To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. Executive Directors at multilateral development banks to encourage counter-trafficking strategies in projects in countries with poor trafficking records (Tier 2, directs USAID Administrator to integrate counter-trafficking (C-TIP) activities into broader development programming, define C-TIP Integrated Development Programs, and ensure USAID missions incorporate anti-trafficking, and amends the Foreign Assistance Act to add counter-trafficking as a development cooperation policy goal and requires the President to ensure disaster assistance does not contribute to trafficking conditions. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, definition changes, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice, and Finance.
Who Benefits and How
Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause could face lower compliance burdens, Foreign affairs agencies and foreign-policy stakeholders affected by the bill could face lower compliance burdens, and Public beneficiaries or protected communities affected by the clause could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause would take on compliance duties, Regulated entities and members of the public affected by the bill would take on compliance duties, and Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. Executive Directors at multilateral development banks to encourage counter-trafficking strategies in projects in countries with poor trafficking records (Tier 2...
- Directs USAID Administrator to integrate counter-trafficking (C-TIP) activities into broader development programming, define C-TIP Integrated Development Programs, and ensure USAID missions incorporate anti-trafficking...
- Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to add counter-trafficking as a development cooperation policy goal and requires the President to ensure disaster assistance does not contribute to trafficking conditions.
- Defines makes technical amendments to rename the 'Special Watch List' to 'Tier 2 Watch List' and clarifies procedural requirements for countries remaining on the watch list for multiple years.
- Requires modifies the Program to End Modern Slavery by updating deadlines, requiring grant recipients to publish subgrantee names publicly (or report them confidentially if security concerns exist), and mandating...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. Executive Directors at multilateral development banks to encourage counter-trafficking strategies in projects in countries with poor trafficking records (Tier 2, directs USAID Administrator to integrate counter-trafficking (C-TIP) activities into broader development programming, define C-TIP Integrated Development Programs, and ensure USAID missions incorporate anti-trafficking, and amends the Foreign Assistance Act to add counter-trafficking as a development cooperation policy goal and requires the President to ensure disaster assistance does not contribute to trafficking conditions.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice, Finance
Primary Purpose
The bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. Executive Directors at multilateral development banks to encourage counter-trafficking strategies in projects in countries with poor trafficking records (Tier 2, directs USAID Administrator to integrate counter-trafficking (C-TIP) activities into broader development programming, define C-TIP Integrated Development Programs, and ensure USAID missions incorporate anti-trafficking, and amends the Foreign Assistance Act to add counter-trafficking as a development cooperation policy goal and requires the President to ensure disaster assistance does not contribute to trafficking conditions.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause
- Foreign affairs agencies and foreign-policy stakeholders affected by the bill
- Public beneficiaries or protected communities affected by the clause
- Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities
- Educational institutions and students affected by the bill
Identified Costs
- Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause
- Regulated entities and members of the public affected by the bill
- Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities
- Financial services firms and customers affected by the bill
- Foreign affairs agencies and foreign-policy stakeholders affected by the bill
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Rubio, …
Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities
Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities faces effects in multiple directions
Anti-trafficking advocacy organizations, Anti-trafficking organizations seeking competitive grants, Anti-trafficking programs and organizations
Positive-direction: Anti-trafficking advocacy organizations, Anti-trafficking organizations seeking competitive grants, Anti-trafficking programs and organizations, Organizations specializing in anti-trafficking programs, Programs to End Modern Slavery grantees
Negative-direction: Grant recipients under the Program to End Modern Slavery, Humanitarian assistance organizations, International development contractors and NGOs receiving USAID funding, Subgrantee organizations receiving anti-trafficking funding
Congressional oversight committees, Congressional oversight committees (Foreign Relations/Foreign Affairs), Department of State administering registration program
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, Congressional oversight committees (Foreign Relations/Foreign Affairs), USAID anti-trafficking programs
Negative-direction: Department of State administering registration program, Executive branch agencies administering foreign assistance, State Department, State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, USAID and its overseas missions
Countries ranked Tier 3 for human trafficking, Countries receiving trafficking waivers, Countries with Tier 2 Watch List, Tier 3, or Special Case trafficking rankings
Multilateral development banks (World Bank, IMF, regional development banks), Multilateral development banks providing loans to Tier 3 countries
Victims of human trafficking in disaster contexts
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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