes; 16
316	316	(9) case management to develop an individual-17
317	317	ized plan with each victim of trafficking, based on 18
318	318	each person’s needs and goals; and 19
319	319	(10) assistance with obtaining victim compensa-20
320	320	tion, direct victim assistance, or other funds for 21
321	321	mental health care. 22
322	322	(c) S
323	323	ERVICEPERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re-23
324	324	ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe-24
325	325	riod of 5 years. 25
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329	329	(d) COOPERATIVEAGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 1
330	330	availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter 2
331	331	into cooperative agreements with one or more eligible or-3
332	332	ganizations to carry out this section. 4
333	333	(e) D
334	334	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
335	335	(1) E
336	336	LIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 6
337	337	individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of 7
338	338	trafficking who— 8
339	339	(A) has attained the age of 18 years; and 9
340	340	(B) is eligible to receive services under sec-10
341	341	tion 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-11
342	342	tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)). 12
343	343	(2) E
344	344	LIGIBLE ORGANIZATION .—The ‘‘eligible 13
345	345	organization’’ may include a nongovernmental orga-14
346	346	nization and means a service provider that meets the 15
347	347	following criteria: 16
348	348	(A) Experience in using national or local 17
349	349	anti-trafficking networks to serve victims of 18
350	350	trafficking. 19
351	351	(B) Experience qualifying, providing, and 20
352	352	coordinating services for victims of trafficking, 21
353	353	as described in subsection (b), that is linguis-22
354	354	tically accessible, culturally responsive, age-ap-23
355	355	propriate, and trauma-informed. 24
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359	359	(C) With respect to a service provider for 1
360	360	victims of trafficking served by the Program 2
361	361	who are not United States citizens, a provider 3
362	362	that has experience in identifying and assisting 4
363	363	foreign-born victims of trafficking, including 5
364	364	helping them qualify for Continued Presence, 6
365	365	T–Visas, and other Federal, State, and local 7
366	366	services and funding. 8
367	367	(D) With respect to a service provider for 9
368	368	victims of trafficking served by the Program 10
369	369	who are United States citizens and legal perma-11
370	370	nent residents, a provider that has experience 12
371	371	identifying and assisting victims of trafficking, 13
372	372	as such term is defined in section 103 of the 14
373	373	Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 15
374	374	U.S.C. 7102), especially youth and underserved 16
375	375	populations. 17
376	376	(3) P
377	377	ROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 18
378	378	the Frederick Douglass Human Trafficking Sur-19
379	379	vivors Employment and Education Program estab-20
380	380	lished under this section. 21
381	381	(4) S
382	382	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 22
383	383	the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 23
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387	387	TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN 1
388	388	TRAFFICKING ABROAD 2
389	389	SEC. 201. MODIFICATIONS TO PROGRAM TO END MODERN 3
390	390	SLAVERY GRANTS. 4
391	391	(a) I
392	392	NGENERAL.—Section 1298 of the National De-5
393	393	fense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) is 6
394	394	amended as follows: 7
395	395	(1) In subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 8
396	396	and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 9
397	397	(2) In subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 10
398	398	than September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2020’’ 11
399	399	and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30, 2025, 12
400	400	and September 30, 2029’’. 13
401	401	(b) A
402	402	WARD OFFUNDS.—All grants awarded under 14
403	403	the authority provided by section 1298 of the National De-15
404	404	fense Authorization Act of 2017, as amended by sub-16
405	405	section (a), shall be— 17
406	406	(1) awarded on a competitive basis; and 18
407	407	(2) subject to the regular congressional notifica-19
408	408	tion procedures applicable with respect to grants 20
409	409	made available under section 1298(b) of the Na-21
410	410	tional Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 22
411	411	7114(b)). 23
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415	415	SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO TIER STANDARDS. 1
416	416	(a) M
417	417	ODIFICATIONS TOTIER2 WATCHLIST.—Sub-2
418	418	section (b)(2) of section 110 of the Trafficking Victims 3
419	419	Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is amended— 4
420	420	(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘
421	421	SPECIAL’’ and 5
422	422	inserting ‘‘
423	423	TIER 2’’; and 6
424	424	(2) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 7
425	425	follows: 8
426	426	‘‘(A) S
427	427	UBMISSION OF LIST .—Not later 9
428	428	than the date on which the determinations de-10
429	429	scribed in subsections (c) and (d) are submitted 11
430	430	to the appropriate congressional committees in 12
431	431	accordance with such subsections, the Secretary 13
432	432	of State shall submit to the appropriate con-14
433	433	gressional committees a list of countries that 15
434	434	the Secretary determines require special scru-16
435	435	tiny during the following year. The list shall be 17
436	436	composed of countries that have been listed 18
437	437	pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) pursuant to the 19
438	438	current annual report because— 20
439	439	‘‘(i) the estimated number of victims 21
440	440	of severe forms of trafficking is very sig-22
441	441	nificant or is significantly increasing and 23
442	442	the country is not taking proportional con-24
443	443	crete actions; or 25
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447	447	‘‘(ii) there is a failure to provide evi-1
448	448	dence of increasing efforts to combat se-2
449	449	vere forms of trafficking in persons from 3
450	450	the previous year, including increased in-4
451	451	vestigations, prosecutions and convictions 5
452	452	of trafficking crimes, increased assistance 6
453	453	to victims, and decreasing evidence of com-7
454	454	plicity in severe forms of trafficking by 8
455	455	government officials.’’. 9
456	456	(b) M
457	457	ODIFICATION TOSPECIALRULE FORDOWN-10
458	458	GRADED AND REINSTATED COUNTRIES.—Subsection 11
459	459	(b)(2)(F) of such section 110 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is amend-12
460	460	ed— 13
461	461	(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-14
462	462	ing ‘‘the special watch list’’ and all that follows 15
463	463	through ‘‘the country—’’ and inserting ‘‘the Tier 2 16
464	464	watch list described in subparagraph (A) for more 17
465	465	than 2 years immediately after the country consecu-18
466	466	tively—’’; 19
467	467	(2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub-20
468	468	clause (I), by striking ‘‘the special watch list de-21
469	469	scribed in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 22
470	470	Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A)’’; 23
471	471	and 24
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474	474	•HR 1144 IH
475	475	(3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the year fol-1
476	476	lowing such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)’’ be-2
477	477	fore the period at the end. 3
478	478	(c) C
479	479	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE TRAF-4
480	480	FICKINGVICTIMSPROTECTIONACT OF2000.—Sub-5
481	481	section (b) of such section 110 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is 6
482	482	amended as follows: 7
483	483	(1) In paragraph (2), as amended by subsection 8
484	484	(a)— 9
485	485	(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘spe-10
486	486	cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 11
487	487	list’’; 12
488	488	(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘spe-13
489	489	cial watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 14
490	490	list’’; and 15
491	491	(C) in subparagraph (D)— 16
492	492	(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘
493	493	SPE-17
494	494	CIAL WATCH LIST’’ and inserting ‘‘TIER 2 18
495	495	WATCH LIST’’; and 19
496	496	(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘special 20
497	497	watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch 21
498	498	list’’. 22
499	499	(2) In paragraph (3)(B), in the matter pre-23
500	500	ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘clauses (i), (ii), and 24
501	501	(iii) of’’. 25
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504	504	•HR 1144 IH
505	505	(3) In paragraph (4)— 1
506	506	(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 2
507	507	preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘each country 3
508	508	described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 4
509	509	‘‘each country described in paragraph (2)(A)’’; 5
510	510	and 6
511	511	(B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking 7
512	512	‘‘the Special Watch List under paragraph (2)’’ 8
513	513	and inserting ‘‘the Tier 2 watch list under para-9
514	514	graph (2)’’. 10
515	515	(d) C
516	516	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT TO THE FREDERICK 11
517	517	D
518	518	OUGLASSTRAFFICKINGVICTIMSPREVENTION AND 12
519	519	P
520	520	ROTECTIONREAUTHORIZATION ACT OF2018.—Section 13
521	521	204(b)(1) of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims 14
522	522	Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 15
523	523	(Public Law 115–425) is amended by striking ‘‘special 16
524	524	watch list’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier 2 watch list’’. 17
525	525	(e) C
526	526	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT TO THE BIPARTISAN 18
527	527	C
528	528	ONGRESSIONAL TRADEPRIORITIES AND ACCOUNT-19
529	529	ABILITYACT OF2015.—Section 106(b)(6)(E)(iii) of the 20
530	530	Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Account-21
531	531	ability Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–26; 19 U.S.C. 22
532	532	4205(b)(6)(E)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘under sec-23
533	533	tion’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘under section 24
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536	536	•HR 1144 IH
537	537	110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 1
538	538	2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A))’’. 2
539	539	SEC. 203. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN 3
540	540	DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND ASSIST-4
541	541	ANCE POLICY. 5
542	542	The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 6
543	543	et seq.) is amended— 7
544	544	(1) in section 102(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 2151– 8
545	545	1(b)(4))— 9
546	546	(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 10
547	547	‘‘and’’ at the end; 11
548	548	(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 12
549	549	period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 13
550	550	(C) by adding at the end the following: 14
551	551	‘‘(H) effective counter-trafficking in per-15
552	552	sons policies and programs.’’; and 16
553	553	(2) in section 492(d)(1) (22 U.S.C. 17
554	554	2292a(d)(1))— 18
555	555	(A) by striking the period at the end and 19
556	556	inserting ‘‘; and’’; 20
557	557	(B) by striking ‘‘that the funds’’ and in-21
558	558	serting the following:— ‘‘that— 22
559	559	‘‘(A) the funds’’; and 23
560	560	(C) by adding at the end the following: 24
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563	563	•HR 1144 IH
564	564	‘‘(B) in carrying out the provisions of this 1
565	565	chapter, the President shall, to the greatest ex-2
566	566	tent possible— 3
567	567	‘‘(i) ensure that assistance made 4
568	568	available under this section does not create 5
569	569	or contribute to conditions that can be rea-6
570	570	sonably expected to result in an increase in 7
571	571	trafficking in persons who are in condi-8
572	572	tions of heightened vulnerability as a result 9
573	573	of natural and manmade disasters; and 10
574	574	‘‘(ii) incorporate appropriate protec-11
575	575	tions into the planning and execution of 12
576	576	activities authorized under this chapter.’’. 13
577	577	SEC. 204. CLARIFICATION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, 14
578	578	NONTRADE-RELATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 15
579	579	(a) C
580	580	LARIFICATION OFSCOPE OFWITHHELDAS-16
581	581	SISTANCE.—Section 110(d)(1)(A) of the Trafficking Vic-17
582	582	tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1)(A)) 18
583	583	is amended to read as follows: 19
584	584	‘‘(A) the United States will not provide 20
585	585	nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign as-21
586	586	sistance to the central government of the coun-22
587	587	try, or any funding to facilitate the participa-23
588	588	tion by officials or employees of such central 24
589	589	government in educational and cultural ex-25
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592	592	•HR 1144 IH
593	593	change programs, before the end of the first fis-1
594	594	cal year beginning after such government com-2
595	595	plies with the minimum standards or makes sig-3
596	596	nificant efforts to bring itself into compliance; 4
597	597	and’’. 5
598	598	(b) D
599	599	EFINITION OFNONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE- 6
600	600	R
601	601	ELATEDASSISTANCE.—Section 103(10) of the Traf-7
602	602	ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 8
603	603	7102(10)) is amended to read as follows: 9
604	604	‘‘(10) N
605	605	ONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE-RE-10
606	606	LATED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE .— 11
607	607	‘‘(A) I
608	608	N GENERAL.—The term ‘non-12
609	609	humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist-13
610	610	ance’ means— 14
611	611	‘‘(i) United States foreign assistance, 15
612	612	other than— 16
613	613	‘‘(I) with respect to the Foreign 17
614	614	Assistance Act of 1961— 18
615	615	‘‘(aa) assistance for inter-19
616	616	national narcotics and law en-20
617	617	forcement under chapter 8 of 21
618	618	part I of such Act (22 U.S.C. 22
619	619	2291 et seq.); 23
620	620	‘‘(bb) assistance for Inter-24
621	621	national Disaster Assistance 25
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624	624	•HR 1144 IH
625	625	under subsections (b) and (c) of 1
626	626	section 491 of such Act (22 2
627	627	U.S.C. 2292); 3
628	628	‘‘(cc) antiterrorism assist-4
629	629	ance under chapter 8 of part II 5
630	630	of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et 6
631	631	seq.); and 7
632	632	‘‘(dd) health programs 8
633	633	under chapters 1 and 10 of part 9
634	634	I and chapter 4 of part II of 10
635	635	such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 11
636	636	seq.); 12
637	637	‘‘(II) assistance under the Food 13
638	638	for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.); 14
639	639	‘‘(III) assistance under sub-15
640	640	sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 2 16
641	641	of the Migration and Refugee Assist-17
642	642	ance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(a)– 18
643	643	(c)) to meet refugee and migration 19
644	644	needs; 20
645	645	‘‘(IV) any form of United States 21
646	646	foreign assistance provided through 22
647	647	nongovernmental organizations, inter-23
648	648	national organizations, or private sec-24
649	649	tor partners— 25
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652	652	•HR 1144 IH
653	653	‘‘(aa) to combat human and 1
654	654	wildlife trafficking; 2
655	655	‘‘(bb) to promote food secu-3
656	656	rity; 4
657	657	‘‘(cc) to respond to emer-5
658	658	gencies; 6
659	659	‘‘(dd) to provide humani-7
660	660	tarian assistance; 8
661	661	‘‘(ee) to address basic 9
662	662	human needs, including for edu-10
663	663	cation; 11
664	664	‘‘(ff) to advance global 12
665	665	health security; or 13
666	666	‘‘(gg) to promote trade; and 14
667	667	‘‘(V) any other form of United 15
668	668	States foreign assistance that the 16
669	669	President determines, by not later 17
670	670	than October 1 of each fiscal year, is 18
671	671	necessary to advance the security, eco-19
672	672	nomic, humanitarian, or global health 20
673	673	interests of the United States without 21
674	674	compromising the steadfast United 22
675	675	States commitment to combatting 23
676	676	human trafficking globally; or 24
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679	679	•HR 1144 IH
680	680	‘‘(ii) sales, or financing on any terms, 1
681	681	under the Arms Export Control Act (22 2
682	682	U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), other than sales or 3
683	683	financing provided for narcotics-related 4
684	684	purposes following notification in accord-5
685	685	ance with the prior notification procedures 6
686	686	applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to 7
687	687	section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 8
688	688	of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1). 9
689	689	‘‘(B) E
690	690	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘non-10
691	691	humanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assist-11
692	692	ance’ shall not include payments to, or the par-12
693	693	ticipation of, government entities necessary or 13
694	694	incidental to the implementation of a program 14
695	695	that is otherwise consistent with section 110 of 15
696	696	this Act.’’. 16
697	697	SEC. 205. TRAFFICKING FOR THE PURPOSES OF ORGAN 17
698	698	HARVESTING. 18
699	699	Section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-19
700	700	tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) is amended— 20
701	701	(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 21
702	702	the end; 22
703	703	(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 23
704	704	at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 24
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707	707	•HR 1144 IH
708	708	(3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol-1
709	709	lowing: 2
710	710	‘‘(I) information about the trafficking in 3
711	711	persons for the purpose of organ removal, in-4
712	712	cluding cases and steps governments are under-5
713	713	taking to prevent, identify, and eliminate such 6
714	714	trafficking.’’. 7
715	715	SEC. 206. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE REPORTING. 8
716	716	Section 106(b)(6) of the Bipartisan Congressional 9
717	717	Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Public 10
718	718	Law 114–26; 19 U.S.C. 4205(b)(6)) is amended— 11
719	719	(1) by striking subparagraph (C); and 12
720	720	(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and 13
721	721	(E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively. 14
722	722	SEC. 207. EFFECTIVE DATES. 15
723	723	Sections 202(b) and 205 and the amendments made 16
724	724	by those sections take effect on the date that is the first 17
725	725	day of the first full reporting period for the report re-18
726	726	quired by section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 19
727	727	Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)), as so 20
728	728	amended, after the date of the enactment of this Act. 21
729	729	SEC. 208. PRINTED VERSION OF THE ANNUAL TIP REPORT. 22
730	730	Section 107(c) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 23
731	731	Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (22 24
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734	734	•HR 1144 IH
735	735	U.S.C. 7107 note; Public Law 110–457; 122 Stat. 5050) 1
736	736	is amended— 2
737	737	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 3
738	738	end; 4
739	739	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 5
740	740	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 6
741	741	(3) by adding the following new paragraph: 7
742	742	‘‘(3) ensure that a printed hardcopy format of 8
743	743	the annual report submitted under section 110(b) of 9
744	744	the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 10
745	745	U.S.C. 7107(b)) is made available to the public.’’. 11
746	746	TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 12
747	747	APPROPRIATIONS 13
748	748	SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 14
749	749	VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 15
750	750	PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 16
751	751	Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 17
752	752	of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 18
753	753	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for each of 19
754	754	the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, $13,822,000’’ 20
755	755	and inserting ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 2025 21
756	756	through 2029, $23,000,000’’; 22
757	757	(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 23
758	758	(A) by striking ‘‘To carry out the purposes 24
759	759	of sections 106(b) and 107(b),’’ and inserting 25
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762	762	•HR 1144 IH
763	763	‘‘To carry out the purposes of sections 106(b) 1
764	764	and 107(b) of this Act and sections 101 and 2
765	765	102 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Vic-3
766	766	tims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 4
767	767	Act of 2023,’’; and 5
768	768	(B) by striking ‘‘$19,500,000’’ and all that 6
769	769	follows, and inserting ‘‘$30,755,000 for each of 7
770	770	the fiscal years 2025 through 2029, of which 8
771	771	$5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated in 9
772	772	each fiscal year for the National Human Traf-10
773	773	ficking Hotline and for cybersecurity and public 11
774	774	education campaigns, in consultation with the 12
775	775	Secretary of Homeland Security, for identifying 13
776	776	and responding as needed to cases of human 14
777	777	trafficking.’’; 15
778	778	(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 16
779	779	(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 17
780	780	(A), by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021, 18
781	781	$65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 19
782	782	2029, $111,000,000’’; 20
783	783	(4) in subsection (c) by adding at the end the 21
784	784	following new paragraph: 22
785	785	‘‘(3) P
786	786	ROGRAMS TO END MODERN SLAVERY .— 23
787	787	Of the amounts authorized by paragraph (1) to be 24
788	788	appropriated for a fiscal year, not more than 25
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791	791	•HR 1144 IH
792	792	$37,500,000 may be made available to fund pro-1
793	793	grams to end modern slavery.’’; and 2
794	794	(5) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘2018 3
795	795	through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2029, 4
796	796	of which $35,000,000 is authorized to be appro-5
797	797	priated for each fiscal year for the Office of Victims 6
798	798	of Crime Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of 7
799	799	Human Trafficking’’. 8
800	800	SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 9
801	801	INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 10
802	802	Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre-11
803	803	vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 12
804	804	Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 13
805	805	U.S.C. 21509) is amended by striking ‘‘2018 through 14
806	806	2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2029’’. 15
807	807	Æ
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