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22 U.S.C. § 7104a — Compliance plan and certification requirement
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**(a) Requirement** The head of an executive agency may not provide or enter into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement if the estimated value of the services required to be performed under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement outside the United States exceeds $500,000, unless a duly designated representative of the recipient of such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement certifies to the contracting or grant officer prior to receiving an award and on an annual basis thereafter, after having conducted due diligence, that—
(1) the recipient has implemented a plan to prevent the activities described in [section 7104(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7104/g&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by section 1702, and is in compliance with that plan;
(2) the recipient has implemented procedures to prevent any activities described in such [section 7104(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7104/g&num=0&edition=prelim) and to monitor, detect, and terminate any subcontractor, subgrantee, or employee of the recipient engaging in any activities described in such section; and
(3) to the best of the representative’s knowledge, neither the recipient, nor any subcontractor or subgrantee of the recipient or any agent of the recipient or of such a subcontractor or subgrantee, is engaged in any of the activities described in such section.
**(b) Limitation** Any plan or procedures implemented pursuant to subsection (a) shall be appropriate to the size and complexity of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement and to the nature and scope of its activities, including the number of non-United States citizens expected to be employed.
**(c) Disclosure** Th
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**(a) Requirement** The head of an executive agency may not provide or enter into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement if the estimated value of the services required to be performed under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement outside the United States exceeds $500,000, unless a duly designated representative of the recipient of such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement certifies to the contracting or grant officer prior to receiving an award and on an annual basis thereafter, after having conducted due diligence, that—
(1) the recipient has implemented a plan to prevent the activities described in [section 7104(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7104/g&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by section 1702, and is in compliance with that plan;
(2) the recipient has implemented procedures to prevent any activities described in such [section 7104(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7104/g&num=0&edition=prelim) and to monitor, detect, and terminate any subcontractor, subgrantee, or employee of the recipient engaging in any activities described in such section; and
(3) to the best of the representative’s knowledge, neither the recipient, nor any subcontractor or subgrantee of the recipient or any agent of the recipient or of such a subcontractor or subgrantee, is engaged in any of the activities described in such section.
**(b) Limitation** Any plan or procedures implemented pursuant to subsection (a) shall be appropriate to the size and complexity of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement and to the nature and scope of its activities, including the number of non-United States citizens expected to be employed.
**(c) Disclosure** The recipient shall provide a copy of the plan to the contracting or grant officer upon request, and as appropriate, shall post the useful and relevant contents of the plan or related materials on its website and at the workplace.
**(d) Guidance** The President, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development, and the heads of such other executive agencies as the President deems appropriate, shall establish minimum requirements for contractor plans and procedures to be implemented pursuant to this section.
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**(a) Work Inside the United States.—** Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so, for purposes of employment in the United States by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises regarding that employment shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
**(b) Work Outside the United States.—** Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so, for purposes of employment performed on a United States Government contract performed outside the United States, or on a United States military installation or mission outside the United States or other property or premises outside the United States owned or controlled by the United States Government, by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises regarding that employment, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
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In division B, the term “executive agency” means—
(1) an executive department specified in [section 101 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section101&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) a military department specified in [section 102 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section102&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) an independent establishment as defined in [section 104(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section104/1&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(4) a wholly owned Government corporation fully subject to chapter 91 of title 31.
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**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa.
(5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
(7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.
(8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co
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**(a) In General.—** Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator of General Services shall establish and maintain a database of information regarding the integrity and performance of certain persons awarded Federal agency contracts and grants for use by Federal agency officials having authority over contracts and grants.
**(b) Persons Covered.—** The database shall cover the following:
(1) Any person awarded a Federal agency contract or grant in excess of $500,000, if any information described in subsection (c) exists with respect to the person.
(2) Any person awarded such other category or categories of Federal agency contract as the Federal Acquisition Regulation may provide, if any information described in subsection (c) exists with respect to the person.
**(c) Information Included.—** With respect to a covered person, the database shall include information (in the form of a brief description) for the most recent 5-year period regarding the following:
(1) Each civil or criminal proceeding, or any administrative proceeding, in connection with the award or performance of a contract or grant with the Federal Government with respect to the person during the period to the extent that the proceeding results in the following dispositions:
(A) In a criminal proceeding, a conviction.
(B) In a civil proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in the payment of a monetary fine, penalty, reimbursement, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more.
(C) In an administrative proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in—
(i) the payment of a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or more; or
(ii) the payment of a reimbursement, restitution, or damages in exce
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**(a) Economic alternatives to prevent and deter trafficking** The President shall establish and carry out international initiatives to enhance economic opportunity for potential victims of trafficking as a method to deter trafficking. Such initiatives may include—
(1) microcredit lending programs, training in business development, skills training, and job counseling;
(2) programs to promote women’s participation in economic decisionmaking;
(3) programs to keep children, especially girls, in elementary and secondary schools, and to educate persons who have been victims of trafficking;
(4) development of educational curricula regarding the dangers of trafficking; and
(5) grants to nongovernmental organizations to accelerate and advance the political, economic, social, and educational roles and capacities of women in their countries.
**(b) Public awareness and information**
(1) **In general** — The President, acting through the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State, shall establish and carry out programs to increase public awareness, particularly among potential victims of trafficking, of the dangers of trafficking and the protections that are available for victims of trafficking.
(2) **Grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking**
(A) *Definitions* — In this paragraph:
(i) *ESEA terms* — The terms “elementary school”, “local educational agency”, “other staff”, and “secondary school” have the meanings given the terms in [section 7801 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7801&num=0&edition=prelim).
(ii) *High-intensity child sex trafficking area* — The term “high-intensity child sex trafficking area” means a metropolitan
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**(a) Referral and investigation**
(1) **Referral** — If the contracting or grant officer of an executive agency for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement receives credible information that a recipient of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; any subgrantee or subcontractor of the recipient; or any agent of the recipient or of such a subgrantee or subcontractor, has engaged in an activity described in [section 7104(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7104/g&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by section 1702, including a report from a contracting officer representative, an auditor, an alleged victim or victim’s representative, or any other credible source, the contracting or grant officer shall promptly refer the matter to the agency’s Office of Inspector General for investigation. The contracting officer may also direct the contractor to take specific steps to abate an alleged violation or enforce the requirements of a compliance plan implemented pursuant to [section 7104a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7104a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Investigation** — An Inspector General who receives a referral under paragraph (1) or otherwise receives credible information that a recipient of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; any subgrantee or subcontractor of the recipient; or any agent of the recipient or of such a subgrantee or subcontractor, has engaged in an activity described in [section 7104(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7104/g&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by section 1702, shall promptly review the referral or information and determine whether to initiate an inve
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**(a) Liability** Excluding section 1706, nothing in this title shall be construed to supersede, enlarge, or diminish the common law or statutory liabilities of any grantee, subgrantee, contractor, subcontractor, or other party covered by section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ([22 U.S.C. 7104(g)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7104/g&num=0&edition=prelim)), as amended by section 1702.
**(b) Authority of Department of Justice** Nothing in this title shall be construed as diminishing or otherwise modifying the authority of the Attorney General to investigate activities covered by this title.
**(c) Implementation and effective dates**
(1) **Contracting requirements**
(A) Not later than 270 days after January 2, 2013, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be amended to carry out the requirements of sections 1702, 1703, and 1704(c), and the second sentence of section 1704(a)(1), of this title.
(B) The requirements of sections 1702, 1703, and 1704(c), and the second sentence of section 1704(a)(1), of this title, shall apply to grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements entered into on or after the date that is 270 days after January 2, 2013, and to task and delivery orders awarded on or after such date pursuant to contracts entered before, on, or after such date.
(2) **Investigative and procedural requirements** — Federal agencies shall implement the requirements of sections 1704, 1705, and 1707 (other than subsection (c) of section 1704) not later than 90 days after January 2, 2013.
(3) **Criminal law changes** — The amendments made by section 1706 shall take effect upon the date of enactment and shall apply to conduct taking place on or after such date.
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Page 1905
TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 7104a
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
7102), as amended by subsection (d)(2)).
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning with the first an-
nual anti-trafficking report that is required under
subsection (b)(1) of section 110 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) to be sub-
mitted after the date of the enactment of this Act,
and concurrent with each such subsequent submis-
sion for the following 7 years, the Secretary of State
shall submit to the relevant congressional commit-
tees a report that contains information relating to
the number and the locations of United States visa
denials based, in whole or in part, on grounds related
to human trafficking (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102), as amended by subsection (d)(2))
during the period covered by each such annual anti-
trafficking report.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) LOCATION OF UNITED STATES VISA DENIALS.—The
term ‘location of United States visa denials’ means—
‘‘(A) the United States diplomatic or consular
post at which a denied United States visa applica-
tion was adjudicated; and
‘‘(B) the city or locality of residence of the appli-
cant whose visa application was so denied.
‘‘(2) RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—The
term ‘relevant congressional committees’ means—
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.’’
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
For delegation of functions of President under this
section, see section 5 of Ex. Ord. No. 13257, Feb. 13
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