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22 U.S.C. § 7109a — Research on domestic and international trafficking in persons
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**(a) In general** The President, acting through the Council of Economic Advisors, the National Research Council of the National Academies, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall carry out research, including by providing grants to nongovernmental organizations, as well as relevant United States Government agencies and international organizations, which furthers the purposes of this chapter and provides data to address the problems identified in the findings of this chapter. Such research initiatives shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The economic causes and consequences of trafficking in persons.
(2) The effectiveness of programs and initiatives funded or administered by Federal agencies to prevent trafficking in persons and to protect and assist victims of trafficking.
(3) The interrelationship between trafficking in persons and global health risks, particularly HIV/AIDS.
(4) Subject to subsection (b), the interrelationship between trafficking in persons and terrorism, including the use of profits from trafficking in persons to finance terrorism.
(5) An effective mechanism for quantifying the number of victims of trafficking on a national, regional, and international basis, which shall include, not later than 2 years after December 23, 2008, the establishment and maintenance of an integrated database within the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center.
(6) The abduction and enslavement of children for use as soldiers, including steps taken to eliminate the abduction and enslavement of children for use as soldi
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**(a) In general** The President, acting through the Council of Economic Advisors, the National Research Council of the National Academies, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall carry out research, including by providing grants to nongovernmental organizations, as well as relevant United States Government agencies and international organizations, which furthers the purposes of this chapter and provides data to address the problems identified in the findings of this chapter. Such research initiatives shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The economic causes and consequences of trafficking in persons.
(2) The effectiveness of programs and initiatives funded or administered by Federal agencies to prevent trafficking in persons and to protect and assist victims of trafficking.
(3) The interrelationship between trafficking in persons and global health risks, particularly HIV/AIDS.
(4) Subject to subsection (b), the interrelationship between trafficking in persons and terrorism, including the use of profits from trafficking in persons to finance terrorism.
(5) An effective mechanism for quantifying the number of victims of trafficking on a national, regional, and international basis, which shall include, not later than 2 years after December 23, 2008, the establishment and maintenance of an integrated database within the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center.
(6) The abduction and enslavement of children for use as soldiers, including steps taken to eliminate the abduction and enslavement of children for use as soldiers and recommendations for such further steps as may be necessary to rapidly end the abduction and enslavement of children for use as soldiers.
**(b) Role of Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center**
(1) **In general** — The research initiatives described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) shall be carried out by the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, established under [section 1777 of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1777&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Database** — The database described in subsection (a)(5) shall be established by combining all applicable data collected by each Federal department and agency represented on the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, and, to the maximum extent practicable, applicable data from relevant international organizations, to—
(A) improve the coordination of the collection of data related to trafficking in persons by each agency of the United States Government that collects such data;
(B) promote uniformity of such data collection and standards and systems related to such collection;
(C) undertake a meta-analysis of patterns of trafficking in persons, slavery, and slave-like conditions to develop and analyze global trends in human trafficking;
(D) identify emerging issues in human trafficking and establishing integrated methods to combat them; and
(E) identify research priorities to respond to global patterns and emerging issues.
(3) **Consultation** — The database established in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be maintained in consultation with the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Department of State.
(4) **Authorization of appropriations** — There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2027 to carry out the activities described in this subsection.
**(c) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **AIDS** — The term “AIDS” means the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(2) **HIV** — The term “HIV” means the human immunodeficiency virus, the pathogen that causes AIDS.
(3) **HIV/AIDS** — The term “HIV/AIDS” means, with respect to an individual, an individual who is infected with HIV or living with AIDS.
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**(a) Purposes** The purposes of this chapter are to combat trafficking in persons, a contemporary manifestation of slavery whose victims are predominantly women and children, to ensure just and effective punishment of traffickers, and to protect their victims.
**(b) Findings** Congress finds that:
(1) As the 21st century begins, the degrading institution of slavery continues throughout the world. Trafficking in persons is a modern form of slavery, and it is the largest manifestation of slavery today. At least 700,000 persons annually, primarily women and children, are trafficked within or across international borders. Approximately 50,000 women and children are trafficked into the United States each year.
(2) Many of these persons are trafficked into the international sex trade, often by force, fraud, or coercion. The sex industry has rapidly expanded over the past several decades. It involves sexual exploitation of persons, predominantly women and girls, involving activities related to prostitution, pornography, sex tourism, and other commercial sexual services. The low status of women in many parts of the world has contributed to a burgeoning of the trafficking industry.
(3) Trafficking in persons is not limited to the sex industry. This growing transnational crime also includes forced labor and involves significant violations of labor, public health, and human rights standards worldwide.
(4) Traffickers primarily target women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by poverty, the lack of access to education, chronic unemployment, discrimination, and the lack of economic opportunities in countries of origin. Traffickers lure women and girls into their networks through false promises of decent working conditions at relatively good pay as nannies, maids, d
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**(a) Establishment** The President shall establish an Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking.
**(b) Appointment** The President shall appoint the members of the Task Force, which shall include the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Trade Representative, and such other officials as may be designated by the President.
**(c) Chairman** The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of State.
**(d) Activities of the Task Force** The Task Force shall carry out the following activities:
(1) Coordinate the implementation of this chapter.
(2) Measure and evaluate progress of the United States and other countries in the areas of trafficking prevention, protection, and assistance to victims of trafficking, and prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, including the role of public corruption in facilitating trafficking. The Task Force shall have primary responsibility for assisting the Secretary of State in the preparation of the reports described in [section 7107 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7107&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) Expand interagency procedures to collect and organize data, including significant research and resource information on domestic and international trafficking and providing an annual report on the case referrals received from the national human trafficking hotline by Federal departments and agencies. Any data collecti
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(1) **Review, evaluation, and revision of existing training programs** — The Secretary of Homeland Security shall—
(A) review and evaluate the training regarding travel and identity documents, and techniques, patterns, and trends associated with terrorist travel that is provided to personnel of the Department of Homeland Security;
(B) in coordination with the Secretary of State, review and evaluate the training described in subparagraph (A) that is provided to relevant personnel of the Department of State; and
(C) in coordination with the Secretary of State, develop and implement an initial training and periodic retraining program—
(i) to teach border, immigration, and consular officials (who inspect or review travel or identity documents as part of their official duties) how to effectively detect, intercept, and disrupt terrorist travel; and
(ii) to ensure that the officials described in clause (i) regularly receive the most current information on such matters and are periodically retrained on the matters described in paragraph (2).
(2) **Required topics of revised programs** — The training program developed under paragraph (1)(C) shall include training in—
(A) methods for identifying fraudulent and genuine travel documents;
(B) methods for detecting terrorist indicators on travel documents and other relevant identity documents;
(C) recognition of travel patterns, tactics, and behaviors exhibited by terrorists;
(D) effective utilization of information contained in databases and data systems available to the Department of Homeland Security; and
(E) other topics determined to be appropriate by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State or the Director of National Intelligence.
(3) **Implementation**
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations in support of the task force** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, $13,822,000 for Diplomatic and Consular Programs of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, which shall be used to carry out sections 7103(e), 7103(f),11 See References in Text note below. and 7107 of this title, including for additional personnel.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services**
(1) **Eligibility for benefits and assistance** — To carry out the purposes of sections 7104(b) and 7105(b) of this title and [section 628c of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section628c&num=0&edition=prelim), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services $19,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, of which $3,500,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
(2) **Additional benefits for trafficking victims** — To carry out the purposes of section 7105(f) 1 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2028.
(3) **Grants for State improvements** — To carry out the purposes of [section 20705a of title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20705a&num=0&edition=prelim), there are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations to the Secretary of State**
(1) **Assistance to combat trafficking** — There are authorized
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 7109a
§ 7109a. Research on domestic and international
trafficking in persons
(a) In general
The President, acting through the Council of
Economic
Advisors,
the
National
Research
Council of the National Academies, the Sec-
retary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, the Attorney General, the Sec-
retary of State, the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development,
and the Director of National Intelligence, shall
carry out research, including by providing
grants to nongovernmental organizations, as
well as relevant United States Government
agencies and international organizations, which
furthers the purposes of this chapter and pro-
vides data to address the problems identified in
the findings of this chapter. Such research ini-
tiatives shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, include, but not be limited to, the fol-
lowing:
(1) The economic causes and consequences of
trafficking in persons.
(2) The effectiveness of programs and initia-
tives funded or administered by Federal agen-
cies to prevent trafficking in persons and to
protect and assist victims of trafficking.
(3) The interrelationship between trafficking
in persons and global health risks, particu-
larly HIV/AIDS.
(4) Subject to subsection (b), the inter-
relationship between trafficking in persons
and terrorism, including the use of profits
from trafficking in persons to finance ter-
rorism.
(5) An effective mechanism for quantifying
the number of victims of trafficking on a na-
tional,
regional,
and
international
basis,
which shall include, not later than 2 years
after December 23, 2008, the establishment and
maintenance of an integrated database within
the Human Smuggling
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