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22 U.S.C. 7104: Prevention of trafficking

Created in 2000 by the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386). Changed by 8 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

8 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 22 U.S.C. 2211, 22 U.S.C. 7103, 22 U.S.C. 7104a, 22 U.S.C. 7104b, 22 U.S.C. 7104c.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of Management and Budget Government-Wide Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2021

    • Pub. L. 116–283 added subsec. (l). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (l)

    2019

    • Pub. L. 115–425, §101(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2). (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–427, §4(1), redesignated cls. (i) to (iv) as pars. (1) to (4), respectively, and realigned margins. (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 115–427, §4(2)(A), redesignated subcl. (I) as subpar. (A) and realigned margins. (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 115–427, §4(2)(A), (B), redesignated subcl. (II) as subpar. (B), realigned margins, and redesignated items (aa) and (bb) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, and realigned margins. (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 115–427, §4(2)(A), redesignated subcl. (III) as subpar. (C) and realigned margins. (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 115–427, §4(2)(A), (C), redesignated subcl. (IV) as subpar. (D), realigned margins, and substituted "placement or recruitment fees." for "unreasonable placement or recruitment fees, such as fees equal to or greater than the employee's monthly salary, or recruitment fees t… (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 115–427, §4(2)(A), redesignated subcl. (V) as subpar. (E) and realigned margins. (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 115–425, §112, added subsec. (k). (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (k)

    2013

    • Pub. L. 112–239 substituted "or take any of the other remedial actions authorized under section 7104b(c) of this title, without penalty, if the grantee or any subgrantee, or the contractor or any subcontractor, engages in, or uses labor recruiters, brokers, or other agents who engage i… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 113–4 added subsec. (j). (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (j)

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–457 added subsec. (i). (William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008) Law text · (i)

    2006

    • Pub. L. 109–164, §201(b), struck out designation and heading of par. (1) before "The President shall", "described in paragraph (2)" after "under which funds", and heading and text of par. (2). Text of par. (2) read as follows: "Funds referred to in paragraph (1) are funds made availabl… (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 109–164, §101(a), added subsec. (h). (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005) Law text · (h)

    2003

    • Pub. L. 108–193, §3(a), added subsecs. (c) to (e), redesignated former subsec. (c) as (f), and in subsec. (f) substituted "initiatives and programs described in subsections (a) through (e)" for "initiatives described in subsections (a) and (b)". (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003) Law text · (c), (d), (e), (f)
    • Pub. L. 108–193, §3(b), added subsec. (g). (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003) Law text · (g)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.