To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates extends the Program to End Modern Slavery grant authorization deadline from 2020 to 2029 and updates reporting deadlines to September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2029, requires renames "special watch list" to "Tier 2 watch list" and tightens criteria, and adds "effective counter-trafficking in persons policies and programs" as a development cooperation goal. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, reporting requirements, and grants. The main policy areas are Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy.
Who Benefits and How
Anti-trafficking programs and grantees could gain revenue opportunities, State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking could gain revenue opportunities, and Humanitarian NGOs operating in Tier 3 countries could face lower compliance burdens.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Tier 3 country central governments could lose revenue opportunities, Tier 2 watch list countries would take on compliance duties, and USAID and development agencies would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates extends the Program to End Modern Slavery grant authorization deadline from 2020 to 2029 and updates reporting deadlines to September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2029.
- Requires renames "special watch list" to "Tier 2 watch list" and tightens criteria.
- Adds "effective counter-trafficking in persons policies and programs" as a development cooperation goal.
- Exempts clarifies that Tier 3 countries cannot receive non-humanitarian, non-trade foreign assistance to central governments or educational/cultural exchange funding.
- Requires eliminates duplicative reporting requirements under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 by removing subparagraph (C) and redesignating subsequent subparagraphs.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates extends the Program to End Modern Slavery grant authorization deadline from 2020 to 2029 and updates reporting deadlines to September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2029, requires renames "special watch list" to "Tier 2 watch list" and tightens criteria, and adds "effective counter-trafficking in persons policies and programs" as a development cooperation goal.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
The bill creates extends the Program to End Modern Slavery grant authorization deadline from 2020 to 2029 and updates reporting deadlines to September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2029, requires renames "special watch list" to "Tier 2 watch list" and tightens criteria, and adds "effective counter-trafficking in persons policies and programs" as a development cooperation goal.
Policy Domains
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization
Identified Gains
- Anti-trafficking programs and grantees
- State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
- Humanitarian NGOs operating in Tier 3 countries
- Anti-trafficking NGOs and grantees
- International organizations (UN agencies, etc.)
Identified Costs
- Tier 3 country central governments
- Tier 2 watch list countries
- USAID and development agencies
- Federal Treasury
- State Department
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Mfume, and …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Director of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, Federal Treasury, State Department
Positive-direction: State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, U.S. Trade Representative
Negative-direction: Federal Treasury, State Department, USAID and development agencies
Anti-trafficking NGOs and grantees, Anti-trafficking programs and grantees, Development contractors and NGOs
Tier 2 watch list countries, Tier 3 country central governments
Disaster-affected populations vulnerable to trafficking, Trafficking victims in watch list countries
International organizations (UN agencies, etc.)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of State
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
US foreign assistance excluding: narcotics/law enforcement, disaster assistance, antiterrorism assistance, health programs, Food for Peace, refugee/migration assistance, and aid through NGOs/international organizations for trafficking, food security, emergencies, humanitarian needs, education, or global health security
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