International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill directs Treasury Secretary to instruct US Executive Directors at multilateral development banks to encourage counter-trafficking strategies in projects in Tier 2 Watch List, Tier 3, and Special Cases countries, amends the Foreign Assistance Act to integrate counter-trafficking policies into development cooperation goals and disaster assistance planning, and creates modernizes Tier 2 Watch List criteria to focus on proportional government response to trafficking, requiring countries show concrete actions proportional to their trafficking problem. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, product standards, and grants. The main policy areas are Foreign Policy, Congressional Oversight, Human Trafficking, and Labor.
Who Benefits and How
Anti-trafficking NGOs and grantees could gain revenue opportunities, Trafficking survivors would be affected, and Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
State Department would take on compliance duties, Tier 3 countries not meeting minimum standards could lose revenue opportunities, and Countries with significant trafficking problems would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Directs Treasury Secretary to instruct US Executive Directors at multilateral development banks to encourage counter-trafficking strategies in projects in Tier 2 Watch List, Tier 3, and Special Cases countries.
- Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to integrate counter-trafficking policies into development cooperation goals and disaster assistance planning.
- Creates modernizes Tier 2 Watch List criteria to focus on proportional government response to trafficking, requiring countries show concrete actions proportional to their trafficking problem.
- Creates extends Program to End Modern Slavery through 2029, requires competitive grant awards, and mandates transparency through publication of subgrantee names.
- Imposes clarifies sanctions for Tier 3 countries: President shall deny nonhumanitarian foreign assistance and instruct US Executive Directors to vote against multilateral bank loans until compliance.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill directs Treasury Secretary to instruct US Executive Directors at multilateral development banks to encourage counter-trafficking strategies in projects in Tier 2 Watch List, Tier 3, and Special Cases countries, amends the Foreign Assistance Act to integrate counter-trafficking policies into development cooperation goals and disaster assistance planning, and creates modernizes Tier 2 Watch List criteria to focus on proportional government response to trafficking, requiring countries show concrete actions proportional to their trafficking problem.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Congressional Oversight, Human Trafficking, Labor
Primary Purpose
The bill directs Treasury Secretary to instruct US Executive Directors at multilateral development banks to encourage counter-trafficking strategies in projects in Tier 2 Watch List, Tier 3, and Special Cases countries, amends the Foreign Assistance Act to integrate counter-trafficking policies into development cooperation goals and disaster assistance planning, and creates modernizes Tier 2 Watch List criteria to focus on proportional government response to trafficking, requiring countries show concrete actions proportional to their trafficking problem.
Policy Domains
Title I - Policy and Tier Rankings
Identified Gains
- Anti-trafficking NGOs and grantees
- Trafficking survivors
- Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
- Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
- Domestic workers with A-3 and G-5 visas
Identified Costs
- State Department
- Tier 3 countries not meeting minimum standards
- Countries with significant trafficking problems
- Central governments of sanctioned countries
- Embassies and foreign missions
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Risch (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Budd, Mr. Kaine, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional oversight committees, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Negative-direction: State Department
Central governments of sanctioned countries, Countries on Tier 2 Watch List or Tier 3, Countries with significant trafficking problems
Anti-trafficking NGOs and grantees, Anti-trafficking organizations, Anti-trafficking service providers
Modern slavery survivors, Trafficking survivors, Vulnerable populations in disaster areas
Multilateral development banks (World Bank, IMF, etc.)
Development contractors and implementing partners
International organizations employing G-5 workers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of State or Secretary of the Treasury (context-dependent)
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of State
Note: 'The Secretary' refers to Secretary of the Treasury in section 101 but Secretary of State in sections 103, 106, and Title III
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Countries requiring special scrutiny due to significant trafficking victims, lack of proportional response, or failure to show increasing anti-trafficking efforts
Countries that do not meet minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to comply
Defined in existing TVPA (22 U.S.C. 7102) - referenced throughout bill
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