[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 44 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1550-S1551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 314. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 178, to provide justice for the victims of 
trafficking; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II, add the following:

       Subtitle D--Prioritization Within the Department of State

     SEC. 231. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the 
     Department of State will be more effective in carrying out 
     duties mandated by Congress in the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 if the Office status is changed to 
     that of a Bureau within the Department hierarchy;
       (2) the change in status from Office to Monitor and Combat 
     Trafficking to a Bureau can be accomplished without 
     increasing the number of personnel or the budget of the 
     current Office;
       (3) a Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking would be 
     more effective in carrying out duties mandated by Congress in 
     the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 if the Bureau 
     were headed by an Assistant Secretary with direct access to 
     the Secretary of State, rather than an Ambassador-at-Large; 
     and
       (4) the Secretary of State should review the current use of 
     the 24 Assistant Secretary positions authorized by section 
     1(c)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
     (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(1)) and make appropriate revisions, 
     consolidations, and eliminations, to ensure that those 
     positions reflect the highest Departmental needs and foreign 
     policy priorities of the United States, including efforts to 
     combat trafficking in persons.

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     SEC. 232. BUREAU TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 105(e) of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(e)) is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``Office to Monitor and 
     Combat Trafficking'' and inserting ``Bureau To Combat 
     Trafficking in Persons'';
       (2) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``Office to Monitor 
     and Combat Trafficking'' and inserting ``Bureau to Combat 
     Trafficking in Persons'';
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``Office'' and 
     inserting ``Bureau''; and
       (C) in the sixth sentence, by striking ``Office'' and 
     inserting ``Bureau''; and
       (3) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2), by striking 
     ``Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking'' and inserting 
     ``Bureau to Combat Trafficking in Persons''.
       (b) Reference.--Any reference in the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 or in any other Act to the Office to 
     Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the Bureau to Combat Trafficking in Persons.

     SEC. 233. REPORT REGARDING DESIGNATION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
                   OF STATE TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit, to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
     a report detailing--
       (1) for each current Assistant Secretary of State 
     position--
       (A) the title of that Assistant Secretary of State;
       (B) how long that particular Assistant Secretary 
     designation has been in existence; and
       (C) whether that particular Assistant Secretary designation 
     was legislatively mandated or authorized and, if so, the 
     relevant statutory citation for such mandate or 
     authorization; and
       (2) whether the Secretary intends to designate 1 of the 
     Assistant Secretary of State positions authorized under 
     section 1(c)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(1)) as the Assistant Secretary of 
     State to Combat Trafficking in Persons, and the reasons for 
     that decision.

     SEC. 234. COST LIMITATION.

       No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for 
     ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' to carry out the 
     provisions of this subtitle.
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