113 HR 5044 IH: End Modern-Day Slavery Act U.S. House of Representatives 2014-07-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5044 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2014 Mr. Peters of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to develop a comprehensive action plan to combat human trafficking.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the End Modern-Day Slavery Act.

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Comprehensive action plan to combat human trafficking

Section 105(d) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)) is amended— (1)by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and (2)by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: (7)Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery Act of 2014, develop a comprehensive plan to combat trafficking in persons, which shall include recommendations for coordination among relevant Federal agencies in order to— (A)assist victims of trafficking; (B)investigate and prosecute crimes related to trafficking in persons; (C)conduct research and collect data related to trafficking in persons; (D)train officers and employees of such agencies regarding trafficking in persons; (E)engage with nongovernmental entities, which may assist in combating trafficking in persons; and (F)implement Federal laws and regulations related to trafficking in persons..