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 117 STAT. 2884 President. 22 USC 7109a.

PUBLIC LAW 108–193—DEC. 19, 2003

‘‘SEC. 112A. RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

‘‘The President, acting through the Council of Economic Advisors, the National Research Council of the National Academies, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall carry out research, including by providing grants to nongovernmental organizations, as well as relevant United States Government agencies and international organizations, which furthers the purposes of this division and provides data to address the problems identified in the findings of this division. Such research initiatives shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include, but not be limited to, the following: ‘‘(1) The economic causes and consequences of trafficking in persons. ‘‘(2) The effectiveness of programs and initiatives funded or administered by Federal agencies to prevent trafficking in persons and to protect and assist victims of trafficking. ‘‘(3) The interrelationship between trafficking in persons and global health risks.’’. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 112 the following new item: ‘‘Sec. 112A. Research on domestic and international trafficking in persons.’’.

(h) SANCTIONS AND WAIVERS.—Section 110(d) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance’’ the following: ‘‘or funding for participation in educational and cultural exchange programs’’; and (2) in paragraph (5)(A)(i), by inserting after ‘‘foreign assistance’’ the following: ‘‘or funding for participation in educational and cultural exchange programs’’. (i) SUBSEQUENT WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(f) After the President has made a determination described in subsection (d)(1) with respect to the government of a country, the President may at any time make a determination described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (d) to waive, in whole or in part, the measures imposed against the country by the previous determination under subsection (d)(1).’’. SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RELATED MATTERS.

Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking ‘‘105’’ and inserting ‘‘105(e), 105(f)’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘and $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘, $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003, and $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005’’;

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