1.Department of Defense
director of anti-trafficking policies
(a)The Secretary of Defense shall designate
within the Office of the Secretary of Defense a director of anti-trafficking
policies. The director shall be responsible for overseeing the implementation
within the Department of Defense of policies relating to trafficking in
persons, including policies of the Department and policies of the Federal
Government (including policies contained in National Security Presidential
Directive 22) as they relate to the Department. The Secretary may not assign to
the director any responsibilities not related to trafficking in persons.
(b)The
director designated under subsection (a) shall, in consultation with other
relevant elements of the Department—
(1)ensure that
training materials and instructional programs relating to trafficking in
persons are developed and used by the military departments;
(2)consult regularly
with academicians, faith-based organizations, multilateral organizations,
nongovernmental organizations, and others with expertise in combating
trafficking in persons, regarding the Department’s implementation of policies
relating to trafficking in persons;
(3)conduct surveys of
members of the Armed Forces and of employees of the Department to assess
attitudes and knowledge regarding trafficking in persons and use the results of
those surveys to develop training materials and instructional programs relating
to trafficking in persons;
(4)ensure that
trafficking in persons is included as an intelligence requirement in
peacekeeping missions that track organized crime;
(5)ensure the proper
handling of cases in which a member of the Armed Forces or an employee or
contractor of the Department is alleged to have engaged in or facilitated an
act of trafficking in persons and in such cases encourage, as appropriate,
implementation of chapter 212 of title 18, United States Code (commonly
referred to as the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000) and the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000;
(6)ensure that the
Department implements the commitments relating to trafficking in persons agreed
to by the United States in the context of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, the United Nations, and other multilateral organizations, as
those commitments relate to the Department;
(7)establish a
mechanism to ensure that neither the Department nor any contractor (or
subcontractor at any tier) of the Department rehires an employee of such a
contractor (or subcontractor) who engaged in a severe form of trafficking in
persons while the contract is in effect;
(8)include the
subject of trafficking in persons in military-to-military contact
programs;
(9)in consultation
with the Office of the Inspector General of the Department, investigate links
between trafficking in persons and deployments of members of the Armed Forces
and contractors of the Department;
(10)consult with
contractors of the Department on programs to prevent trafficking in persons and
on accountability structures relating to trafficking in persons; and
(11)perform such
other related duties as the Secretary may require.
(c)The
director designated under subsection (a) shall have sufficient staff and
resources to carry out the responsibilities and duties described in this
paragraph.
(d)The
director designated under subsection (a) shall have the rank of assistant
secretary.