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[CITE: 22USC7103]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 78--TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION
 
Sec. 7103. Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 
        Trafficking
        

(a) Establishment

    The President shall establish an Interagency Task Force to Monitor 
and Combat Trafficking.

(b) Appointment

    The President shall appoint the members of the Task Force, which 
shall include the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
Director of Central Intelligence, and such other officials as may be 
designated by the President.

(c) Chairman

    The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of State.

(d) Activities of the Task Force

    The Task Force shall carry out the following activities:
        (1) Coordinate the implementation of this chapter.
        (2) Measure and evaluate progress of the United States and other 
    countries in the areas of trafficking prevention, protection, and 
    assistance to victims of trafficking, and prosecution and 
    enforcement against traffickers, including the role of public 
    corruption in facilitating trafficking. The Task Force shall have 
    primary responsibility for assisting the Secretary of State in the 
    preparation of the reports described in section 7107 of this title.
        (3) Expand interagency procedures to collect and organize data, 
    including significant research and resource information on domestic 
    and international trafficking. Any data collection procedures 
    established under this subsection shall respect the confidentiality 
    of victims of trafficking.
        (4) Engage in efforts to facilitate cooperation among countries 
    of origin, transit, and destination. Such efforts shall aim to 
    strengthen local and regional capacities to prevent trafficking, 
    prosecute traffickers and assist trafficking victims, and shall 
    include initiatives to enhance cooperative efforts between 
    destination countries and countries of origin and assist in the 
    appropriate reintegration of stateless victims of trafficking.
        (5) Examine the role of the international ``sex tourism'' 
    industry in the trafficking of persons and in the sexual 
    exploitation of women and children around the world.
        (6) Engage in consultation and advocacy with governmental and 
    nongovernmental organizations, among other entities, to advance the 
    purposes of this chapter.

(e) Support for the Task Force

    The Secretary of State is authorized to establish within the 
Department of State an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which 
shall provide assistance to the Task Force. Any such Office shall be 
headed by a Director. The Director shall have the primary responsibility 
for assisting the Secretary of State in carrying out the purposes of 
this chapter and may have additional responsibilities as determined by 
the Secretary. The Director shall consult with nongovernmental 
organizations and multilateral organizations, and with trafficking 
victims or other affected persons. The Director shall have the authority 
to take evidence in public hearings or by other means. The agencies 
represented on the Task Force are authorized to provide staff to the 
Office on a nonreimbursable basis.

(Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 105, Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1473.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7102, 7110 of this title.
