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 12 2 STA T .50 50 PUBLIC LA W 110 –4 5 7—DE C.2 3, 200 8thesub se q ue n t fi s caly ea r an dw ill n o t p ro v ide ’ ’ after ‘ ‘will not provide’’ .( c )TRANSL A TIO NO F TRAFFI CK IN G IN PE RSONS R E P ORT. — The S ecretary of State shall— ( 1 )ti m ely translate the annual report submitted under section 11 0 (b) of the Traffic k in gV ictims Protection A ct of 2 000 (22 U .S. C . 7 107(b)) into the principal languages of as many countries as possible , with particular emphasis on the lan - guages of the countries on the lists described in subparagraphs ( B ) and (C) of section 110(b)(1) of such Act and (2) ensure that the translations described in paragraph (1) are made available to the public through postings on the I nternet website of the D epartment of State and other appro- priate websites. SEC.108 . R ESE A RC HOND O M ES TI C AND INTERNATIONA L TRA F- FIC K IN G IN P ERSONS. (a) INTEGRATE D DATA B ASE.—Section 112A of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 710 9 a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph ( 5 ) to read as follows

‘‘(5) An effective mechanism for quantifying the number of victims of trafficking on a national, regional, and inter- national basis, which shall include, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the W illiam Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthori z ation Act of 200 8, the establishment and maintenance of an integrated database within the H uman Smuggling and Trafficking Center.’’; and (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: ‘‘(b) ROLE OF H UM AN SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING CENTER.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The research initiatives described in paragraphs ( 4 ) and (5) of subsection (a) shall be carried out by the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, established under section 7202 of the 9 / 11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1777). ‘‘(2) DATABASE.—The database described in subsection (a)(5) shall be established by combining all applicable data collected by each F ederal department and agency represented on the Interagency Task Force to M onitor and Combat Trafficking, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, and, to the ma x imum extent practicable, applicable data from rel- evant international organizations, to— ‘‘(A) improve the coordination of the collection of data related to trafficking in persons by each agency of the United States G overnment that collects such data; ‘‘(B) promote uniformity of such data collection and standards and systems related to such collection; ‘‘(C) undertake a meta-analysis of patterns of traf- ficking in persons, slavery, and slave-like conditions to develop and analyze global trends in human trafficking; ‘‘(D) identify emerging issues in human trafficking and establishing integrated methods to combat them; and ‘‘( E ) identify research priorities to respond to global patterns and emerging issues. ‘‘( 3 ) CONSULTATION.—The database established in accord- ance with paragraph (2) shall be maintained in consultation Deadlin e .Pub li c in form a t ion. W eb s ite. 2 2 USC710 7 note.

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