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22 U.S.C. 7107: Actions against governments failing to meet minimum standards
Created in 2000 by the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386). Changed by 7 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.
9 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 19 U.S.C. 4205, 22 U.S.C. 2370c-1, 22 U.S.C. 2370c-2, 22 U.S.C. 7103, 22 U.S.C. 7104.
- past change
- enacted this Congress
- proposed
This Congress
- S. 2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · passed senate · would change (b), (d)
How it got here
2021
- Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "June 30" for "June 1". (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (b)
2019
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(1)(A), substituted "The report shall, to the extent concurrent reporting data is available, cover efforts and activities taking place during the period between April 1 of the year preceding the report and March 31 of the year in which the report is made, and shou… (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(1)(B), inserted "based only on concrete actions taken by the country that are recorded during the reporting period" after "such standards". (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(1)(C), inserted "based only on concrete actions taken by the country (excluding any commitments by the country to take additional future steps during the next year) that are recorded during the reporting period" after "compliance". (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(1)(D)–(F), added subpar. (H). (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–425, §203(1)(A), substituted "estimated" for "absolute" and inserted "and the country is not taking proportional concrete actions" before semicolon at end. (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(2)(A)(iii), struck out subcl. (III) which read as follows: "the determination that a country is making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with minimum standards was based on commitments by the country to take additional future st… (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(2)(B), substituted "April 1 of the previous year" for "the last annual report". (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(2)(C), substituted "1 year" for "2 years" in introductory provisions. (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(2)(D), substituted "Congressional" for "Public" in heading and "shall—" and cls. (i) and (ii) for "shall provide a detailed description of the credible evidence supporting such determination on a publicly available website maintained by the Department of State… (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–425, §203(1)(B), added subpar. (F). (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–425, §203(2), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), redesignated former subpars. (A) to (C) as cls. (i) to (iii), respectively, of subpar. (A), realigned margins, and added subpar. (B). (Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(3)(B), which directed striking the semicolon at end and inserting a period, could not be executed because there is no subpar. (C). See amendment of subsec. (b)(3) by Pub. L. 115–425, §203(2) above. (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(3)(A), (C), added subpars. (D) to (F). (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 115–427, §6(4), added par. (4). (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017) Law text · (b)
2013
- Pub. L. 113–4, §1205(1)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted "describing the anti-trafficking efforts of the United States and foreign governments according to the minimum standards and criteria enumerated in section 7106 of this title, and the nature and scope of trafficking… (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 113–4, §1205(1)(B)–(D), added subpar. (G). (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 113–4, §1205(2)–(4), redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively, added subpar. (E) in par. (2), and struck out former par. (2) which related to interim reports. (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 113–4, §1212(b)(2)(A)(i), substituted "section 7102(8)(A)" for "section 7102(7)(A) and "section 7102(8)(B)" for "section 7102(7)(B)". (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (e)
2008
- Pub. L. 110–457, §108(b), added subpars. (E) and (F). (William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008) Law text · (b), (F)
- Pub. L. 110–457, §107(a), added subpar. (D). (William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 110–457, §107(b), inserted "such assistance to the government of the country for the subsequent fiscal year and will not provide" after "the United States will not provide". (William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008) Law text · (d)
2006
- Pub. L. 109–164 added subpar. (D). (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005) Law text · (b)
2003
- Pub. L. 108–193, §6(e), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4). (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003) Law text · (b), (4)
- Pub. L. 108–193, §6(h)(1), inserted "or funding for participation in educational and cultural exchange programs" after "nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance". (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 108–193, §6(h)(2), inserted "or funding for participation in educational and cultural exchange programs" after "foreign assistance". (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 108–193, §6(i), added subsec. (f). (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003) Law text · (f)
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.