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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 117–211: To provide for the implementation of certain trafficking in contracting provisions, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 117–211—OCT. 17, 2022</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/136/2248">136 STAT. 2248</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>117–211</docNumber>
<congress value="117">117th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">To provide for the implementation of certain trafficking in contracting provisions, and for other purposes.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x9fda3788-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2022-10-17">Oct. 17, 2022</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x9fda3789-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/117/s/3470">S. 3470</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x9fda378a-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x9fda378b-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">of 2022.</p></sidenote>
<section id="d118405e90" identifier="/us/pl/117/211/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x9fda378c-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7101">22 USC 7101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d118405e105" identifier="/us/pl/117/211/s2" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAFFICKING IN CONTRACTING PROVISIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y9fda5e9d-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/117/211/s2/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement To Refer Violations to Agency Suspension and Debarment Official</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1704(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/239">Public Law 112–239</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7104b/c/1">22 U.S.C. 7104b(c)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y9fda5e9e-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/117/211/s2/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>refer the matter to the agency suspension and debarment official and</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>consider taking one of the following actions</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y9fda5e9f-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/117/211/s2/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (G).</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y9fda5ea0-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/117/211/s2/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Report on Implementation of Trafficking in Contracting Provisions</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a report on implementation of title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/239">Public Law 112–239</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/126/2092">126 Stat. 2092</ref>).</content></subsection>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2022-10-17">October 17, 2022</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/117/s/3470">S. 3470</ref>:</heading>
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<headingText style="-uslm-lc:I658032">SENATE REPORTS:</headingText> ┐No. <ref href="/us/srpt/117/116">117–116</ref> (<committee>Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee>).
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x9fda5ea1-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">July 13, considered and passed Senate.</p><p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x9fda5ea2-e819-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Sept. 28, 29, considered and passed House.</p></note>
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