§ 7103. — Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC7103]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 78--TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION
Sec. 7103. Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking
(a) Establishment
The President shall establish an Interagency Task Force to Monitor
and Combat Trafficking.
(b) Appointment
The President shall appoint the members of the Task Force, which
shall include the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development, the Attorney General, the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the
Director of Central Intelligence, and such other officials as may be
designated by the President.
(c) Chairman
The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of State.
(d) Activities of the Task Force
The Task Force shall carry out the following activities:
(1) Coordinate the implementation of this chapter.
(2) Measure and evaluate progress of the United States and other
countries in the areas of trafficking prevention, protection, and
assistance to victims of trafficking, and prosecution and
enforcement against traffickers, including the role of public
corruption in facilitating trafficking. The Task Force shall have
primary responsibility for assisting the Secretary of State in the
preparation of the reports described in section 7107 of this title.
(3) Expand interagency procedures to collect and organize data,
including significant research and resource information on domestic
and international trafficking. Any data collection procedures
established under this subsection shall respect the confidentiality
of victims of trafficking.
(4) Engage in efforts to facilitate cooperation among countries
of origin, transit, and destination. Such efforts shall aim to
strengthen local and regional capacities to prevent trafficking,
prosecute traffickers and assist trafficking victims, and shall
include initiatives to enhance cooperative efforts between
destination countries and countries of origin and assist in the
appropriate reintegration of stateless victims of trafficking.
(5) Examine the role of the international ``sex tourism''
industry in the trafficking of persons and in the sexual
exploitation of women and children around the world.
(6) Engage in consultation and advocacy with governmental and
nongovernmental organizations, among other entities, to advance the
purposes of this chapter.
(e) Support for the Task Force
The Secretary of State is authorized to establish within the
Department of State an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which
shall provide assistance to the Task Force. Any such Office shall be
headed by a Director. The Director shall have the primary responsibility
for assisting the Secretary of State in carrying out the purposes of
this chapter and may have additional responsibilities as determined by
the Secretary. The Director shall consult with nongovernmental
organizations and multilateral organizations, and with trafficking
victims or other affected persons. The Director shall have the authority
to take evidence in public hearings or by other means. The agencies
represented on the Task Force are authorized to provide staff to the
Office on a nonreimbursable basis.
(Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 105, Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1473.)
Ex. Ord. No. 13257. President's Interagency Task Force To Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons
Ex. Ord. No. 13257, Feb. 13, 2002, 67 F.R. 7259, as amended by Ex.
Ord. No. 13286, Sec. 5, Feb. 28, 2003, 68 F.R. 10619, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000, (22 U.S.C. 7103) [this chapter] (the
``Act''), and in order to combat trafficking in persons, a contemporary
manifestation of slavery whose victims are predominantly women and
children, to ensure just and effective punishment of traffickers, and to
protect their victims, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. (a) The President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons is hereby established.
(b) The Task Force shall consist of:
(i) the Secretary of State;
(ii) the Attorney General;
(iii) the Secretary of Labor;
(iv) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(v) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
(vi) the Director of Central Intelligence;
(vii) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(viii) the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development; and
(ix) any additional officers or employees of the United States
as may be designated by the President.
(c) The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of State.
Sec. 2. Activities. The Task Force shall, consistent with applicable
law and the constitutional authorities and duties of the President,
carry out the following activities:
(a) coordinate the implementation of the Act;
(b) measure and evaluate progress of the United States and other
countries in the areas of trafficking in persons prevention, protection,
and assistance to victims of trafficking in persons, and prosecutions
and other enforcement efforts against traffickers, including the role of
public corruption in facilitating trafficking in persons;
(c) assist the Secretary of State in the preparation of the annual
reports described in section 110 of the Act [22 U.S.C. 7107];
(d) expand interagency procedures to collect and organize data,
including significant research and resource information on domestic and
international trafficking in persons, while ensuring that any data
collection procedures involved, respect the confidentiality of victims
of trafficking in persons;
(e) engage in efforts to facilitate cooperation among countries of
origin, transit, and destination, and such efforts shall aim to
strengthen local and regional capacities to prevent trafficking in
persons, prosecute traffickers and assist trafficking victims; shall
include initiatives to enhance cooperative efforts between destination
countries, transit countries, and countries of origin; and shall assist
in the appropriate reintegration of stateless victims of trafficking in
persons;
(f) examine the role of the international ``sex tourism'' industry
in the trafficking of persons and in the sexual exploitation of women
and children around the world;
(g) engage in consultation and advocacy with governmental and
nongovernmental organizations, among other entities, to advance the
purposes of the Act; and
(h) address such other matters related to the purposes of the Act as
the President may determine.
Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The Department of State shall provide
funding and administrative support for the Task Force, except as
otherwise provided by the Act.
(b) At the call of the Chair, the Task Force shall meet as necessary
to accomplish its mission.
(c) Task Force members may designate representatives from their
respective agencies to represent them at Task Force meetings.
(d) Whenever the work of the Task Force involves a matter committed
by law or Presidential directive to the consideration of the National
Security Council, or by Executive Order 13228 of October 8, 2001 [50
U.S.C. 402 note], to the consideration of the Homeland Security Council,
that work shall be undertaken, and any communication by the Secretary of
State to the President shall be undertaken, in a manner consistent with
such law, Presidential directive, or Executive Order.
(e) The Task Force shall have no directive authority or other
substantial independent authority.
(f) As necessary and appropriate, the Task Force shall report to the
President, through the Secretary of State, the following:
(i) progress on the implementation of the Act; and
(ii) recommendations for United States policy to monitor and
eliminate trafficking in persons and to protect the victims of
trafficking in persons.
Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This order does not create any rights or
benefits, enforceable at law or equity, against the United States, its
departments, its agencies, or other entities, its officers or employees,
or any other person.
George W. Bush.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 7102, 7110 of this title.
