Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000-Part 1
Summary as of October 5, 2000
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to require the Secretary of State (the
Secretary) to include as part of required reports on human rights and
development assistance and human rights and security assistance: (1) a
description of the nature and extent of severe forms of trafficking in
persons in each foreign country; and (2) with respect to each country
that is a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims of
severe forms of trafficking in persons, an assessment of the efforts by
such countries' governments to combat such trafficking.
(Sec. 105) Requires the President to establish an Interagency Task Force
to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, chaired by the Secretary. Authorizes
the Secretary to establish within the Department of State an Office to
Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which shall assist the Task Force and be
administered by a Director. Requires the Director to consult with
domestic organizations, international nongovernmental organizations, and
multilateral organizations, including the Organization of American
States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),
and the United Nations, and with trafficking victims or other affected
persons.
Directs the Task Force to: (1) coordinate the implementation of this
division; (2) measure and evaluate progress of the United States and
other countries in trafficking prevention, provision of assistance to
and protection of trafficking victims, and prosecution of and
enforcement against traffickers; (3) assist the Secretary in the
preparation of the reports under section 110, below; (4) expand
interagency procedures to collect and organize data and to respect the
confidentiality of trafficking victims; (5) engage in efforts to
facilitate cooperation among countries of origin, transit, and
destination; (6) examine the role of the international "sex tourism"
industry in the trafficking of persons and in the sexual exploitation of
women and children around the world; and (7) engage in consultation and
advocacy with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, among
other entities, to advance the purposes of this division.
(Sec. 106) Directs the President: (1) to establish and carry out
initiatives to enhance economic opportunity for potential victims of
trafficking as a method to deter trafficking; (2) acting through the
Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and State and the
Attorney General, to establish and carry out programs to increase public
awareness, particularly among potential victims, of the dangers of
trafficking and the protections that are available for victims; and (3)
to consult with appropriate nongovernmental organizations with respect
to the establishment and conduct of initiatives under this section.
(Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary and the Administrator of the Agency
for International Development (AID) to establish and carry out programs
and initiatives in foreign countries to assist in the safe integration,
reintegration, or resettlement of victims of trafficking and their
children and to take appropriate steps to enhance cooperative efforts
among foreign countries, including countries of origin of victims, to
assist in such integration, reintegration, or resettlement.
Directs the Secretaries of HHS and Labor, the Board of Directors of the
Legal Services Corporation (LSC), and the heads of other Federal
agencies to expand benefits and services to victims of severe forms of
trafficking in persons within the United States, without regard to the
immigration status of such victims. Makes an alien who is such a victim
eligible for benefits and services to the same extent as an alien who is
admitted to the United States as a refugee under the Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA). Sets forth reporting and certification
requirements.
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