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 PUBLIC LAW 108–193—DEC. 19, 2003

117 STAT. 2875

Public Law 108–193 108th Congress An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following: (1) Trafficking in persons continues to victimize countless men, women, and children in the United States and abroad. (2) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (division A of Public Law 106–386), the United States Government has made significant progress in investigating and prosecuting acts of trafficking and in responding to the needs of victims of trafficking in the United States and abroad. (3) On the other hand, victims of trafficking have faced unintended obstacles in the process of securing needed assistance, including admission to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (4) Additional research is needed to fully understand the phenomenon of trafficking in persons and to determine the most effective strategies for combating trafficking in persons. (5) Corruption among foreign law enforcement authorities continues to undermine the efforts by governments to investigate, prosecute, and convict traffickers. (6) International Law Enforcement Academies should be more fully utilized in the effort to train law enforcement authorities, prosecutors, and members of the judiciary to address trafficking in persons-related crimes. SEC. 3. ENHANCING PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

Dec. 19, 2003 [H.R. 2620] Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003. 22 USC 7101 note. 22 USC 7101 note.

President.

(a) BORDER INTERDICTION, PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS, AND COMBATING INTERNATIONAL SEX TOURISM.—Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (f); (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections: ‘‘(c) BORDER INTERDICTION.—The President shall establish and carry out programs of border interdiction outside the United States.

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