[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 185 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 185

  To provide United States assistance for the purpose of eradicating 
 severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries through 
    the implementation of Child Protection Compacts, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

    Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Brown of 
Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide United States assistance for the purpose of eradicating 
 severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries through 
    the implementation of Child Protection Compacts, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Child Protection Compact Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The use of children for commercial sexual exploitation 
        is a global phenomenon. Human trafficking affects millions of 
        children worldwide.
            (2) Many countries with a high prevalence of trafficking in 
        children lack financial resources, legal expertise, technical 
        capacity, and other resources to appropriately protect and 
        rescue these children, despite a demonstrated political will to 
        do so.
            (3) The Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat 
        Trafficking in Persons placed 132 countries, out of 175 
        countries ranked, on Tier 2 or Tier 2 Watch List in its 2010 
        Trafficking in Persons report.
            (4) As a party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and 
        Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, 
        Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against 
        Transnational Organized Crime (the ``Palermo Protocol''), the 
        United States has pledged to establish policies and programs to 
        prevent and combat trafficking in persons and to protect 
        victims of trafficking from revictimization and to share 
        information, as appropriate, with law enforcement, immigration 
        and other relevant authorities of other states parties with a 
        view to combating trafficking in persons.
    (b) Declaration of Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide 
incentives to Tier 2 countries and Tier 2 Watch List countries to 
protect and rescue children subjected to severe forms of trafficking in 
persons through the establishment of Child Protection Compacts between 
the United States and select, eligible countries with a significant 
prevalence of trafficking in children, in order to--
            (1) address institutional weaknesses within the government 
        that result in the failure to protect vulnerable children and 
        to rescue and properly rehabilitate victims;
            (2) increase local government capacity to apprehend 
        perpetrators who engage in severe forms of trafficking in 
        children and bring perpetrators to justice in national courts 
        of law; and
            (3) ensure transparency and accountability in achieving the 
        goals stipulated in the Compact over the course of its three-
        year implementation.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Ambassador.--The term ``Ambassador'' means the 
        Ambassador-at-Large of the Department of State's Office to 
        Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--Except as 
        otherwise provided, the term ``appropriate congressional 
        committees'' means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate.
            (3) Child protection.--The term ``child protection'' means 
        efforts to prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, and 
        abuse against children.
            (4) Compact.--The term ``Child Protection Compact'' or 
        ``Compact'' means a Child Protection Compact described in 
        section 6.
            (5) Minor.--The term ``minor'' means an individual who has 
        not attained the age of 18 years.
            (6) National action plan for trafficking.--The term 
        ``national action plan for trafficking'' means any strategy or 
        long-term plan created by a national government that defines 
        specific goals to--
                    (A) reduce the number of trafficking victims;
                    (B) increase the number of prosecutions of 
                traffickers; and
                    (C) ensure proper mechanisms to rehabilitate and 
                reintegrate survivors of human trafficking.
            (7) National child protection strategy.--The term 
        ``national child protection strategy'' means any plan developed 
        by a national government in consultation with multilateral 
        bodies or nongovernmental organizations, including a plan 
        derived from a preexisting process or created as part of a 
        Child Protection Compact, that outlines--
                    (A) short-term and long-term goals for improving 
                child protection and preventing child exploitation 
                within a country;
                    (B) the government ministries responsible for 
                implementation of the plan; and
                    (C) how coordination will take place between 
                implementing ministries.
            (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of State.
            (9) Severe forms of trafficking.--The term ``severe forms 
        of trafficking in persons'' means--
                    (A) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act 
                is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which 
                the person induced to perform such act has not attained 
                18 years of age; or
                    (B) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, 
                provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or 
                services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion 
                for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, 
                peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
            (10) Tier 2 countries and tier 2 watch list countries.--The 
        terms ``Tier 2 countries'' and ``Tier 2 Watch List countries'' 
        mean those countries that the Secretary of State has listed 
        pursuant to section 110(b)(1)(B) of the Trafficking Victims 
        Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)(B)) as countries 
        to which the minimum standards set forth in section 108 of that 
        Act are applicable and whose governments do not fully comply 
        with such standards but are making significant efforts to do 
        so.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Assistance.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary is 
authorized to provide assistance under this section for each country 
that enters into a Compact with the United States pursuant to section 6 
to support policies and programs that assist the country to eradicate 
severe forms of trafficking of children and are in furtherance of the 
purposes of this Act.
    (b) Avoidance of Duplication of Efforts.--To avoid duplication of 
efforts, the Secretary shall exercise the authority of subsection (a) 
only in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, the Attorney General, and the Secretary 
of Labor.
    (c) Form of Assistance.--Assistance under this section may be 
provided in the form of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to 
or with eligible entities described in subsection (d). Assistance under 
this section may not be provided in the form of loans.
    (d) Eligible Entities.--An eligible entity referred to in 
subsection (c) is--
            (1) the national government of the eligible country;
            (2) regional or local governmental units of the country; or
            (3) a nongovernmental organization or a private entity with 
        expertise in the protection of vulnerable children, the 
        investigation and prosecution of those who engage in or benefit 
        from child trafficking, or rescue of child victims of 
        trafficking.
    (e) Number and Amount of Compacts.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary shall determine the number of Compacts 
based on the established need of the countries determined to be most 
eligible based on the criteria described in section 5. The amount of 
any single Compact shall not exceed a total of $15,000,000.
    (f) Annual Disbursements.--Disbursements shall be made to the 
eligible entities on an annual basis pursuant to the terms of the 
respective Compacts.

SEC. 5. ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.

    (a) Determination by the Secretary.--The Secretary, acting through 
the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, shall work in 
consultation with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and 
the Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, and 
the relevant offices at the Department of Justice and the United States 
Agency for International Development, to select a country for purposes 
of entering into a Compact based on whether the country meets the 
initial criteria listed in subsection (b) and the selection criteria 
listed in subsection (c). The determination pursuant to subsection (c) 
shall be based, to the maximum extent possible, upon objective, 
documented, and quantifiable indicators.
    (b) Initial Criteria.--
            (1) In general.--A country may be considered for a Compact 
        if--
                    (A) the country is eligible for assistance from the 
                International Development Association, and the per 
                capita income of the country is equal to or less than 
                the historical ceiling of the International Development 
                Association;
                    (B) subject to paragraph (2), the country is not 
                ineligible to receive United States economic assistance 
                under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
                U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) by reason of the application of 
                any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 
                any other provision of law; and
                    (C) the country is a Tier 2 country or Tier 2 Watch 
                List country.
            (2) Rule of construction.--For the purposes of determining 
        whether a country is eligible for receiving assistance under 
        paragraph (1), the exercise by the President, the Secretary of 
        State, or any other officer or employee of the United States of 
        any waiver or suspension of any provision of law referred to in 
        such paragraph, and notification to the appropriate 
        congressional committees in accordance with such provision of 
        law, shall be construed as satisfying the requirement of such 
        paragraph.
    (c) Selection Criteria.--A country should be selected for purposes 
of entering into a Compact on the basis of--
            (1) a documented high prevalence of trafficking of children 
        within the country; and
            (2) demonstrated political will and sustained commitment by 
        the government to undertake meaningful measures to address 
        severe forms of trafficking of children, including--
                    (A) enactment and enforcement of laws criminalizing 
                trafficking in children with punishments commensurate 
                with the crime, including, when necessary, against 
                complicit government officials;
                    (B) cooperation with local and international non-
                governmental organizations with demonstrated expertise 
                in combating trafficking in children; and
                    (C) the treatment of child trafficking victims in 
                accordance with Article 6(3) of the Protocol to 
                Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, 
                Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United 
                Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized 
                Crime.

SEC. 6. CHILD PROTECTION COMPACTS.

    (a) Compact.--The Secretary, acting through the Ambassador, may 
provide assistance for a country under this Act only if the country 
enters into an agreement with the United States, to be known as a 
``Child Protection Compact'', that establishes a 3-year plan for 
achieving shared objectives in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
    (b) Elements.--The Compact should take into account, if applicable, 
existing national child protection strategies and national action plans 
for human trafficking of the country and shall contain--
            (1) the specific objectives that the country and the United 
        States expect to achieve during the term of the Compact;
            (2) the responsibilities of the country and the United 
        States in the achievement of such objectives;
            (3) the particular programs or initiatives to be undertaken 
        in the achievement of such objectives and the amount of funding 
        to be allocated to each program or initiative;
            (4) regular outcome indicators to monitor and measure 
        progress toward achieving such objectives, including indicators 
        for each program or initiative;
            (5) a multi-year financial plan, including the estimated 
        amount of contributions by the United States and the country, 
        if any, and proposed mechanisms to implement the plan and 
        provide oversight, that describes how the requirements of 
        paragraphs (1) through (4) will be met, including identifying 
        the role of civil society in the achievement of such 
        requirements;
            (6) where appropriate, a process or processes for 
        consideration of solicited proposals under the Compact as well 
        as a process for consideration of unsolicited proposals by the 
        Secretary and national, regional, or local units of government;
            (7) the strategy of the country to sustain progress made 
        toward achieving such objectives after expiration of the 
        Compact; and
            (8) a list of civil society and nonprofit organizations 
        that the government will partner or consult with to develop and 
        sustain the child protection and prosecution capacity in the 
        country.
    (c) Assistance for Development of Compact.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into contracts or make grants 
for any eligible country for the purpose of facilitating the 
development and implementation of the Compact between the United States 
and the country.
    (d) Definition of Program or Initiative.--In this section, the term 
``program or initiative'' may include the following:
            (1) Evaluation of legal standards and practices and 
        recommendations for improvements that will increase the 
        likelihood of successful prosecutions.
            (2) Training anti-trafficking police and investigators.
            (3) Building the capacity of domestic non-governmental 
        organizations to educate vulnerable populations about the 
        danger of severe forms of trafficking and to work with law 
        enforcement to identify and rescue victims.
            (4) Creation of victim-friendly courts.
            (5) Development of appropriate after-care facilities for 
        rescued victims or other rehabilitation and reintegration 
        services for children, which may include education, vocational 
        training, and psychosocial counseling, as appropriate.
            (6) Development and maintenance of data collection systems 
        to monitor victims.
            (7) Development of regional cooperative plans with 
        neighboring countries to prevent cross-border trafficking of 
        children and child sex tourism.
            (8) Development of programs and practices that address 
        demand, including educational curricula, social marketing 
        campaigns, and specific law enforcement activities targeting 
        demand.

SEC. 7. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Suspension and Termination of Assistance.--The Secretary may 
suspend or terminate assistance in whole or in part for a country or 
entity under section 4 if the Secretary determines that--
            (1) the country or entity is engaged in activities which 
        are contrary to the national security interests of the United 
        States;
            (2) the country or entity has engaged in a pattern of 
        actions inconsistent with the criteria used to determine the 
        eligibility of the country or entity, as the case may be; or
            (3) the country or entity has failed to adhere to its 
        responsibilities under the Compact.
    (b) Reinstatement.--The Secretary may reinstate assistance for a 
country or entity under section 4 only if the Secretary determines that 
the country or entity has demonstrated a commitment to correcting each 
condition for which assistance was suspended or terminated under 
subsection (a).
    (c) Congressional Notification.--Not later than 3 days after the 
date on which the Secretary suspends or terminates assistance under 
subsection (a) for a country or entity, or reinstates assistance under 
subsection (b) for a country or entity, the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the 
determination of the Secretary under subsection (a) or subsection (b), 
as the case may be.

SEC. 8. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) Congressional Consultation Prior to Compact Negotiations.--Not 
later than 15 days prior to the start of negotiations of a Compact with 
a country, the Secretary--
            (1) shall consult with the appropriate congressional 
        committees with respect to the proposed Compact negotiation; 
        and
            (2) shall identify the objectives and mechanisms to be used 
        for the negotiation of the Compact.
    (b) Congressional Notification After Entering Into a Compact.--Not 
later than 10 days after entry into force of a Compact with a country, 
the Secretary shall provide notification of the Compact to the 
appropriate congressional committees, including a detailed summary of 
the Compact and a copy of the text of the Compact.
    (c) Annual Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the next 
        5 years, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report on the assistance provided 
        under section 4 during the prior fiscal year.
            (2) Matters to be included.--The report shall include the 
        following:
                    (A) The amount of obligations and expenditures for 
                assistance provided to each eligible country during the 
                prior fiscal year.
                    (B) For each country, an assessment of--
                            (i) the progress made during each year by 
                        the country toward achieving the objectives set 
                        out in the Compact entered into by the country; 
                        and
                            (ii) the extent to which assistance 
                        provided under section 4 has been effective in 
                        helping the country to achieve such objectives.

SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that, of the total amounts to be 
appropriated for fiscal years 2012 through 2014 for the Department of 
State and foreign operations, up to $30,000,000 should be used to carry 
out the purposes of this Act.
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