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[S. 553 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 363
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 553

 To marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort 
 that seeks to bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 24, 2015

  Mr. Corker (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
   Ayotte, Mr. Coons, Mr. McCain, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
Portman, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Udall, Ms. 
Heitkamp, Mr. Peters, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, Ms. Collins, Ms. Warren, 
   Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Burr, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
   Nelson, Mr. Reed, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
 Merkley, Mr. Murphy, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

                            February 3, 2016

               Reported by Mr. Corker, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort 
 that seeks to bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``End Modern Slavery 
Initiative Act of 2015''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    It is the sense of Congress that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the United States has a long history of 
        domestic and international engagement in preventing and 
        responding to modern slavery;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) modern slavery involves extensive criminal 
        activity and demands the full attention and commitment of the 
        United States;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the United States Government should continue 
        to coordinate across departments and agencies to prevent and 
        respond to this heinous activity that involves over 21,000,000 
        people worldwide through sustained investment in integrated, 
        interagency anti-trafficking initiatives;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) while United States Government efforts 
        continue to address many facets of modern slavery, there is an 
        urgent need today for international public and private 
        cooperation to increase resources available to programs that 
        can make a measureable impact in reducing the prevalence of 
        modern slavery by building the capacity of foreign governments 
        to sustainably deter perpetrators of modern slavery through--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) establishing and enforcing the rule of 
                law to hold perpetrators of modern slavery accountable, 
                including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) those who enslave children and 
                        adults in the sex trade; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) those who enslave through 
                        forced labor and abusive labor recruitment 
                        practices and fees;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) promoting justice for victims of 
                modern slavery;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) restoring and protecting survivors of 
                modern slavery; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) building partnerships between 
                governments, civil society organizations, private 
                sector entities and individuals, and survivors to seek 
                to bring an end to modern slavery; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) countries that fall within the first and 
        second tiers of the United States Department of State's annual 
        Trafficking in Persons report could qualify as partner 
        countries for the purposes of this Act, and many countries that 
        fall within the Tier 2 watch list may also qualify, and 
        therefore should be eligible for funding as partner countries 
        under this Act, along with key jurisdictions of other 
        countries, such as Tier 3 countries.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. POLICY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    It is the policy of the United States Government--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to marshal resources to seek to bring to an 
        end modern slavery through the provision of matching funds to a 
        private grant-making institution, in partnership with private 
        donors and other governments, that selects and supports 
        innovative strategies with the aim of verifiably and 
        sustainably reducing the prevalence of modern slavery by 50 
        percent in targeted populations within partner countries (or 
        jurisdictions thereof) with a high prevalence of modern 
        slavery;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to allow such a private grant making 
        institution the flexibility to work in jurisdictions of other 
        countries, where those jurisdictions have demonstrated the type 
        of commitment and capabilities otherwise required of partner 
        countries; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) to engage other countries with a high 
        prevalence of modern slavery through the full range of United 
        States Government foreign assistance programs in order to help 
        those countries become eligible as partner countries for the 
        purposes of receiving additional assistance under the End 
        Modern Slavery Initiative established by this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. THE END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE 
              FOUNDATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, there shall be established and incorporated 
under the laws of the District of Columbia an independent, private 
nonprofit corporation to be known as ``End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the End Modern Slavery 
Initiative Foundation shall be to work collaboratively with government, 
civil society, and private institutions in partner countries and key 
jurisdictions of other countries with a high prevalence of modern 
slavery to identify and fund successful strategies to combat modern 
slavery.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Status of Foundation.--The End Modern Slavery 
Initiative Foundation shall not be an agency or establishment of the 
United States Government.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Status of Board and Officers and Employees.--The 
members of the Board of Directors of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation shall not, by reason of such membership, be officers or 
employees of the United States, and the officers or employees of the 
End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall not be officers or 
employees of the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Tax Status Eligibility.--The End Modern Slavery 
Initiative Foundation shall be eligible to be treated as an 
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
code and, if such treatment is conferred in accordance with the 
provisions of such code, shall be subject to all provisions of such 
code relevant to the conduct of organizations exempt from 
taxation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Funding.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation 
shall seek to obtain a minimum of $1,500,000,000 in aggregate funding 
from foreign governments and private sector organizations and 
individuals over an initial seven year period, leveraging United States 
Government grants provided to the Foundation as seed funding and to 
complement the comprehensive foreign assistance programs of the United 
States Government.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Additional Private Sector Funding Plan.--The Board of 
Directors shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a plan to raise an additional $500,000,000 in commitments 
from private sector entities to fully fund the End Modern Slavery 
Initiative Foundation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Authorization for the Receipt of Funds.--The End 
Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation may accept and utilize, consistent 
with the policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act, any gift, 
donation, bequest, or devise of real or personal property from any 
government or private sector individual or organization, including the 
provision of voluntary services or in-kind services or 
products.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (i) Governance.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Board of directors.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The End Modern Slavery 
                Initiative Foundation shall be overseen by a Board of 
                Directors--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) which shall include 
                        individuals with recognized relevant 
                        professional expertise and a survivor of modern 
                        slavery; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) not more than 11 of whom will 
                        be voting members.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Non-voting advisory directors.--The 
                voting directors of the Board may appoint, at their 
                discretion, non-voting advisory directors, which may 
                include a representative of the Secretary of State such 
                as the Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office 
                to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Decisions of the board of directors.--
                Decisions of the Board of Directors shall be made by a 
                simple majority vote of voting directors 
                present.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Responsibilities.--In addition to 
                other specific responsibilities provided for in this 
                Act, the voting directors of the Board of Directors 
                shall--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) oversee the monitoring and 
                        evaluation of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
                        Foundation efforts and supported projects; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) make prioritized program 
                        funding decisions.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) Quorum of the board of directors.--In 
                order to take official action, the Board shall require 
                a quorum composed of a majority of its voting 
                directors.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) Additional responsibilities of the 
                board of directors.--The Board of Directors shall--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by majority vote of voting 
                        directors delegate relevant authorities to the 
                        Chief Executive Officer appointed pursuant to 
                        paragraph (2)(A) concerning agreements made 
                        with governments or private sector individuals 
                        or organizations, programmatic and monitoring 
                        and evaluation strategies of the End Modern 
                        Slavery Initiative Foundation, and other 
                        matters related to the End Modern Slavery 
                        Initiative Foundation, consistent with the 
                        policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) reserve the right of review 
                        and approval of major agreements as 
                        appropriate.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) Long-term strategy review, approval, 
                and submission.--Not later than five years after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Board of 
                Directors shall review, approve, and submit to 
                governments, entities, or individuals providing funding 
                to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation, as 
                well as the appropriate congressional committees, the 
                strategy required to be developed pursuant to paragraph 
                (2)(D).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Chief executive officer.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The day-to-day operations 
                of the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall 
                be run by a Chief Executive Officer, who shall be a 
                United States citizen and shall be employed at the 
                exclusive discretion of the Board of 
                Directors.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Authority of the chief executive 
                officer.--The Chief Executive Officer of the End Modern 
                Slavery Initiative Foundation shall be authorized to 
                take all actions authorized by the Board of Directors, 
                consistent with the policies, priorities, and purposes 
                of this Act, including the hiring and termination of 
                any employees of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Responsibilities of the chief 
                executive officer.--The Chief Executive Officer shall 
                be responsible for--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) ensuring matching funding 
                        requirements pursuant to this Act are 
                        met;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) ensuring that foreign 
                        government and private sector funding 
                        commitments are fully realized;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) developing all necessary 
                        strategies and agreements for the End Modern 
                        Slavery Initiative Foundation;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) identifying funding 
                        requirements;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) preparing and presenting to 
                        the Board of Directors for approval a portfolio 
                        of priority projects to be funded;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) administering the End Modern 
                        Slavery Initiative Foundation procurement 
                        processes;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vii) developing reliable baseline 
                        data and ensuring that such data and the 
                        process of obtaining such data are subject to 
                        outside, independent audits;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (viii) developing and 
                        administering the monitoring and evaluation of 
                        funded programs;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ix) complying with all relevant 
                        auditing, accounting, taxation, and legal 
                        requirements;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (x) preparing, publicly 
                        publishing, and submitting to each government, 
                        private individual, or corporation that has 
                        contributed funds an annual report of 
                        approximately 50 pages with appropriate annexes 
                        on the activities and results of the End Modern 
                        Slavery Initiative Foundation;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (xi) ensuring the sharing, among 
                        appropriate governmental and nongovernmental 
                        partners and interested parties in the global 
                        anti-slavery community, of corporate and 
                        nonprofit best practices, including those 
                        developed or identified by the End Modern 
                        Slavery Initiative Foundation or others through 
                        its supported programs;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (xii) working to encourage partner 
                        countries to hold accountable those who enslave 
                        children and adults in the sex trade;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (xiii) working to develop best 
                        practices to help ensure that corporate supply 
                        chains do not involve the use of victims of 
                        modern slavery, including ending forced labor 
                        and addressing the role of abusive labor 
                        recruitment practices and fees; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (xiv) undertaking consultations, 
                        as the Chief Executive Officer deems necessary 
                        or is directed by the Board of Directors, with 
                        appropriate governmental and nongovernmental 
                        partners with respect to End Modern Slavery 
                        Initiative Foundation strategies, programs, and 
                        projects.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Long-term strategy development and 
                consultations.--Not later than four years after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive 
                Officer, in consultation with the Board of Directors, 
                shall initiate discussions with appropriate 
                governmental and nongovernmental partners and begin 
                development of a strategy that seeks to end modern 
                slavery globally based on empirical evidence and best 
                practices identified by the End Modern Slavery 
                Initiative Foundation, including funding requirements 
                to fully implement such a strategy.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (j) Limitations and Prohibitions.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Issuance of stock and dividends.--The End 
        Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation may not issue any shares 
        of stock or declare or pay dividends.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conflicts of interest.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Assets.--No part of the assets of the 
                End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall inure to 
                the benefit of any member of the Board of Directors, 
                any officer or employee of the End Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation, or any other individual, except as 
                reasonable salary or compensation for services for 
                officers and employees, reasonable reimbursement for 
                expenses incurred in the course of such employment, or 
                for other individuals, as specific beneficiaries of 
                services provided pursuant to supported 
                projects.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Relationship to grantees.--No voting 
                director of the Board of Directors may be a member of 
                the board of directors or an officer, employee, or 
                consultant to, any grantee of the End Modern Slavery 
                Initiative Foundation.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Compensation.--No director of the 
                Board of Directors may receive compensation for service 
                on the Board of Directors, other than reasonable 
                reimbursement for expenses incurred in the course of 
                such service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Lobbying restriction.--Any Federal funds 
        provided to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation or any 
        other nonprofit organization pursuant to the authorization of 
        funding provided under this Act shall be subject to the 
        restrictions and prohibitions of section 1352 of title 31, 
        United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (k) Recordkeeping, Auditing, Oversight, and Reporting 
Requirements.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative 
        Foundation shall be subject to the same auditing, 
        recordkeeping, and reporting obligations as required pursuant 
        to subsections (e), (f), (g), and (i) of section 504 of the 
        National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 
        4413).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Comptroller general audit authority.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The Comptroller General 
                of the United States may evaluate the financial 
                transactions of the End Slavery Initiative Foundation 
                as well as the programs or activities the End Slavery 
                Initiative Foundation carries out pursuant to this 
                Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Access to records.--The End Slavery 
                Initiative Foundation shall provide the Comptroller 
                General, or his duly authorized representatives, access 
                to such records as the Comptroller General determines 
                necessary to conduct evaluations authorized by this 
                Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (l) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to make the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation an 
agency or establishment of the United States Government or to make the 
members of the Board of Directors of the End Slavery Initiative 
Foundation, or the officers or employees of the End Slavery Initiative, 
officers or employees of the United States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS TO END MODERN 
              SLAVERY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Grant Authorization.--The Secretary of State is 
authorized, subject to the availability of appropriations and on an 
annual basis, to make grants of funding for purposes of this Act in the 
amounts authorized in subsection (b) to the End Modern Slavery 
Initiative Foundation or other nonprofit organization that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) funds programs and projects in partner 
        countries and key jurisdictions of other countries in order to 
        seek to end modern slavery, including by funding programs and 
        projects that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) contribute to the freeing and 
                sustainable recovery of victims of modern 
                slavery;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) prevent individuals from being subject 
                to modern slavery; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) enforce laws that punish both 
                individuals and corporate entities that engage in 
                modern slavery; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) seeks to receive foreign government 
        contributions in a ratio of two-to-one and private sector 
        contributions in a ratio of three-to-one to United States 
        Government funding.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Years 2015 
Through 2022.--In addition to such sums as may otherwise be available 
for such purposes, there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of State for the purpose of making the grants authorized 
under subsection (a)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) for fiscal year 2015, $1,000,000; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) for each fiscal year from 2016 through 2022, 
        $35,714,285.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Conditions for United States Government Funding.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Matching government funding.--Except as 
        provided under paragraphs (4) and (5), funding provided 
        pursuant to grants authorized under subsection (a) shall only 
        be available for expenditure by the grantee during a fiscal 
        year if matching funding equal to twice the total amount of 
        such funding has been obtained from one or more other 
        governments in such fiscal year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Matching private sector funding.--Except as 
        provided under paragraphs (4) and (5), funding provided 
        pursuant to grants authorized under subsection (a) shall only 
        be available for expenditure by the grantee during a fiscal 
        year if matching funding equal to the total amount of such 
        funding has been obtained from private sector entities in such 
        fiscal year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Limitation on administrative costs.--Funding 
        provided pursuant to the grants authorized under subsection (a) 
        shall only be available for expenditure by the grantee for a 
        fiscal year in which the prior fiscal year administrative costs 
        are no more than 10 percent of modified total direct costs or 
        otherwise meet the administrative cost requirements of section 
        200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Initial exemption.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding the 
                matching funding requirement in paragraphs (1) and (2), 
                funding provided pursuant to grants authorized under 
                subsection (a) shall be available for expenditure by a 
                grantee in fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Additional matching requirement.--To 
                the extent that matching funding is not obtained in 
                fiscal years 2015 or 2016, as generally required by 
                paragraphs (1) and (2), the grantee must obtain such 
                funding no later than September 30, 2018.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Limitation on funding.--No funding 
                provided pursuant to grants authorized under subsection 
                (a) shall be available for expenditure by the grantee 
                during any fiscal year after 2018 until the requirement 
                in subparagraph (B) is met.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Additional exemptions.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--If during any fiscal year 
                the matching requirement described in paragraph (1) or 
                (2) is not achieved, the Secretary of State may provide 
                a one-year exemption from fulfillment of such 
                requirement provided that--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) a plan is in place to make up 
                        the funding shortfall during the next fiscal 
                        year and to meet the matching requirements in 
                        future years;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the plan is submitted to the 
                        appropriate congressional committees; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) the grantee has obtained 
                        matching funding, in the proportion required by 
                        such paragraphs, for the total amount of any 
                        prior year shortfalls.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Limitation on funding.--During an 
                exemption provided pursuant to subparagraph (A), 
                funding provided pursuant to grants authorized under 
                subsection (a) shall only be available for expenditure 
                by the grantee during a fiscal year in an amount that 
                is equal in proportion to the proportion of matching 
                funds secured in accordance with paragraphs (1) and 
                (2).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Limited quantity.--The Secretary of 
                State may provide no more than a total of two 
                exemptions pursuant to subparagraph (A) during fiscal 
                years 2017 through 2022.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Availability of additional funds.--In fiscal 
        years in which the grantee obtains matching funding to address 
        a shortfall of funding required by paragraph (1) or (2) from a 
        prior year, the funds previously restricted as a result of such 
        shortfall shall be available for expenditure by the grantee in 
        such later fiscal year in an amount that is equal in 
        proportion, pursuant to such paragraphs, to the amount 
        obtained.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Funding additional to existing 
        authorizations.--Amounts authorized by this section are in 
        addition to funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated for 
        combatting trafficking in persons, forced labor, or related 
        programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Duration of Funding.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (b) shall remain available until expended subject to the 
conditions on such funds described in subsection (c).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Implementation of Policies, Priorities, and 
Purposes.--No funds received pursuant to the provisions of this section 
may be obligated or expended by the Secretary of State or the End 
Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation or other nonprofit organization 
except to the extent that such obligation and expenditure is consistent 
with the policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM MEMBER GOVERNMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The United States Government shall seek, 
and shall encourage other foreign governments providing support to the 
End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation, consistent with the 
individual priorities and policies of such governments, to provide 
additional support for projects in partner countries and key 
jurisdictions of other countries supported by the End Modern Slavery 
Initiative Foundation through the commitment of new resources, or the 
redirection of existing resources, including funding and personnel as 
appropriate, to efforts that are consistent with the policies, 
priorities, and purposes of this Act, including the provision of 
economic, development, law enforcement, rule of law, and training 
assistance that is aimed, among other things, at strengthening 
government institutions and providing appropriate services to victims 
of modern slavery.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Diplomatic Efforts.--The United States Government 
shall also seek, and shall encourage other foreign governments 
providing support to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation, 
consistent with the individual priorities and policies of such 
governments, to undertake diplomatic efforts in partner countries and 
key jurisdictions of other countries with a high prevalence of modern 
slavery that support the policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act 
and End Modern Slavery Initiative supported projects.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Prioritization of Additional Efforts.--The United 
States Government shall also seek, and shall encourage other foreign 
governments providing support to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation, consistent with the individual priorities and policies of 
such governments, to undertake efforts to support partner countries and 
key jurisdictions of other countries in their efforts to address the 
areas of key concern highlighted by the Department of State's annual 
Trafficking in Persons Report.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 7. PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE END MODERN SLAVERY 
              INITIATIVE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The key priorities of the End Modern 
Slavery Initiative shall be--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to select partner countries and key 
        jurisdictions in other countries;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to provide support for programs and projects 
        that collectively or individually seek to achieve a measurable 
        and sustainable reduction of modern slavery in targeted 
        populations within partner countries (or jurisdictions thereof) 
        and key jurisdictions of other countries of at least 50 percent 
        in the prevalence of modern slavery over a seven year period 
        and that are based on goals and outcomes that are capable of 
        being empirically measured;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) to prioritize programs and projects consistent 
        with this Act;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) to work with partner countries and entities 
        funded by the End Modern Slavery Initiative to collaboratively 
        establish budgeted national plans that identify and leverage 
        partner country public and private funding and institutions, 
        and leverage current and expected outside assistance, including 
        programs supported by the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
        Foundation; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) to establish national coordinators and 
        leadership councils in partner countries.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Selection of Partner Countries.--In selecting partner 
countries, the End Modern Slavery Initiative shall consider and 
prioritize the funding of projects and programs in countries and 
jurisdictions where there is--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) a documented high prevalence of modern slavery 
        within the country as evidenced by assessments in the 
        Department of State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2)(A) a demonstrated political motivation and 
        sustained commitment by government entities of such country to 
        undertake meaningful measures to address severe forms of 
        trafficking in persons, including prevention, protection of 
        victims, and the enactment and enforcement of anti-trafficking 
        laws against perpetrators; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) a demonstrated presence of an active and 
        independent civil society that can and will support the efforts 
        of the End Modern Slavery Initiative.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Selection of Key Jurisdictions of Other Countries.--In 
selecting key jurisdictions of other countries, the End Modern Slavery 
Initiative shall consider and prioritize the funding of projects and 
programs in key jurisdictions where there is--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) a documented high prevalence of modern slavery 
        within the jurisdiction as evidenced by assessments in the 
        Department of State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2)(A) a demonstrated political motivation and 
        sustained commitment by government entities of such 
        jurisdiction to undertake meaningful measures to address severe 
        forms of trafficking in persons, including prevention, 
        protection of victims, and the enactment and enforcement of 
        anti-trafficking laws against perpetrators; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) a demonstrated presence of an active and 
        independent civil society that can and will support the efforts 
        of the End Modern Slavery Initiative.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Policies for End Modern Slavery Initiative Operations 
and Supported Programs in Partner Countries.--End Modern Slavery 
Initiative programs in partner programs shall include strategies that--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) develop the capacity of national and local 
        government institutions to enforce the law, end impunity of 
        perpetrators, and sustainably deter the crime;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) contribute to the freeing and sustainable 
        recovery of victims of modern slavery, prevent individuals from 
        being subject to modern slavery, or create and enforce laws 
        that punish both individual and corporate perpetrators of 
        modern slavery; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) set out clear, defined goals and outcomes that 
        are capable of empirical measurement against baseline 
        data.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Consultation With State Department.--In selecting 
partner countries and key jurisdictions of other countries and funding 
programs in such countries and jurisdictions, the End Modern Slavery 
Initiative should consult with the Department of State, including the 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Interagency Consultation.--In providing the views of 
the United States Government to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
pursuant to subsection (e), the Department of State, including the 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, should consult 
with the United States Department of Justice, the United States Agency 
for International Development, the United States Department of Labor, 
and any other appropriate Federal departments and agencies.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 8. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SUPPORTED 
              PROGRAMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Board of Directors shall review, on a 
no less than annual basis, specific and detailed criteria for the 
monitoring and evaluation of End Modern Slavery Initiative supported 
projects.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Requirements for Criteria.--The criteria required to 
be established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be designed to measure 
progress against baseline data and shall be rigorously designed based 
on international corporate and nongovernmental best 
practices.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Supported Project Requirements.--Each supported 
project shall be regularly and rigorously monitored and evaluated, on a 
not less than biennial basis, by an independent monitoring and 
evaluation entity, against the specific and detailed criteria 
established pursuant to subsection (a), and shall have its progress 
towards its stated goals measured by such entity against baseline 
data.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Survey Methodology.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative 
shall support the development of a scientifically sound, representative 
survey methodology for measuring prevalence with reference to existing 
research and experience and shall apply the methodology consistently to 
determine the baseline prevalence in target populations and outcomes in 
order to periodically assess progress in reducing prevalence.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Suspension and Termination of Supported Projects.--The 
Board of Directors shall establish, and revise on a no less than annual 
basis, specific and detailed criteria for the suspension and 
termination, as appropriate, of projects supported by the End Modern 
Slavery Initiative Foundation that regularly or consistently fail to 
meet the criteria required by this section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The 
        term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations 
                and Appropriations of the Senate; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs and 
                Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Key jurisdictions of other countries.--The 
        term ``key jurisdictions of other countries'' means specific 
        jurisdictions, located in countries that do not qualify to be 
        partner countries, that have a demonstrated commitment to, and 
        institutions capable of, achieving a significant reduction in 
        the incidence of modern slavery within a period of seven years 
        and have been determined to be appropriate to receive funds by 
        the Board of Directors pursuant to the criteria and priorities 
        set forth in this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Modern slavery.--The term ``modern slavery'' 
        means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the recruitment, harboring, 
                transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for 
                the purpose of a commercial sex act in which such 
                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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Partner countries.--The term ``partner 
        countries'' means countries that have a demonstrated commitment 
        to, and institutions capable of, achieving a significant 
        reduction in the incidence of modern slavery within a period of 
        seven years and have been determined to be appropriate to 
        receive funds by the Board of Directors pursuant to the 
        criteria and priorities set forth in this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Terms defined in title 18, united states 
        code.--Terms defined in title 18, United States Code, and not 
        otherwise defined in this section shall have the meaning 
        provided in such title.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End Modern Slavery Initiative Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United States has a long history of domestic and 
        international engagement in preventing and responding to modern 
        slavery;
            (2) modern slavery involves extensive criminal activity and 
        demands the full attention and commitment of the United States;
            (3) with at least 100,000 children in the United States 
        commercially sexually exploited, and calls to the National 
        Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline rising from 5,748 in 
        2008 to 20,579 in 2013, in order to set an example 
        internationally, the United States must exert all efforts to 
        eradicate modern-day slavery domestically, including through 
        increased cooperation among all Federal, state and local 
        governments, local law enforcement, non-profit organizations, 
        and private sector stakeholders;
            (4) the United States Government should continue to 
        coordinate across departments and agencies to prevent and 
        respond to this heinous activity that involves over 21,000,000 
        people worldwide through sustained investment in integrated, 
        interagency anti-trafficking initiatives;
            (5) while United States Government efforts continue to 
        address many facets of modern slavery, there is an urgent need 
        today for international public and private cooperation to 
        increase resources available to programs that can make a 
        measurable impact in reducing the prevalence of modern slavery 
        by building the capacity of foreign governments to sustainably 
        deter perpetrators of modern slavery through--
                    (A) establishing and enforcing the rule of law to 
                hold perpetrators of modern slavery accountable, 
                including--
                            (i) those who enslave children and adults 
                        in the sex trade; and
                            (ii) those who enslave through forced labor 
                        and abusive labor recruitment practices and 
                        fees;
                    (B) promoting justice and dignity for victims of 
                modern slavery;
                    (C) restoring and protecting survivors of modern 
                slavery; and
                    (D) building partnerships between governments, 
                civil society organizations, private sector entities 
                and individuals, and survivors to seek to bring an end 
                to modern slavery; and
            (6) countries that fall within the first and second tiers 
        of the United States Department of State's annual Trafficking 
        in Persons report could qualify as partner countries for the 
        purposes of this Act, and many countries that fall within the 
        Tier 2 watch list may also qualify, and therefore should be 
        eligible for funding as partner countries under this Act, along 
        with key jurisdictions of other countries, such as Tier 3 
        countries.

SEC. 3. POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States Government--
            (1) to marshal resources to seek to bring to an end modern 
        slavery through the provision of matching funds to a private 
        grant-making institution, in partnership with private donors 
        and other governments, that selects and supports innovative 
        strategies with the aim of verifiably and sustainably reducing 
        the prevalence of modern slavery by 50 percent in targeted 
        populations within partner countries (or jurisdictions thereof) 
        with a high prevalence of modern slavery;
            (2) to allow such a private grant making institution the 
        flexibility to work in jurisdictions of other countries, where 
        those jurisdictions have demonstrated the type of commitment 
        and capabilities otherwise required of partner countries; and
            (3) to engage other countries with a high prevalence of 
        modern slavery through the full range of United States 
        Government foreign assistance programs in order to help those 
        countries become eligible as partner countries for the purposes 
        of receiving additional assistance under the End Modern Slavery 
        Initiative established by this Act.

SEC. 4. THE END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, there shall be established and incorporated 
under the laws of the District of Columbia an independent, private 
nonprofit corporation to be known as ``End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation''.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation shall be to work collaboratively with government, civil 
society, and private institutions in partner countries and key 
jurisdictions of other countries with a high prevalence of modern 
slavery to identify and fund successful strategies to combat modern 
slavery.
    (c) Status of Foundation.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation shall not be an agency or establishment of the United States 
Government.
    (d) Status of Board and Officers and Employees.--The members of the 
Board of Directors of the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation 
shall not, by reason of such membership, be officers or employees of 
the United States, and the officers or employees of the End Modern 
Slavery Initiative Foundation shall not be officers or employees of the 
United States.
    (e) Tax Status Eligibility.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation shall be eligible to be treated as an organization described 
in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such code and, if such 
treatment is conferred in accordance with the provisions of such code, 
shall be subject to all provisions of such code relevant to the conduct 
of organizations exempt from taxation.
    (f) Funding.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall 
seek to obtain a minimum of $1,500,000,000 in aggregate funding from 
foreign governments and private sector organizations and individuals 
over an initial seven year period, leveraging United States Government 
grants provided to the Foundation as seed funding and to complement the 
comprehensive foreign assistance programs of the United States 
Government.
    (g) Additional Private Sector Funding Plan.--The Board of Directors 
shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to raise 
an additional $500,000,000 in commitments from private sector entities 
to fully fund the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation.
    (h) Authorization for the Receipt of Funds.--The End Modern Slavery 
Initiative Foundation may accept and utilize, consistent with the 
policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act, any gift, donation, 
bequest, or devise of real or personal property from any government or 
private sector individual or organization, including the provision of 
voluntary services or in-kind services or products.
    (i) Governance.--
            (1) Board of directors.--
                    (A) In general.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation shall be overseen by a Board of Directors--
                            (i) which shall include individuals with 
                        recognized relevant professional expertise, at 
                        least one survivor of modern slavery, and at 
                        least one individual who is a member of civil 
                        society; and
                            (ii) not more than 11 of whom will be 
                        voting members.
                    (B) Non-voting advisory directors.--The voting 
                directors of the Board may appoint, at their 
                discretion, non-voting advisory directors, which may 
                include a representative of the Secretary of State such 
                as the Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office 
                to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
                    (C) Decisions of the board of directors.--Decisions 
                of the Board of Directors shall be made by a simple 
                majority vote of voting directors present.
                    (D) Responsibilities.--In addition to other 
                specific responsibilities provided for in this Act, the 
                voting directors of the Board of Directors shall--
                            (i) oversee the monitoring and evaluation 
                        of the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation 
                        efforts and supported projects; and
                            (ii) make prioritized program funding 
                        decisions.
                    (E) Quorum of the board of directors.--In order to 
                take official action, the Board shall require a quorum 
                composed of a majority of its voting directors.
                    (F) Additional responsibilities of the board of 
                directors.--The Board of Directors shall--
                            (i) by majority vote of voting directors 
                        delegate relevant authorities to the Chief 
                        Executive Officer appointed pursuant to 
                        paragraph (2)(A) concerning agreements made 
                        with governments or private sector individuals 
                        or organizations, programmatic and monitoring 
                        and evaluation strategies of the End Modern 
                        Slavery Initiative Foundation, and other 
                        matters related to the End Modern Slavery 
                        Initiative Foundation, consistent with the 
                        policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act; 
                        and
                            (ii) reserve the right of review and 
                        approval of major agreements as appropriate.
                    (G) Long-term strategy review, approval, and 
                submission.--Not later than five years after the date 
                of the enactment of this Act, the Board of Directors 
                shall review, approve, make publicly available, and 
                submit to governments, entities, or individuals 
                providing funding to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation, as well as the appropriate congressional 
                committees, the strategy required to be developed 
                pursuant to paragraph (2)(D).
            (2) Chief executive officer.--
                    (A) In general.--The day-to-day operations of the 
                End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall be run 
                by a Chief Executive Officer, who shall be a United 
                States citizen and shall be employed at the exclusive 
                discretion of the Board of Directors.
                    (B) Authority of the chief executive officer.--The 
                Chief Executive Officer of the End Modern Slavery 
                Initiative Foundation shall be authorized to take all 
                actions authorized by the Board of Directors, 
                consistent with the policies, priorities, and purposes 
                of this Act, including the hiring and termination of 
                any employees of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation.
                    (C) Responsibilities of the chief executive 
                officer.--The Chief Executive Officer shall be 
                responsible for--
                            (i) ensuring matching funding requirements 
                        pursuant to this Act are met;
                            (ii) ensuring that foreign government and 
                        private sector funding commitments are fully 
                        realized;
                            (iii) developing all necessary strategies 
                        and agreements for the End Modern Slavery 
                        Initiative Foundation;
                            (iv) identifying funding requirements;
                            (v) preparing and presenting to the Board 
                        of Directors for approval a portfolio of 
                        priority projects to be funded;
                            (vi) administering the End Modern Slavery 
                        Initiative Foundation procurement processes;
                            (vii) developing reliable baseline data and 
                        ensuring that such data and the process of 
                        obtaining such data are subject to outside, 
                        independent audits;
                            (viii) developing and administering the 
                        monitoring and evaluation of funded programs;
                            (ix) complying with all relevant auditing, 
                        accounting, taxation, and legal requirements;
                            (x) preparing, publicly publishing, and 
                        submitting to each government, private 
                        individual, or corporation that has contributed 
                        funds an annual report of approximately 50 
                        pages with appropriate annexes on the 
                        activities and results of the End Modern 
                        Slavery Initiative Foundation;
                            (xi) ensuring the sharing, among 
                        appropriate governmental and nongovernmental 
                        partners and interested parties in the global 
                        anti-slavery community, of corporate and 
                        nonprofit best practices, including those 
                        developed or identified by the End Modern 
                        Slavery Initiative Foundation or others through 
                        its supported programs;
                            (xii) working to encourage partner 
                        countries to hold accountable those who enslave 
                        children and adults in the sex trade;
                            (xiii) working to develop best practices to 
                        help ensure that corporate supply chains do not 
                        involve the use of victims of modern slavery, 
                        including ending forced labor and addressing 
                        the role of abusive labor recruitment practices 
                        and fees; and
                            (xiv) undertaking consultations, as the 
                        Chief Executive Officer deems necessary or is 
                        directed by the Board of Directors, with 
                        appropriate governmental and nongovernmental 
                        partners with respect to End Modern Slavery 
                        Initiative Foundation strategies, programs, and 
                        projects.
                    (D) Long-term strategy development and 
                consultations.--Not later than four years after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive 
                Officer, in consultation with the Board of Directors, 
                shall initiate discussions with appropriate 
                governmental and nongovernmental partners and begin 
                development of a strategy that seeks to end modern 
                slavery globally based on empirical evidence and best 
                practices identified by the End Modern Slavery 
                Initiative Foundation, including funding requirements 
                to fully implement such a strategy.
    (j) Limitations and Prohibitions.--
            (1) Issuance of stock and dividends.--The End Modern 
        Slavery Initiative Foundation may not issue any shares of stock 
        or declare or pay dividends.
            (2) Conflicts of interest.--
                    (A) Assets.--No part of the assets of the End 
                Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation shall inure to the 
                benefit of any member of the Board of Directors, any 
                officer or employee of the End Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation, or any other individual, except as 
                reasonable salary or compensation for services for 
                officers and employees, reasonable reimbursement for 
                expenses incurred in the course of such employment, or 
                for other individuals, as specific beneficiaries of 
                services provided pursuant to supported projects.
                    (B) Relationship to grantees.--No voting director 
                of the Board of Directors may be a member of the board 
                of directors or an officer, employee, or consultant to, 
                any grantee of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation.
                    (C) Compensation.--No director of the Board of 
                Directors may receive compensation for service on the 
                Board of Directors, other than reasonable reimbursement 
                for expenses incurred in the course of such service.
            (3) Lobbying restriction.--Any Federal funds provided to 
        the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation or any other 
        nonprofit organization pursuant to the authorization of funding 
        provided under this Act shall be subject to the restrictions 
        and prohibitions of section 1352 of title 31, United States 
        Code.
    (k) Recordkeeping, Auditing, Oversight, and Reporting 
Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative 
        Foundation shall be subject to the same auditing, 
        recordkeeping, and reporting obligations as required pursuant 
        to subsections (e), (f), (g), and (i) of section 504 of the 
        National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4413).
            (2) Comptroller general audit authority.--
                    (A) In general.--The Comptroller General of the 
                United States may evaluate the financial transactions 
                of the End Slavery Initiative Foundation as well as the 
                programs or activities the End Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation carries out pursuant to this Act.
                    (B) Access to records.--The End Slavery Initiative 
                Foundation shall provide the Comptroller General, or 
                his duly authorized representatives, access to such 
                records as the Comptroller General determines necessary 
                to conduct evaluations authorized by this Act.
    (l) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to make the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation an agency or 
establishment of the United States Government or to make the members of 
the Board of Directors of the End Slavery Initiative Foundation, or the 
officers or employees of the End Slavery Initiative, officers or 
employees of the United States.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS TO END MODERN SLAVERY.

    (a) Grant Authorization.--The Secretary of State is authorized, 
subject to the availability of appropriations and on an annual basis, 
to make grants of funding for purposes of this Act in the amounts 
authorized in subsection (b) to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation or other nonprofit organization that--
            (1) funds programs and projects in partner countries and 
        key jurisdictions of other countries in order to seek to end 
        modern slavery, including by funding programs and projects 
        that--
                    (A) contribute to the freeing and sustainable 
                recovery of victims of modern slavery;
                    (B) prevent individuals from being subject to 
                modern slavery; or
                    (C) enforce laws that punish both individuals and 
                corporate entities that engage in modern slavery; and
            (2) seeks to receive foreign government contributions in a 
        ratio of two-to-one and private sector contributions in a ratio 
        of three-to-one to United States Government funding.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Years 2015 Through 
2022.--In addition to such sums as may otherwise be available for such 
purposes, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
State for the purpose of making the grants authorized under subsection 
(a)--
            (1) for fiscal year 2015, $1,000,000; and
            (2) for each fiscal year from 2016 through 2022, 
        $35,714,285.
    (c) Conditions for United States Government Funding.--
            (1) Matching government funding.--Except as provided under 
        paragraphs (5) and (6), funding provided pursuant to grants 
        authorized under subsection (a) shall only be available for 
        expenditure by the grantee during a fiscal year if matching 
        funding equal to twice the total amount of such funding has 
        been obtained from one or more other governments in such fiscal 
        year.
            (2) Matching private sector funding.--Except as provided 
        under paragraphs (5) and (6), funding provided pursuant to 
        grants authorized under subsection (a) shall only be available 
        for expenditure by the grantee during a fiscal year if matching 
        funding equal to the total amount of such funding has been 
        obtained from private sector entities in such fiscal year.
            (3) Limitation on matching private sector funding.--No 
        Federal funds awarded to a private entity may be used by that 
        private entity to contribute to the matching funding 
        requirement under paragraph (2).
            (4) Limitation on administrative costs.--Funding provided 
        pursuant to the grants authorized under subsection (a) shall 
        only be available for expenditure by the grantee for a fiscal 
        year in which the prior fiscal year administrative costs are no 
        more than 10 percent of modified total direct costs or 
        otherwise meet the administrative cost requirements of section 
        200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (5) Initial exemption.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding the matching 
                funding requirement in paragraphs (1) and (2), funding 
                provided pursuant to grants authorized under subsection 
                (a) shall be available for expenditure by a grantee in 
                fiscal years 2015 and 2016.
                    (B) Additional matching requirement.--To the extent 
                that matching funding is not obtained in fiscal years 
                2015 or 2016, as generally required by paragraphs (1) 
                and (2), the grantee must obtain such funding no later 
                than September 30, 2018.
                    (C) Limitation on funding.--No funding provided 
                pursuant to grants authorized under subsection (a) 
                shall be available for expenditure by the grantee 
                during any fiscal year after 2018 until the requirement 
                in subparagraph (B) is met.
            (6) Additional exemptions.--
                    (A) In general.--If during any fiscal year the 
                matching requirement described in paragraph (1) or (2) 
                is not achieved, the Secretary of State may provide a 
                one-year exemption from fulfillment of such requirement 
                provided that--
                            (i) a plan is in place to make up the 
                        funding shortfall during the next fiscal year 
                        and to meet the matching requirements in future 
                        years;
                            (ii) the plan is submitted to the 
                        appropriate congressional committees; and
                            (iii) the grantee has obtained matching 
                        funding, in the proportion required by such 
                        paragraphs, for the total amount of any prior 
                        year shortfalls.
                    (B) Limitation on funding.--During an exemption 
                provided pursuant to subparagraph (A), funding provided 
                pursuant to grants authorized under subsection (a) 
                shall only be available for expenditure by the grantee 
                during a fiscal year in an amount that is equal in 
                proportion to the proportion of matching funds secured 
                in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2).
                    (C) Limited quantity.--The Secretary of State may 
                provide no more than a total of two exemptions pursuant 
                to subparagraph (A) during fiscal years 2017 through 
                2022.
            (7) Availability of additional funds.--In fiscal years in 
        which the grantee obtains matching funding to address a 
        shortfall of funding required by paragraph (1) or (2) from a 
        prior year, the funds previously restricted as a result of such 
        shortfall shall be available for expenditure by the grantee in 
        such later fiscal year in an amount that is equal in 
        proportion, pursuant to such paragraphs, to the amount 
        obtained.
            (8) Funding additional to existing authorizations.--Amounts 
        authorized by this section are in addition to funds otherwise 
        authorized to be appropriated for combatting trafficking in 
        persons, forced labor, or related programs.
    (d) Duration of Funding.--Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection 
(b) shall remain available until expended subject to the conditions on 
such funds described in subsection (c).
    (e) Implementation of Policies, Priorities, and Purposes.--No funds 
received pursuant to the provisions of this section may be obligated or 
expended by the Secretary of State or the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation or other nonprofit organization except to the extent that 
such obligation and expenditure is consistent with the policies, 
priorities, and purposes of this Act.

SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM MEMBER GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The United States Government shall seek, and shall 
encourage other foreign governments providing support to the End Modern 
Slavery Initiative Foundation, consistent with the individual 
priorities and policies of such governments, to provide additional 
support for projects in partner countries and key jurisdictions of 
other countries supported by the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation through the commitment of new resources, or the redirection 
of existing resources, including funding and personnel as appropriate, 
to efforts that are consistent with the policies, priorities, and 
purposes of this Act, including the provision of economic, development, 
law enforcement, rule of law, and training assistance that is aimed, 
among other things, at strengthening government institutions and 
providing appropriate services to victims of modern slavery.
    (b) Diplomatic Efforts.--The United States Government shall also 
seek, and shall encourage other foreign governments providing support 
to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation, consistent with the 
individual priorities and policies of such governments, to undertake 
diplomatic efforts in partner countries and key jurisdictions of other 
countries with a high prevalence of modern slavery that support the 
policies, priorities, and purposes of this Act and End Modern Slavery 
Initiative supported projects.
    (c) Prioritization of Additional Efforts.--The United States 
Government shall also seek, and shall encourage other foreign 
governments providing support to the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation, consistent with the individual priorities and policies of 
such governments, to undertake efforts to support partner countries and 
key jurisdictions of other countries in their efforts to address the 
areas of key concern highlighted by the Department of State's annual 
Trafficking in Persons Report.

SEC. 7. PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--The key priorities of the End Modern Slavery 
Initiative shall be--
            (1) to select partner countries and key jurisdictions in 
        other countries;
            (2) to provide support for programs and projects that 
        collectively or individually seek to achieve a measurable and 
        sustainable reduction of modern slavery in targeted populations 
        within partner countries (or jurisdictions thereof) and key 
        jurisdictions of other countries of at least 50 percent in the 
        prevalence of modern slavery over a seven year period and that 
        are based on goals and outcomes that are capable of being 
        empirically measured;
            (3) to prioritize programs and projects consistent with 
        this Act;
            (4) to work with partner countries and entities funded by 
        the End Modern Slavery Initiative to collaboratively establish 
        budgeted national plans that identify and leverage partner 
        country public and private funding and institutions, and 
        leverage current and expected outside assistance, including 
        programs supported by the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
        Foundation; and
            (5) to establish national coordinators and leadership 
        councils in partner countries.
    (b) Selection of Partner Countries.--In selecting partner 
countries, the End Modern Slavery Initiative shall consider and 
prioritize the funding of projects and programs in countries and 
jurisdictions where there is--
            (1) a documented high prevalence of modern slavery within 
        the country as evidenced by assessments in the Department of 
        State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report; and
            (2)(A) a demonstrated political motivation and sustained 
        commitment by government entities of such country to undertake 
        meaningful measures to address severe forms of trafficking in 
        persons, including prevention, protection of victims, and the 
        enactment and enforcement of anti-trafficking laws against 
        perpetrators; or
            (B) a demonstrated presence of an active and independent 
        civil society that can and will support the efforts of the End 
        Modern Slavery Initiative.
    (c) Selection of Key Jurisdictions of Other Countries.--In 
selecting key jurisdictions of other countries, the End Modern Slavery 
Initiative shall consider and prioritize the funding of projects and 
programs in key jurisdictions where there is--
            (1) a documented high prevalence of modern slavery within 
        the jurisdiction as evidenced by assessments in the Department 
        of State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report; and
            (2)(A) a demonstrated political motivation and sustained 
        commitment by government entities of such jurisdiction to 
        undertake meaningful measures to address severe forms of 
        trafficking in persons, including prevention, protection of 
        victims, and the enactment and enforcement of anti-trafficking 
        laws against perpetrators; or
            (B) a demonstrated presence of an active and independent 
        civil society that can and will support the efforts of the End 
        Modern Slavery Initiative.
    (d) Policies for End Modern Slavery Initiative Operations and 
Supported Programs in Partner Countries.--End Modern Slavery Initiative 
programs in partner programs shall include strategies that--
            (1) develop the capacity of national and local government 
        institutions to enforce the law, end impunity of perpetrators, 
        and sustainably deter the crime;
            (2) contribute to the freeing and sustainable recovery of 
        victims of modern slavery, prevent individuals from being 
        subject to modern slavery, or create and enforce laws that 
        punish both individual and corporate perpetrators of modern 
        slavery; and
            (3) set out clear, defined goals and outcomes that are 
        capable of empirical measurement against baseline data.
    (e) Consultation With Department of State.--In selecting partner 
countries and key jurisdictions of other countries and funding programs 
in such countries and jurisdictions, the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
shall consult with the Department of State, including the Office to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
    (f) Interagency Consultation.--In providing the views of the United 
States Government to the End Modern Slavery Initiative pursuant to 
subsection (e), the Department of State, including the Office to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, shall consult with the 
United States Department of Justice, the United States Agency for 
International Development, the United States Department of Labor, and 
any other appropriate Federal departments and agencies.

SEC. 8. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SUPPORTED PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--The Board of Directors shall review, on a no less 
than annual basis, specific and detailed criteria for the monitoring 
and evaluation of End Modern Slavery Initiative supported projects.
    (b) Requirements for Criteria.--The criteria required to be 
established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be designed to measure 
progress against baseline data and shall be rigorously designed based 
on international corporate and nongovernmental best practices.
    (c) Supported Project Requirements.--Each supported project shall 
be regularly and rigorously monitored and evaluated, on a not less than 
biennial basis, by an independent monitoring and evaluation entity, 
against the specific and detailed criteria established pursuant to 
subsection (a), and shall have its progress towards its stated goals 
measured by such entity against baseline data.
    (d) Survey Methodology.--The End Modern Slavery Initiative shall 
support the development of a scientifically sound, representative 
survey methodology for measuring prevalence with reference to existing 
research and experience and shall apply the methodology consistently to 
determine the baseline prevalence in target populations and outcomes in 
order to periodically assess progress in reducing prevalence.
    (e) Suspension and Termination of Supported Projects.--The Board of 
Directors shall establish, and revise on a no less than annual basis, 
specific and detailed criteria for the suspension and termination, as 
appropriate, of projects supported by the End Modern Slavery Initiative 
Foundation that regularly or consistently fail to meet the criteria 
required by this section.
    (f) Additional Limitation on Expenditures.--A grantee receiving 
funding pursuant to section 5(a) may not expend such funds after 
September 30, 2022, unless--
            (1) this Act is reauthorized; and
            (2) the grantee submits a written certification to the 
        appropriate congressional committees during fiscal year 2022, 
        which states how and to what degree the grantee has met the 
        statutory requirements of this Act.

SEC. 9. GAO REVIEW OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND THE END SLAVERY INITIATIVE.

    (a) Existing Programs Report.--Not later than September 30, 2017, 
and September 30, 2021, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report on all of the programs conducted by 
the Department of State, the United States Agency for International 
Development, the Department of Labor, the Department of Defense, and 
the Department of the Treasury that address human trafficking and 
modern slavery, including a detailed analysis of the effectiveness of 
such programs in limiting human trafficking and modern slavery and 
specific recommendations on which programs are not effective at 
reducing the prevalence of human trafficking and modern slavery and how 
the funding for such programs may be redirected to more effective 
efforts.
    (b) End Modern Slavery Initiative Report.--Not later than September 
30, 2021, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the specific 
activities conducted by entities, programs, and projects funded under 
this Act, including the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation, 
including detailed analysis of the effectiveness of such activities in 
limiting human trafficking and modern slavery and specific 
recommendations on which activities are not effective at reducing the 
prevalence of human trafficking and modern slavery and how the funding 
for such activities may be redirected to more effective efforts.
    (c) Consideration of GAO Reports.--The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on 
the reports submitted under subsections (a) and (b). The appropriate 
congressional committees shall review and consider such reports and 
shall, as appropriate, consider modifications to authorization levels 
and programs within the jurisdiction of such committees to address the 
recommendations made in the reports.

SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter, the Board of Directors shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains, for 
the reporting period--
            (1) a detailed accounting of the Federal funding expended 
        by the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation;
            (2) the names of each of the projects receiving such 
        funding; and
            (3) the amount of such funding provided for each such 
        project.

SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations and 
                Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs and 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Debt bondage.--The term ``debt bondage'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 103 of the Victims of 
        Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7102).
            (3) Forced labor.--The term ``forced labor'' has the 
        meaning attributed to such term pursuant to section 1589 of 
        title 18, United States Code.
            (4) Involuntary servitude.--The term ``involuntary 
        servitude'' has the meaning given the term in section 103 of 
        the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
        (22 U.S.C. 7102).
            (5) Key jurisdictions of other countries.--The term ``key 
        jurisdictions of other countries'' means specific 
        jurisdictions, located in countries that do not qualify to be 
        partner countries, that have a demonstrated commitment to, and 
        institutions capable of, achieving a significant reduction in 
        the incidence of modern slavery within a period of seven years 
        and have been determined to be appropriate to receive funds by 
        the Board of Directors pursuant to the criteria and priorities 
        set forth in this Act, but does not include local government 
        entities identified by the Department of State's annual Human 
        Rights Report as ``corrupt entities.''
            (6) Modern slavery.--The term ``modern slavery'' means--
                    (A) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, 
                provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of 
                a commercial sex act in which such 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.
            (7) Partner countries.--The term ``partner countries'' 
        means countries that have a demonstrated commitment to, and 
        institutions capable of, achieving a significant reduction in 
        the incidence of modern slavery within a period of seven years 
        and have been determined to be appropriate to receive funds by 
        the Board of Directors pursuant to the criteria and priorities 
        set forth in this Act.
            (8) Terms defined in title 18, united states code.--Terms 
        defined in title 18, United States Code, and not otherwise 
        defined in this section shall have the meaning provided in such 
        title.
                                                       Calendar No. 363

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 553

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                                 A BILL

 To marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort 
 that seeks to bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes.

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                            February 3, 2016

                       Reported with an amendment