“(2) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 46.-The provisions of chapter 46 of this title relating to civil forfeitures shall apply to any seizure or civil forfeiture under this subsection.". (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2428. Forfeitures.". SEC. 104. ENHANCING UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. (a) APPOINTMENT TO 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-* * (b) MINIMUM STANDARDS STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TRAFFICKING. (1) AMENDMENTS.-Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended-* * * (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) take effect beginning two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) RESEARCH. *** (1) AMENDMENTS.-Section 112A of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7109a) is amended(2) REPORT. (A) IN GENERAL.-Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (established pursuant to section 7202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458)) shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the results of the research initiatives carried out pursuant to section 112A(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (as added by paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection). (B) DEFINITION.-In this paragraph, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means (i) the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and (ii) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. (d) FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER TRAINING.-Section 708(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028(a)) is amended—* * * (e) PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING BY PEACEKEEPERS. (1) INCLUSION IN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT.-Section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) is amended-* * * (2) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE.-At least 15 days prior to voting for a new or reauthorized peacekeeping mission under the auspices of the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or any other multilateral organization in which the United States participates (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable), the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and any other appropriate congressional committee a report that contains (A) a description of measures taken by the organization to prevent the organization's employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces serving in the peacekeeping mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts of sexual exploitation or abuse, and the measures in place to hold accountable any such individuals who engage in any such acts while participating in the peacekeeping mission; and (B) an analysis of the effectiveness of each of the measures referred to in subparagraph (A). SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO MONITOR AND COMBAT FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR. (a) ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (1) FINDING.-Congress finds that in the report submitted to Congress by the Secretary of State in June 2005 pursuant to section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), the list of countries whose governments do not comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and are not making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance was composed of a large number of countries in which the trafficking involved forced labor, including the trafficking of women into domestic servitude. (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State should intensify the focus of the Office on forced labor in the countries described in paragraph (1) and other countries in which forced labor continues to be a serious human rights concern. (b) ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Labor, acting through the head of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor, shall carry out additional activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child labor in foreign countries as described in paragraph (2). (2) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.-The additional activities referred to in paragraph (1) are (A) to monitor the use of forced labor and child labor in violation of international standards; (B) to provide information regarding trafficking in persons for the purpose of forced labor to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State for inclusion in trafficking in persons report required by section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)); (C) to develop and make available to the public a list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards; (D) to work with persons who are involved in the production of goods on the list described in subparagraph (C) to create a standard set of practices that will reduce the likelihood that such persons will produce goods using the labor described in such subparagraph; and (E) to consult with other departments and agencies of the United States Government to reduce forced and child labor internationally and ensure that products made by forced labor and child labor in violation of international standards are not imported into the United States. TITLE II-COMBATTING DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SEC. 201. PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. (a)*** (b) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.-Section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended-* * * (c) * * * Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended-* * ** SEC. 206. SENIOR POLICY OPERATING GROUP. Each Federal department or agency involved in grant activities related to combatting trafficking or providing services to persons subjected to trafficking inside the United States shall, as the department or agency determines appropriate, apprise the Senior Policy Operating Group established by section 105(f) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(f)), under the procedures established by the Senior Policy Operating Group, of such activities of the department or agency to ensure that the activities are consistent with the purposes of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). TITLE III-AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended-* * * (3) Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 Partial text of Public Law 108–193 [H.R. 2620], 117 Stat. 2875, approved December 19, 2003 NOTE.-Except for the provisions noted below, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 consists of amendments to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386), Immigration and Nationality Act (Public Law 82-414), Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-7), Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87195), and 18 United States Code. AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for 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 1.1 SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003". SEC. 2.1 FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Trafficking in persons continues to victimize countless men, women, and children in the United States and abroad. (2) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (division A of Public Law 106-386), the United States Government has made significant progress in investigating and prosecuting acts of trafficking and in responding to the needs of victims of trafficking in the United States and abroad. (3) On the other hand, victims of trafficking have faced unintended obstacles in the process of securing needed assistance, including admission to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (4) Additional research is needed to fully understand the phenomenon of trafficking in persons and to determine the most effective strategies for combating trafficking in persons. (5) Corruption among foreign law enforcement authorities continues to undermine the efforts by governments to investigate, prosecute, and convict traffickers. 122 U.S.C. 7101 note. |