Sec. 102. Expanding prevention efforts at the United States Agency for International Development
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In order to strengthen prevention efforts by the United States abroad, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) shall, to the extent practicable and appropriate— encourage the integration of activities to counter trafficking in persons (referred to in this section as C-TIP ) into broader assistance programming; determine a reasonable definition for the term C-TIP Integrated Development Programs, which shall include any programming to address health, food security, economic development, education, democracy and governance, and humanitarian assistance that includes a sufficient C-TIP element; and ensure that each mission of the United States Agency for International Development (referred to in this section as USAID )— integrates a C-TIP component into development programs, project design, and methods for program monitoring and evaluation, as necessary and appropriate, when addressing issues, including— health; food security; economic development; education; democracy and governance; and humanitarian assistance; continuously adapts, strengthens, and implements training and tools related to the integration of a C-TIP perspective into the work of development actors; and encourages USAID Country Development Cooperation Strategies to include C-TIP components in project design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, as necessary and appropriate.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs through fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on obligations and expenditures of all funds managed by the Department of State and USAID in the prior fiscal year to combat human trafficking and forced labor, including integrated C-TIP activities.
The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include— a description of funding aggregated by program, project, and activity; and a description of the management structure at the Department of State and USAID used to manage such programs. Not later than 6 months of after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter through fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator, shall brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on the implementation of subsection (a). In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.