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H.R. 972 (109th)

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005

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Introduced

17 February 2005

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Became Public Law No: 109-164.

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Summary

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of State, and the Department of Defense (DOD) to incorporate anti-trafficking and protection measures for vulnerable populations, particularly women and children, into their post-conflict and humanitarian emergency assistance and program activities. Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to extend the sexually violent offender registration program to foreign offenses. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to appoint a guardian ad litem for an unaccompanied alien child if the Director believes such child to be a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons. Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to: (1) provide victims of severe forms of trafficking with access to counsel; and (2) enhance specified U.S. efforts to combat trafficking in persons, including prevention of such activities by international peacekeepers. Directs USAID to carry out a pilot program to establish foreign residential treatment facilities for victims of trafficking. Amends Federal criminal law to establish extraterritorial jurisdiction over Federal contractors. Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to establish crimes of: (1) sex trafficking; and (2) trafficking for labor or services. Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate a director of anti-trafficking policies within DOD. Directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate acts of: (1) severe forms of trafficking in persons other than domestic trafficking in persons; and (2) domestic trafficking in persons. Directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor, to carry out specified activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child labor in foreign countries. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop a program to reduce demand for commercial sex acts; and (2) carry out a pilot program to establish U.S. residential treatment facilities for minor victims of domestic trafficking. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make grants to States, Indian tribes, units of local government, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victims' service organizations for programs for victims of domestic trafficking. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States and local law enforcement agencies for programs to investigate and prosecute domestic trafficking in persons. Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations for specified activities and programs under such Act.

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