[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 12 (Monday, March 22, 2004)]
[Pages 428-430]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13333--Amending Executive Order 13257 To Implement the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003

March 18, 2004

    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)

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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 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.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 22, 
2004]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
March 23.

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