§ 7102. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC7102]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 78--TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION
Sec. 7102. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees
The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
(2) Coercion
The term ``coercion'' means--
(A) threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against
any person;
(B) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person
to believe that failure to perform an act would result in
serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; or
(C) the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process.
(3) Commercial sex act
The term ``commercial sex act'' means any sex act on account of
which anything of value is given to or received by any person.
(4) Debt bondage
The term ``debt bondage'' means the status or condition of a
debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of his or her personal
services or of those of a person under his or her control as a
security for debt, if the value of those services as reasonably
assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt or the
length and nature of those services are not respectively limited and
defined.
(5) Involuntary servitude
The term ``involuntary servitude'' includes a condition of
servitude induced by means of--
(A) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person
to believe that, if the person did not enter into or continue in
such condition, that person or another person would suffer
serious harm or physical restraint; or
(B) the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process.
(6) Minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking
The term ``minimum standards for the elimination of
trafficking'' means the standards set forth in section 7106 of this
title.
(7) Nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance
The term ``nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign
assistance'' means--
(A) any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
[22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], other than--
(i) assistance under chapter 4 of part II of that Act
[22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.] that is made available for any
program, project, or activity eligible for assistance under
chapter 1 of part I of that Act [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.];
(ii) assistance under chapter 8 of part I of that Act
[22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.];
(iii) any other narcotics-related assistance under part
I of that Act [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] or under chapter 4 or
5 \1\ part II of that Act [22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq., 2347 et
seq.], but any such assistance provided under this clause
shall be subject to the prior notification procedures
applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to section 634A of
that Act [22 U.S.C. 2394-1];
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(iv) disaster relief assistance, including any
assistance under chapter 9 of part I of that Act [22 U.S.C.
2292 et seq.];
(v) antiterrorism assistance under chapter 8 of part II
of that Act [22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.];
(vi) assistance for refugees;
(vii) humanitarian and other development assistance in
support of programs of nongovernmental organizations under
chapters 1 and 10 \2\ of that Act;
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(viii) programs under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of
that Act [22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.], relating to the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation; and
(ix) other programs involving trade-related or
humanitarian assistance; and
(B) sales, or financing on any terms, under the Arms Export
Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.], other than sales or
financing provided for narcotics-related purposes following
notification in accordance with the prior notification
procedures applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to section 634A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2394-1].
(8) Severe forms of trafficking in persons
The term ``severe forms of trafficking in persons'' means--
(A) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced
by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to
perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or
(B) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision,
or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use
of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to
involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
(9) Sex trafficking
The term ``sex trafficking'' means the recruitment, harboring,
transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose
of a commercial sex act.
(10) State
The term ``State'' means each of the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and territories and
possessions of the United States.
(11) Task Force
The term ``Task Force'' means the Interagency Task Force to
Monitor and Combat Trafficking established under section 7103 of
this title.
(12) United States
The term ``United States'' means the fifty States of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories and possessions of the
United States.
(13) Victim of a severe form of trafficking
The term ``victim of a severe form of trafficking'' means a
person subject to an act or practice described in paragraph (8).
(14) Victim of trafficking
The term ``victim of trafficking'' means a person subjected to
an act or practice described in paragraph (8) or (9).
(Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 103, Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1469.)
References in Text
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in par. (7)(A), is
Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended, which is
classified principally to chapter 32 (Sec. 2151 et seq.) of this title.
Part I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 2151 et
seq.) of chapter 32 of this title. Chapter 1, title IV of chapter 2,
chapter 8, and chapter 9 of part I of the Act are classified generally
to part I (Sec. 2151 et seq.), subpart iv (Sec. 2191 et seq.) of part
II, part VIII (Sec. 2291 et seq.), and part IX (Sec. 2292 et seq.),
respectively, of subchapter I of chapter 32 of this title. Chapters 4,
5, and 8 of part II of the Act are classified generally to part IV
(Sec. 2346 et seq.), part V (Sec. 2347 et seq.), and part VIII
(Sec. 2349aa et seq.), respectively, of subchapter II of chapter 32 of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.
Chapters 1 and 10 of that Act, referred to in par. (7)(A)(vii),
probably means chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, which are classified generally to parts I (Sec. 2151 et seq.)
and X (Sec. 2293 et seq.), respectively, of subchapter I of chapter 32
of this title. For complete classification of these chapters to the
Code, see Tables.
The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in par. (7)(B), is Pub. L.
90-629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, as amended, which is classified
principally to chapter 39 (Sec. 2751 et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2151n, 2152d, 2304, 7105,
7107 of this title; title 8 sections 1101, 1182, 1184; title 18 section
1592.
