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 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX B 113 STAT. 1501A-127 "(B) an assessment of the efforts bj-^ the governments of the states described in paragraph (A) to combat trafficking. Such an assessment shall address— "(i) whether government authorities in each such state tolerate or are involved in trafficking activities; "(ii) which government authorities in each such state are involved in anti-trafficking activities; "(iii) what steps the government of each such state has taken to prohibit government officials and other individuals from participating in trafficking, including the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of individuals involved in trafficking; "(iv) what steps the government of each such state has taken to assist trafficking victims; "(v) whether the government of each such state is cooperating with governments of other countries to extradite traffickers when requested; "(vi) whether the government of each such state is assisting in international investigations of transnational trafficking networks; and "(vii) whether the government of each such state refrains from prosecuting trafficking victims or refrains from other discriminatory treatment towards victims. "(2) In compiling data and assessing trafficking for the purposes of paragraph (1), United States Diplomatic Mission personnel shall consult with human rights and other appropriate nongovernmental organizations. "(3) For purposes of this subsection— "(A) the term 'trafficking' means the use of deception, coercion, debt bondage, the threat of force, or the abuse of authority to recruit, transport within or across borders, purchase, sell, transfer, receive, or harbor a person for the purposes of placing or holding such person, whether for pay or not, in involuntary servitude, slavery or slavery-like conditions, or in forced, bonded, or coerced labor; "(B) the term Victim of trafficking* means any person subjected to the treatment described in subparagraph (A).". OPIC MARITIME FUND SEC. 598. It is the sense of the Congress that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall within 1 year from the date of the enactment of this Act select a fund manager for the purpose of creating a maritime fund with total CEipitalization of up to $200,000,000. This fund shall leverage United States commercial maritime expertise to support international maritime projects. SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA SEC. 599. (a) CONTINUATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH SANC- TIONS.—The sanctions listed in subsection (b) shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2000, unless the President submits to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations in the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and International Relations of the House of Representatives a certification described in subsection (c). (b) APPLICABLE SANCTIONS.—

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