45077778 MARKUP OF H.R. 3244, H.CON.RES. 165, H.RES. COMMITTEE ON 11.2000 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Tuesday, November 9, 1999 Serial No. 106-96 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations 64-099 CC U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-060814-7 COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York, Chairman WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey MARSHALL “MARK" SANFORD, South MATT SALMON, Arizona AMO HOUGHTON, New York TOM CAMPBELL, California JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York KEVIN BRADY, Texas RICHARD BURR, North Carolina THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA. American MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California EARL POMEROY, North Dakota WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York BARBARA LEE, California JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL, Pennsylvania RICHARD J. GARON, Chief of Staff KATHLEEN BERtelsen Moazed, Democratic Chief of Staff HILLEL WEINBERG, Senior Professional Staff Member and Counsel JOAN I. O'DONNELL, Staff Associate Page Markup of H.R. 3244, a bill to combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery, and slavery-like conditions in the United States and countries around the world through prevention, through prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, and through protection and assistance Markup of H. Con. Res. 165, a concurrent resolution expressing United States policy toward the Slovak Republic Markup of H. Res. 169, a resolution expressing the sense of the House Markup of H. Con. Res. 206, a concurrent resolution expressing grave concern regarding armed conflict in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation which has resulted in civilian casualties and internally dis- placed persons, and urging all sides to pursue dialogue for peaceful resolu- Markup of H. Con. Res. 222, a concurrent resolution condemning the assas- sination of Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsian and other officials of the Armenian Government and expressing the sense of the Congress in morning this tragic loss of the duty elected leadership of Armenia Markup of H. Con. Res. 211, a concurrent resultion expressing the strong support of the Congress for the recently concluded elections in the Republic of India and urging the President to travel to India Markup of H. Con. Res. 200, a concurrent resolution expressing the strong opposition of Congress to the military coup in Pakistan and calling for a civilian, democratically-elected government to be returned to power in 33 Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to the Committee Print of H. Con. Res. 200, offered by Mr. Gejdenson and Mr. Brown of Ohio Committee Print (as Reported by the Subcommittee on Asia and the Perfecting Amendment to H. Res. 169, offered by Mr. Radanovich Amendment to the Perfecting Amendment, offered by Mr. Bereuter The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman, a Representative in Congress from New York and Chairman, Committee on International Relations, statement on Page The Honorable Gary L. Ackerman, a Representative in Congress from New 140 Additional materials submitted for the record: Memo to Mr. Gilman from Mr. Bereuter regarding Laos, submitted by Mr. 142 MARKUP OF H.R. 3244, H.CON.RES. 165, H.RES. 169, H.CON.RES. 206, H.CON.RES. 222, H.CON.RES. 211, AND H.CON.RES. 200 Tuesday, November 9, 1999 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, WASHINGTON, D.C. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 4 p.m., in room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman (Chairman of the Committee) presiding. Chairman GILMAN. The Committee will come to order-Members please take their seats-pursuant to notice to mark up several items of legislative business. First item is H.R. 3244 relating to trafficking in humans. The clerk will report the title of the bill. [The information referred to appears in the appendix.] Ms. BLOOMER. H.R. 3244, a bill to combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery and slavery-like conditions in the United States and countries around the world through prevention, through prosecution and enforcement against traffickers and through protection and assistance to victims of trafficking. Chairman GILMAN. Without objection, the first reading of the bill is dispensed with. The clerk will read the bill for amendment. Ms. BLOOMER. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. Section 1, Short title. Chairman GILMAN. Without objection, the bill is considered as having been read and is open to amendment at any point. I now recognize the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Smith to introduce the bill. Mr. SMITH. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased that the Committee is meeting today to markup H.R. 3244, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 1999, which I introduced yesterday along with the Ranking Member, Mr. Gejdenson, and seven other bipartisan cosponsors. This bill focuses on the most severe forms of trafficking, on trafficking of children into the international sex industry, on sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and on trafficking into slavery and slavery-like practices. Each year. Mr. Chairman, up to a million innocent victims, of whom the overwhelming majority are women and children, are brought by force and/or fraud into the international commercial sex industry. Efforts by the U.S. Government, international organiza |