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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2647

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for 
 other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 August 1, 2025

Mr. Risch (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Budd, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Scott of 
 Florida, and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for 
 other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``International Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.
 TITLE I--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD

Sec. 101. United states support for integration of anti-trafficking in 
 persons interventions in multilateral 
 development banks.

Sec. 102. Counter-trafficking in persons efforts in development 
 cooperation and assistance policy.

Sec. 103. Technical amendments to tier rankings.

Sec. 104. Modifications to the Program to End Modern Slavery.

Sec. 105. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign 
 assistance.

Sec. 106. Expanding protections for domestic workers of official and 
 diplomatic persons.

Sec. 107. Effective dates.
 TITLE II--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 201. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking 
 and Violence Protection Act of 2000.

Sec. 202. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan's 
 Law.
 TITLE III--BRIEFINGS

Sec. 301. Briefing on annual trafficking in person's report.

Sec. 302. Briefing on use and justification of waivers.

 TITLE I--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD

SEC. 101. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN 
 PERSONS INTERVENTIONS IN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

    (a) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State acting through the Ambassador-at-Large to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, shall instruct the United 
States Executive Director of each multilateral development bank (as 
defined in 

section 110
            (d) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107
            (d) )) to encourage the inclusion of a counter-
trafficking strategy, including risk assessment and mitigation efforts 
as needed, in proposed projects in countries listed--

    (1) on the Tier 2 Watch List (required under 

section 110

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
 (22 U.S.C. 7107

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) ), as amended by 

section 104

    (a) );

    (2) under subparagraph
            (C) of 

section 110

    (b)

    (1) of the 
 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
 7107

    (b)

    (1) ) (commonly referred to as ``Tier 3''); and

    (3) as Special Cases in the most recent report on 
 trafficking in persons required under such section (commonly 
 referred to as the ``Trafficking in Persons Report'').

    (b) Briefings.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, shall brief the appropriate congressional 
committees regarding the implementation of this section.
            (c) GAO Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
details the activities of the United States relating to combating human 
trafficking, including forced labor, within multilateral development 
projects.
            (d) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--

    (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

    (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

    (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
 Representatives; and

    (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
 Representatives.

SEC. 102. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN DEVELOPMENT 
 COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE POLICY.

 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is 
amended--

    (1) in 

section 102

    (b)

    (4) (22 U.S.C. 2151-1

    (b)

    (4) )--
        (A) in subparagraph
        (F) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in subparagraph
        (G) , by striking the period at 
 the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (H) effective counter-trafficking in persons 
 policies and programs.''; and

    (2) in 

section 492
            (d) (1) (22 U.S.C. 2292a
            (d) (1) )--
        (A) by striking ``that the funds'' and inserting 
 the following: ``that--
 ``
        (A) the funds'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (A) , as added by subparagraph
        (A) of this paragraph, by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) in carrying out the provisions of this 
 chapter, the President shall, to the greatest extent 
 possible--
 ``
            (i) ensure that assistance made available 
 under this section does not create or 
 contribute to conditions that can be reasonably 
 expected to result in an increase in 
 trafficking in persons who are in conditions of 
 heightened vulnerability as a result of natural 
 and manmade disasters; and
 ``
            (ii) integrate appropriate protections 
 into the planning and execution of activities 
 authorized under this chapter.''.

SEC. 103. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TIER RANKINGS.

    (a) Modifications to Tier 2 Watch List.--

Section 110

    (b)

    (2) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107

    (b)

    (2) ) is 
amended--

    (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Special'' and 
 inserting ``Tier 2''; and

    (2) by amending subparagraph
        (A) to read as follows:
 ``
        (A) Submission of list.--Not later than the date 
 on which the determinations described in subsections
            (c) and
            (d) are submitted to the appropriate 
 congressional committees in accordance with such 
 subsections, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
 appropriate congressional committees a list of 
 countries that the Secretary determines require special 
 scrutiny during the following year. Such list shall be 
 composed of countries that have been listed pursuant to 
 paragraph

    (1)
        (B) pursuant to the current annual report 
 because--
 ``
            (i) the estimated number of victims of 
 severe forms of trafficking is very significant 
 or is significantly increasing and the country 
 is not taking proportional concrete actions; or
 ``
            (ii) there is a failure to provide 
 evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe 
 forms of trafficking in persons from the 
 previous year, including increased 
 investigations, prosecutions and convictions of 
 trafficking crimes, increased assistance to 
 victims, and decreasing evidence of complicity 
 in severe forms of trafficking by government 
 officials.''.

    (b) Modification to Special Rule for Downgraded and Reinstated 
Countries.--

Section 110

    (b)

    (2)
        (F) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7107

    (b)

    (2)
        (F) ) 
is amended--

    (1) in the matter preceding clause
            (i) , by striking ``the 
 special watch list'' and all that follows through ``the 
 country--'' and inserting ``the Tier 2 watch list described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) for more than 2 years immediately after the 
 country consecutively--'';

    (2) in clause
            (i) , in the matter preceding subclause
            (I) , 
 by striking ``the special watch list described in subparagraph
        (A)
            (iii) '' and inserting ``the Tier 2 watch list described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) ''; and

    (3) in clause
            (ii) , by inserting ``in the year following 
 such waiver under subparagraph
            (D) 
            (ii) '' before the period at 
 the end.
            (c) Conforming Amendments.--

Section 110

    (b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
7107

    (b) ) is further amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) , as amended by subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``special 
 watch list'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list'';
        (B) in subparagraph
            (C) --
            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
 striking ``special watch list'' and inserting 
 ``Tier 2 watch list''; and
            (ii) by striking ``special watch list'' and 
 inserting ``Tier 2 watch list''; and
            (C) in subparagraph
            (D) --
            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
 striking ``special watch list'' and inserting 
 ``Tier 2 watch list''; and
            (ii) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``special 
 watch list'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch 
 list'';

    (2) in paragraph

    (3)
        (B) , in the matter preceding clause
            (i) , by striking ``clauses
            (i) ,
            (ii) , and
            (iii) of''; and

    (3) in paragraph

    (4) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , in the matter preceding 
 clause
            (i) , by striking ``each country described in 
 paragraph

    (2)
        (A)
            (ii) '' and inserting ``each country 
 described in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) ''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
            (D) 
            (ii) , by striking ``the 
 Special Watch List'' and inserting ``the Tier 2 watch 
 list''.
            (d) Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018.--

Section 204

    (b)

    (1) of the 
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-425) is amended by striking 
``special watch list'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list''.

    (e) Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability 
Act of 2015.--

Section 106

    (b)

    (6)
        (E)
            (iii) of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 
4205

    (b)

    (6)
        (E)
            (iii) ) is amended by striking ``under section'' and all 
that follows and inserting ``under 

section 110

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) )''.

SEC. 104. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM TO END MODERN SLAVERY.

    (a) In General.--

Section 1298 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (g)

    (2) , by striking ``2020'' and 
 inserting ``2029''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (h)

    (1) , by striking ``Not later than 
 September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2020'' and inserting 
 ``Not later than September 30, 2025, and September 30, 2029''.

    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for funding under the Program to 
End Modern Slavery of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in 
Persons, a grant recipient shall--

    (1) publish the names of all subgrantee organizations on a 
 publicly available website; or

    (2) if the subgrantee organization expresses a security 
 concern, the grant recipient shall relay such concerns to the 
 Secretary of State, who shall transmit annually the names of 
 all subgrantee organizations in a classified annex to the 
 chairs of the appropriate congressional committees (as defined 
 in 

section 1298
            (i) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 
 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114
            (i) )).
            (c) Award of Funds.--All grants issued under the program referred 
to in subsection

    (b) shall be--

    (1) awarded on a competitive basis; and

    (2) subject to the regular congressional notification 
 procedures applicable with respect to grants made available 
 under 

section 1298

    (b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
 of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114

    (b) ).

SEC. 105. CLARIFICATION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE-RELATED FOREIGN 
 ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Clarification of Scope of Withheld Assistance.--

Section 110
            (d) (1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107
            (d) (1) ) is amended to read as follows:
 ``

    (1) Withholding of assistance.--The President has 
 determined that--
 ``
        (A) the United States will not provide 
 nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance to 
 the central government of the country or funding to 
 facilitate the participation by officials or employees 
 of such central government in educational and cultural 
 exchange programs, for the subsequent fiscal year until 
 such government complies with the minimum standards or 
 makes significant efforts to bring itself into 
 compliance; and
 ``
        (B) the President will instruct the United States 
 Executive Director of each multilateral development 
 bank and of the International Monetary Fund to vote 
 against, and to use the Executive Director's best 
 efforts to deny, any loan or other utilization of the 
 funds of the respective institution to that country 
 (other than for humanitarian assistance, for trade-
 related assistance, or for development assistance that 
 directly addresses basic human needs, is not 
 administered by the central government of the 
 sanctioned country, and is not provided for the benefit 
 of that government) for the subsequent fiscal year 
 until such government complies with the minimum 
 standards or makes significant efforts to bring itself 
 into compliance.''.

    (b) Definition of Nonhumanitarian, Nontrade Related Assistance.--

Section 103

    (10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102

    (10) ) is amended to read as follows:
 ``

    (10) Nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign 
 assistance.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The term `nonhumanitarian, 
 nontrade-related foreign assistance' means--
 ``
            (i) sales, or financing on any terms, 
 under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
 2751 et seq.), other than sales or financing 
 provided for narcotics-related purposes 
 following notification in accordance with the 
 prior notification procedures applicable to 
 reprogrammings pursuant to 

section 634A of the 
 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394-
 1); or
 ``
            (ii) United States foreign assistance, 
 other than--
 ``
            (I) with respect to the Foreign 
 Assistance Act of 1961--
 ``

    (aa) assistance for 
 international narcotics and law 
 enforcement under chapter 8 of 
 part I of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
 2291 et seq.);
 ``

    (bb) assistance for 
 International Disaster 
 Assistance under subsections

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 491 of 
 such Act (22 U.S.C. 2292);
 ``
            (cc) antiterrorism 
 assistance under chapter 8 of 
 part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
 2349aa et seq.); and
 ``
            (dd) health programs 
 under chapters 1 and 10 of part 
 I and chapter 4 of part II of 
 such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 
 seq.);
 ``
            (II) assistance under the Food 
 for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.);
 ``
            (III) assistance under sections 
 2

    (a) ,

    (b) , and
            (c) of the Migration and 
 Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 
 U.S.C. 2601

    (a) ,

    (b) ,
            (c) ) to meet 
 refugee and migration needs;
 ``
            (IV) any form of United States 
 foreign assistance provided through 
 nongovernmental organizations, 
 international organizations, or private 
 sector partners--
 ``

    (aa) to combat human and 
 wildlife trafficking;
 ``

    (bb) to promote food 
 security;
 ``
            (cc) to respond to 
 emergencies;
 ``
            (dd) to provide 
 humanitarian assistance;
 ``

    (ee) to address basic 
 human needs, including for 
 education;
 ``

    (ff) to advance global 
 health security; or
 ``

    (gg) to promote trade; 
 and
 ``
            (V) any other form of United 
 States foreign assistance that the 
 President determines, by not later than 
 October 1 of each fiscal year, is 
 necessary to advance the security, 
 economic, humanitarian, or global 
 health interests of the United States 
 without compromising the steadfast 
 United States commitment to combating 
 human trafficking globally.
 ``
        (B) Exclusions.--The term `nonhumanitarian, 
 nontrade-related foreign assistance' shall not include 
 payments to or the participation of government entities 
 necessary or incidental to the implementation of a 
 program that is otherwise consistent with 

section 110.''.

SEC. 106. EXPANDING PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS OF OFFICIAL AND 
 DIPLOMATIC PERSONS.

 

Section 203

    (b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1375c

    (b) ) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph

    (4) the following:
 ``

    (5) National expansion of in-person registration 
 program.--The Secretary shall administer the Domestic Worker 
 In-Person Registration Program for employees with A-3 visas or 
 G-5 visas employed by accredited foreign mission members or 
 international organization employees and shall expand this 
 program nationally, which shall include--
 ``
        (A) after the arrival of each such employee in 
 the United States, and annually during the course of 
 such employee's employment, a description of the rights 
 of such employee under applicable Federal and State 
 law;
 ``
        (B) provision of a copy of the pamphlet developed 
 pursuant to 

section 202 to the employee with an A-3 
 visa or a G-5 visa; and
 ``
            (C) information on how to contact the National 
 Human Trafficking Hotline.
 ``

    (6) Monitoring and training of a-3 and g-5 visa employers 
 accredited to foreign missions and international 
 organizations.--The Secretary shall--
 ``
        (A) inform embassies, international 
 organizations, and foreign missions of the rights of A-
 3 and G-5 domestic workers under the applicable labor 
 laws of the United States, including the fair labor 
 standards described in the pamphlet developed pursuant 
 to 

section 202 and material on labor standards and 
 labor rights of domestic worker employees who hold A-3 
 and G-5 visas;
 ``
        (B) inform embassies, international 
 organizations, and foreign missions of the potential 
 consequences to individuals holding a nonimmigrant visa 
 issued pursuant to subparagraph
        (A)
            (i) ,
        (A)
            (ii) ,
        (G)
            (i) ,
        (G)
            (ii) , or
        (G)
            (iii) of 

section 101

    (a)

    (15) of 
 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
 1101

    (a)

    (15) ) who violate the laws described in 
 subclause
            (I) (aa) , including (at the discretion of the 
 Secretary)--
 ``
            (i) the suspension of A-3 visas and G-5 
 visas;
 ``
            (ii) request for waiver of immunity;
 ``
            (iii) criminal prosecution;
 ``
            (iv) civil damages; and
 ``
            (v) permanent revocation of or refusal to 
 renew the visa of the accredited foreign 
 mission or international organization employee; 
 and
 ``
            (C) require all accredited foreign mission and 
 international organization employers of individuals 
 holding A-3 visas or G-5 visas to report the wages paid 
 to such employees on an annual basis.''.

SEC. 107. EFFECTIVE DATES.

 Sections 204

    (b) and 206, and the amendments made by those sections, 
take effect on the date that is the first day of the first full 
reporting period for the report required under 

section 110

    (b)

    (1) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107

    (b)

    (1) ) after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

 TITLE II--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING 
 AND VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT OF 2000.

 

Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``2018 through 2021, 
 $13,822,000'' and inserting ``2026 through 2030, $17,000,000''; 
 and

    (2) in subsection
            (c) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) , in the matter preceding 
 subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``2018 through 2021, 
 $65,000,000'' and inserting ``2026 through 2030, 
 $102,500,000''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Programs to end modern slavery.--Of the amounts 
 authorized by paragraph

    (1) to be appropriated for a fiscal 
 year, not more than $37,500,000 may be made available to fund 
 programs to end modern slavery.''.

SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL MEGAN'S 
 LAW.

 

Section 11 of the International Megan's Law to Prevent Child 
Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of 
Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 21509) is amended by striking ``2018 
through 2021'' and inserting ``2025 through 2029''.

 TITLE III--BRIEFINGS

SEC. 301. BRIEFING ON ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSON'S REPORT.

 Not later than 30 days after the public designation of country tier 
rankings and subsequent publishing of the Trafficking in Persons 
Report, the Secretary of State shall brief the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives on--

    (1) countries that were downgraded or upgraded in the most 
 recent Trafficking in Persons Report; and

    (2) the efforts made by the United States to improve 
 counter-trafficking efforts in those countries, including 
 foreign government efforts to better meet minimum standards to 
 eliminate human trafficking.

SEC. 302. BRIEFING ON USE AND JUSTIFICATION OF WAIVERS.

 Not later than 30 days after the President has determined to issue 
a waiver under 

section 110
            (d) (5) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107
            (d) (5) ), the Secretary of State shall brief 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on--

    (1) each country that received a waiver;

    (2) the justification for each such waiver; and

    (3) a description of the efforts made by each country to 
 meet the minimum standards to eliminate human trafficking.
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