Sec. 4. Actions against governments failing to meet minimum standards
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Section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking nontrade-related and inserting non-anti-human trafficking related ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by striking The report should and inserting The report shall cover efforts and activities taking place during the period between April 1 of the year preceding the report and March 31 of the year in which the report is made, and should ; in subparagraph (A), by inserting based only on concrete actions taken by the country during the reporting year after such standards ; in subparagraph
(B)by inserting based only on concrete actions taken by the country during the reporting year (excluding any commitments by the country to take additional future steps over the next year) after compliance ; in subparagraph (C), by striking compliance; and inserting the following: compliance, including all countries in which— central government officials participate in or facilitate forced labor; and the central government maintains policies that provide incentives for or otherwise support the participation in or facilitation of force labor by officials at any level of government; ; in subparagraph (F), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: for each country included in a different list than the country had been placed in the previous annual report, a detailed explanation of how the concrete actions (or lack of such actions) undertaken by the country during the previous reporting period contributed to such change, including a clear linkage between such actions and the minimum standards enumerated in section 108. ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)(iii)— in subclause (I), by adding or at the end; in subclause (II), by striking ; or and inserting a period; and by striking subclause (III); in subparagraph (B), by striking the last annual report and inserting April 1 of the previous year ; in subparagraph (D)— in clause (i), by striking 2008, and all that follows and inserting— 2008— shall be included on the list of countries described in paragraph (1)(C); and shall be required to meet the requirements specified in paragraph (1)(B) before the country may be removed from the list of countries described in paragraph (1)(C). ; in clause (ii)— by striking 2 years and inserting 1 year ; in subclause (II), by striking and ; in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the country has taken concrete actions to implement the principal recommendations of the most recent annual report on trafficking in persons with respect to that country. ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of State shall endeavor to work with each country that receives a waiver under clause
(ii)and with civil society organizations in each country to draft and implement a written plan described in such clause. ; and in subparagraph (E), by striking shall provide and all that follows and inserting the following: “shall provide, on a publicly available website maintained by the Department of State— a detailed description of the credible evidence supporting such determination; the written plan submitted by the country under subparagraph (D)(ii)(I); and supporting documentation providing credible evidence of— each concrete action by the country to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, including copies of relevant laws or regulations adopted or modified; and any actions taken by that country to enforce the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, as appropriate. ; in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: the extent to which the government of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary resources— to investigate and prosecute acts of severe trafficking in persons; to convict and sentence persons responsible for such acts; and to obtain restitution for victims of human trafficking; the extent to which the government of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary resources— to protect and rehabilitate victims of trafficking in persons; and to prevent trafficking in persons; the extent to which the government of the country has consulted with domestic and international civil society organizations to improve the provision of services to victims of trafficking in persons; and whether— government officials participate in or facilitate forced labor and human trafficking; and the government maintains policies that provide incentives for or otherwise support the participation in or facilitation of forced labor and human trafficking by officials at any level of government. ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 90 days after the submission of each annual report under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a detailed description of the credible evidence supporting a change in listing of a country, accompanied by copies of documents providing such evidence, as appropriate, to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 90 days after the submission of that report if— a country is included on a list of countries described in paragraph (1)(C) in an annual report submitted in calendar year 2015 or in any calendar year thereafter; and in the annual report submitted in the next calendar year, the country is listed on a list of countries described in paragraph (1)(B). The Secretary of State shall endeavor to work with each country that has been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) in the most recent annual report and civil society organizations to draft and implement the written plan described in paragraph (2)(D)(ii). . Section 110(d) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting nontrade-related ; non-anti-human trafficking related by striking subparagraph (B); in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i)— by striking
(i); and by striking nontrade-related and inserting non-anti-human trafficking related ; and by redesignating clause
(ii)as subparagraph (B); and in subparagraph (B), as redesignated, by striking nontrade-related and inserting non-anti-human trafficking related ; in paragraph (4)— by striking nontrade-related and inserting non-anti-human trafficking related ; and by striking or the multilateral assistance described in paragraph (1)(B), or both, ; and in paragraph (5)(A)— in clause (i)— by striking nontrade-related and inserting non-anti-human trafficking related ; and by adding or at the end; by striking clause (ii); and by redesignating clause
(iii)as clause (ii); and Section 110(f) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(f) ) is amended by inserting and has submitted a report to the after Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that describes in detail the credible evidence that the country has taken concrete actions to implement the principal recommendations of the most recent annual report on trafficking in persons with respect to that country and includes copies of relevant documents government of a country .
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Actions against governments failing to meet minimum standards
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