[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3025 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 3025

  To strengthen efforts to combat slavery and trafficking in persons, 
             within the United States and around the world.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 20, 2004

  Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To strengthen efforts to combat slavery and trafficking in persons, 
             within the United States and around the world.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Trafficking of Persons Act of 
2004'' or the ``STOP Act''.

SEC. 2. JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY OF FOREIGN STATES ENGAGED IN 
              TRAFFICKING.

    Section of 1603(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the first sentence the following: ``Commercial activity 
shall be construed to include trafficking in human beings for sexual 
activity or other purposes.''.

SEC. 3. REDUCING DEMAND FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    Section 108(b) of the Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7106(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) Whether the government of the country takes any 
        steps to reduce the demand for human trafficking within the 
        borders of the country, including participation in the 
        international sex tourism industry by citizens of the 
        country.''.

SEC. 4. INVESTIGATION OF TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    The Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 113 as section 115;
            (2) by redesignating section 112A as section 113; and
            (3) by inserting after section 113, as redesignated under 
        paragraph (2), the following:

``SEC. 114. INVESTIGATION OF TRAFFICKING IN FOREIGN NATIONS BY 
              NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    ``Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require any 
nongovernmental organization, which receives Federal funds under this 
Act for purposes of investigating trafficking activities in foreign 
nations, to notify foreign governments or targets of such 
investigations that funds of the United States are being used to carry 
out such investigative activities.''.
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