Bill > S920

This bill, the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024, would reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and make several modifications to existing programs and policies aimed at combating human trafficking both domestically and internationally. Key provisions of the bill include: - Establishing the "Frederick Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Education Grants" program to provide grants to local educational agencies to develop and implement age-appropriate, linguistically accessible, and culturally responsive programs to prevent child labor trafficking and sexual exploitation. - Creating the "Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program" to provide services such as job training, education, life skills, and case management to help integrate or reintegrate victims of trafficking into society. - Requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. representatives to multilateral development banks to encourage the inclusion of counter-trafficking strategies in proposed projects in countries with high trafficking rates. - Expanding counter-trafficking efforts and training at the U.S. Agency for International Development. - Making technical amendments to the tier ranking system used to evaluate countries' efforts to combat trafficking. - Extending authorizations for appropriations under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 and the International Megan's Law. The bill aims to strengthen the U.S. government's comprehensive approach to preventing human trafficking, protecting victims, and prosecuting traffickers both domestically and globally.