[Title 3 CFR 13333]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - January 1, 2005 Edition]
[Title 3 - Presidential Documents]
[Executive Order 13333 - Executive Order 13333 of March 18, 2004]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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Executive Order 13333 of March 18, 2004

Amending Executive Order 13257 To Implement the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States of America, including the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) (the ``Act''), as 
amended by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108-193), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13257 of February 13, 
2002, is amended as follows:
Section 1. The preamble is amended by: (a) deleting ``7103'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``7101 et seq.''; and (b) after the phrase 
``(the ``Act''),'' inserting ``and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code,''.
Sec. 2. Section 4 is redesignated as section 8.
Sec. 3. After section 3, the following new sections are added:
``Sec. 4. Guidelines, Policies, and Regulations. (a) The Senior Policy 
Operating Group (SPOG), described in subsection 105(f) of the Act, shall 
(i) establish guidelines and policies to coordinate the activities of 
executive branch departments and agencies regarding policies (including 
grants and grant policies) involving the international trafficking in 
persons and (ii) advise the Secretary of State what regulations may be 
necessary to implement section 105 of the Act, including such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the sharing of information 
on all matters relating to grants, grant policies, or other significant 
actions regarding the international trafficking in persons as set forth 
in subsection 105(f)(4) of the Act, to the extent permitted by law.
    (b) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the members of the 
Task Force or their representatives, shall promulgate regulations to 
implement section 105 of the Act.
Sec. 5. Enhanced Prevention of Trafficking in Persons. (a) The Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the members of the Task Force or their 
representatives, shall carry out the functions under subsection 106(c) 
and subsection 106(d) of the Act.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall have the authority to determine, 
under section 106(e)(1) of the Act, foreign destinations where sex 
tourism is significant. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the members of the Task Force or their representatives 
and appropriate officials of the Departments of Commerce and 
Transportation, shall carry out all other functions under subsection 
106(e) of the Act, including promulgation of any appropriate regulations 
relating to the distribution of the materials described in subsection 
106(e).
    (c) The head of each executive branch agency responsible for the 
establishment and conduct of initiatives and programs described in 
subsections 106(a) through (e) of the Act shall consult with appropriate 
nongovernmental organizations consistent with section 106(f) of the Act.
    (d) The Secretary of State shall have responsibility to initiate 
appropriate regulatory implementation of the requirements set out in 
section 106(g) of

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the Act with respect to contracts, including proposing appropriate 
amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Each affected 
executive branch department or agency shall implement, within that 
department or agency, the requirements set out in section 106(g) of the 
Act with respect to grants and cooperative agreements.
Sec. 6. Research on Trafficking in Persons. The entities named in 
section 112A of the Act shall carry out the research initiatives 
required by section 112A of the Act, and shall award grants according to 
such policies and guidelines as may be established by the SPOG described 
in section 105(f) of the Act, as well as any applicable agency rules and 
regulations.
Sec. 7. Guidance for Exercising Authority and Performing Duties. In 
exercising authority delegated by, or performing functions assigned in, 
this order, officers of the United States shall ensure that all actions 
taken by them are consistent with the President's constitutional 
authority to:
                                                                     (a)
     conduct the foreign affairs of the United States;
                                                                     (b)
     withhold information the disclosure of which could impair the 
    foreign relations, the national security, the deliberative processes 
    of the Executive, or the performance of the Executive's 
    constitutional duties;
                                                                     (c)
     recommend for congressional consideration such measures as the 
    President may judge necessary or expedient; and
                                                                     (d)
     supervise the unitary Executive Branch.''
Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This order is not intended to, and does not, 
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at 
law or in equity, by a party against the United States, its departments, 
agencies, entities, officers, employees or agents, or any other person.
George W. Bush
The White House,
    March 18, 2004.