[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21049-21050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10491]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6604]


Notice of Meeting

    Title: Notification of a Public Meeting on Section 202 of the 
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-457).

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State is holding a public meeting on 
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 1 p.m. at the Department of State, 2201 C 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium. The 
purpose of the meeting is to allow non-governmental organizations, and 
others with expertise on the legal rights of workers and victims of 
severe forms of trafficking in persons, to provide their expertise and 
input into the development and distribution of an information pamphlet 
on the legal rights and resources for aliens applying for employment- 
or education-based nonimmigrant visas. This is pursuant to the William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, 
specifically section 202, Protections for domestic workers and other 
nonimmigrants. This Act defines ``employment- or education-based 
nonimmigrant visa'' as a nonimmigrant visa issued under subparagraph 
(A)(iii), (G)(v), (H), or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)); and any nonimmigrant visa 
issued to a personal or domestic servant who is accompanying or 
following to join an employer. Organizations or individuals may also 
submit written comments to be considered by the Department of State as 
it develops this information pamphlet.

DATES: RSVP for the Public Meeting must be sent by COB May 18, 2009 to 
Dabrina Wills at: [email protected] in order to facilitate the 
security clearance process for entry into the Department of State. RSVP 
must include name, date of birth, and either a driver's license number 
or passport number; and any request for reasonable accommodation, if 
applicable. Requests for reasonable accommodation received after May 14 
will be considered but might not be possible to fill. Attendees will 
use the C Street Entrance. Written comments must be submitted on or 
before May 25, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments to: 
[email protected] or, if you have access to the internet, you 
may submit written comments electronically at the following address: 
http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. Please note that comments 
posted on regulations.gov will be accessible to the general public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy O'Neill Richard, Office To Monitor 
and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S.

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Department of State, [email protected] or (202) 312-9642

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-457), section 202, Protections 
for domestic workers and other nonimmigrants, calls for the development 
and distribution of an information pamphlet on the legal rights and 
resources for aliens applying for employment- or education-based 
nonimmigrant visas, as defined in the Act. The contents of the 
information pamphlet will include information on the nonimmigrant visa 
application process; the legal rights of employment- or education-based 
nonimmigrant visa holders under Federal immigration, labor, and 
employment law; the illegality of slavery, peonage, trafficking in 
persons, sexual assault, extortion, blackmail, and worker exploitation 
in the United States; and the legal rights of immigrant victims of 
trafficking in persons and worker exploitation. It will also include 
information about non-governmental organizations that provide services 
for victims of trafficking in persons and worker exploitation.
    Once completed, the information pamphlet will be translated into 
all relevant foreign languages to be determined by the Secretary of 
State based on the languages spoken by the greatest concentrations of 
employment- or education-based nonimmigrant visa applicants. The 
information will then be posted on federal Web sites and made available 
to any government agency, non-governmental advocacy organization, or 
foreign labor broker doing business in the United States. If Consular 
officers conducting interviews with aliens in these visa categories 
cannot confirm that the alien has received, read, and understood the 
contents of the pamphlet, then the Consular Officer will go over the 
contents of the pamphlet with the alien during the interview and answer 
any questions the alien may have concerning the information discussed.

    Dated: April 30, 2009.
 Nan Kennelly,
Acting Office Director, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in 
Persons, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-10491 Filed 5-5-09; 8:45 am]
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