Sec. 203. Appropriate listing of governments involved in human trafficking
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Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I)— by striking absolute and inserting estimated ; and by inserting and the country is not taking proportional concrete actions before the semicolon at the end; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(D)and (E), a country may not be included on the special watch list described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for more than 1 consecutive year after the country— was included on the special watch list described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for— 2 consecutive years after the date of the enactment of subparagraph (D); and any additional years after such date of enactment as a result of the President exercising the waiver authority under subparagraph (D)(ii); and was subsequently included on the list of countries described in paragraph (1)(C). ; and in paragraph (3)— by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C)as clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii)and moving such clauses 2 ems to the right; in the matter preceding clause (i), as redesignated, by striking In determinations and inserting the following: In determinations ; and by adding at the end the following: In addition to the considerations described in clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii)of subparagraph (A), in determinations under paragraph (1)(C) as to whether the government of a country is not making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the Secretary of State shall consider, as proof of failure to make significant efforts, a government policy or pattern of— trafficking; trafficking in government-funded programs; forced labor (in government-affiliated medical services, agriculture, forestry, mining, construction, or other sectors); sexual slavery in government camps, compounds, or outposts; or employing or recruiting child soldiers. .
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Appropriate listing of governments involved in human trafficking
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