Summary: William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Title I: Combatting International Trafficking in Persons - (Sec. 101) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) to include the Secretary of Education on the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of State to establish within the Department of State an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. (Current law authorizes such Office's establishment.) Revises responsibilities of the Director of the Office. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should locate the Office at the Department of State (Department) headquarters in Washington, DC. (Sec. 103) Directs the President to carry out programs to prevent and deter trafficking in persons, including related assistance to foreign governments. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide anti-trafficking assistance to foreign countries for investigations of individuals and entities involved in sexual exploitation. (Sec. 105) Requires, both in the United States and abroad, that solicitations of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts for anti-trafficking programs be made publicly available and that the award of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts be made on a full and open competitive basis. Directs the President to: (1) establish related performance goals and indicators; and (2) ensure that U.S. development and emergency programs are carried out consistent with policies and programs to combat trafficking. Requires the Director to provide U.S. assistance consistent with annual reporting priorities and country assessments. Obligates specified FY2008-FY2011 funds for activities under this section. (Sec. 106) Repeals the limitation that only countries with a significant number of trafficking victims be monitored. Revises the criteria for determining whether a country is making significant efforts to combat trafficking, including the addition of criteria respecting: (1) law enforcement and immigration training in the identification and treatment of trafficking victims; and (2) efforts to reduce commercial sex acts and sex tourism. (Sec. 107) Deems a country that has been on the special watch list for two consecutive years to be not making significant efforts to combat trafficking unless the Secretary of State determines that the country: (1) has a written plan that would constitute making such efforts; and (2) is devoting sufficient resources to the plan's implementation. Requires translation of the Department's annual trafficking report into the principal languages of as many countries as possible and publication on appropriate websites. (Sec. 108) Requires the establishment of an integrated database relating to trafficking trends. (Sec. 109) Authorizes: (1) the President to establish the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons; and (2) FY2008-FY2011 appropriations. (Sec. 110) Sets forth consular officer responsibilities respecting anti-trafficking and related information to be given at nonimmigrant alien visa interviews. Sets forth special provisions relating to (A-3 visa) nonimmigrant employees of foreign government officials or (G-5 visa) nonimmigrant employees of foreign employees of, or representatives to, international organizations respecting: (1) consular interviews; (2) feasibility of employer oversight; and (3) law enforcement assistance. Prohibits A-3 or G-5 visa issuance if the individual who would hire such alien is from a diplomatic mission or international institution where trafficking or other abuse has previously occurred or an individual has departed the United States because of such abuse unless a mechanism is in place to prevent future abuse. Requires the Secretary of State to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on diplomatic missions and international institutions affected, exceptions made, and waivers of diplomatic immunity requested. (Sec. 111) Directs the Secretary of Labor to report on Department of Labor progress in monitoring and combatting forced labor and child labor. (Sec. 112) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should seek to establish a multilateral framework between labor exporting and labor importing countries to ensure that workers migrating between such countries are protected from trafficking in persons and worker exploitation. Title II: Combatting Trafficking in Persons in the United States - Subtitle A: Ensuring Availability of Possible Witnesses and Informants - (Sec. 201) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) with respect to nonimmigrant T-visas (victims of severe form of trafficking in persons) to authorize aliens to apply for such visas who are: (1) brought into the country for investigations or as witnesses; (2) unable to participate in a law enforcement interview because of physical or psychological trauma; or (3) parents or siblings who face retaliation as a result of their family member's escape from trafficking or cooperation with law enforcement. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) extend the period of T-visa and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) status; (2) consider when determining extreme hardship whether the country to which the alien is likely to be removed can address security concerns and the alien's mental and physical health needs; and (3) waive the disqualification for lack of good moral character for T-visa holders applying for adjustment to permanent resident status if the disqualification is caused by or incident to the trafficking. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to create and make available (including in translation) an information pamphlet on legal rights and resources for aliens applying for employment- or education-based nonimmigrant visas, which shall include information respecting: (1) nonimmigrant visa application processes; (2) the illegality of slavery, peonage, trafficking in persons, sexual assault, extortion, blackmail, and worker exploitation in the United States; (3) legal rights and services for trafficking victims and worker exploitation in the United States; and (4) foreign labor contracting requirements. Sets forth protections for workers recruited abroad by foreign labor contractors. Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a complaint investigation process. Authorizes the Secretary to impose fines and take civil action against a contractor in violation of such protections. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant a stay of removal or deportation to a T-visa applicant whose application sets forth a prima facia case of approval until the application is adjudicated. (Sec. 204) Amends TVPA to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, upon application from a federal law enforcement official, to permit an alien trafficking victim's continued presence in the United States in order to effectuate investigation and prosecution of the traffickers; and (2) law enforcement officials to request the parole entry of specified relatives of such an alien. Directs the Secretary to permit such alien's continued presence if the alien has filed a civil action against the traffickers. Amends INA to provide for the parole entry of specified relatives of trafficking victims. Sets forth parole entry duration. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue interim regulations for T-visa adjustment to permanent resident status. Subtitle B: Assistance for Trafficking Victims - (Sec. 211) Amends TVPA to revise trafficking victims certification provisions. (Sec. 212) Amends the the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make an alien who has had approved, or has pending, a petition that sets forth a prima facie case for T-visa status eligible for public benefits. (Sec. 213) Amends TVPA to direct: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon credible information that a child has been a trafficking victim, to provide interim assistance to the child for up to 90 days (with a 30-day extension); (2) federal and state and local officials to notify the Secretary within 48 hours and 72 hours, respectively, of learning of such a child; and (3) the Secretary and the Attorney General to provide appropriate training for state and local officials. (Sec. 214) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to: (1) establish an assistance program for U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who are victims of severe forms of trafficking; and (2) make grants to states, Indian tribes, local government, and nonprofit victims' service organizations to develop and expand victim service programs. Authorizes FY2008-FY2011 appropriations. Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to state that the terms "victim," "crime victim," and "victim of crime" include an individual who is exploited or otherwise victimized by any person who is in violation of: (1) federal criminal code provisions respecting transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes; (2) INA provisions respecting importation of aliens for immoral purposes; or (3) any similar state offense regardless of whether such offense involves participation in a commercial sex act. Requires that: (1) applications for certain grants to states, Indian tribes, local government, and nonprofit victims' service organizations for assistance programs for victims of severe forms of trafficking or sex trafficking include a statement of whether the services will be available to both U.S. citizens and foreign victims, or if not, what mechanisms will be undertaken to ensure that all victims are assisted; and (2) the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services report to the appropriate congressional committees identifying any service gap between foreign and U.S. citizen victims of severe forms of trafficking and victims of sex trafficking. Subtitle C: Penalties Against Traffickers and Other Related Offenses - (Sec. 221) Amends the federal criminal code to establish and provide penalties for the crime of aggravated sex trafficking. (Repeals the existing provision respecting sex trafficking of children, or by force, fraud, or coercion.) Subjects to fine and/or imprisonment any person who knowingly, with intent to obtain or maintain the labor or services of a person or to obtain or maintain a person for use in a commercial sex act: (1) prevents or restricts such person's travel or movement by destroying or preventing access to immigration or identification documents; (2) acts or fails to act under color of official right; (3) blackmails another person; or (4) causes or exploits financial harm or a fear of financial harm on the part of such person. Revises restitution of forfeited asset provisions. Requires that a civil action against the perpetrator or knowing beneficiary of an act of peonage, slavery, or trafficking into servitude begin within 10 years after the cause of action arises. Makes it a crime to prevent the disclosure of information or the cooperation of a witness or other person concerning compliance with employment-based visa or other federal labor or employment law requirements. Establishes and provides penalties for the crimes of: (1) sex trafficking (in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce); and (2) sex tourism. Increases sex tourism penalties if the commercial sex act is with a person under 18 years old. (Sec. 222) Provides U.S. courts with additional extraterritorial jurisdiction in certain trafficking, slavery, and peonage offenses if: (1) the alleged offender or victim is a U.S. national or lawful permanent resident; or (2) the alleged offender, irrespective of nationality, is present in the United States. Prohibits such an action if the offense has been prosecuted or is being prosecuted in another country unless the Attorney General approves. (Sec. 223) Amends INA with respect to aliens in prostitution, including permitting testimony of a husband or wife as evidence against the other. Amends the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to apply international marriage broker provisions within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States as well as to interstate or foreign commerce. (Sec. 224) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) draft and post on the Department of Justice (DOJ) website a model statute setting forth best legislative practices in the area of state anti-trafficking in persons enforcement; (2) assist states in its adoption and application; and (3) report annually to the appropriate congressional committees. Subtitle D: Annual Report by the Attorney General - (Sec. 231) Amends TVPA to require that the Attorney General's annual report include information on: (1) Department of Defense (DOD) activities to combat trafficking in persons; (2) federal actions taken to enforce policies against contractors who engage in trafficking or related activities; and (3) federal actions to prohibit procurement and entry of convict- and slave-made items. (Sec. 232) Requires that annual anti-trafficking conferences examine the use of existing federal and state laws that do not require force, fraud or coercion as an element of a felony crime to prosecute traffickers. (Sec. 234) Redesignates the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the DOJ Criminal Division as the Sexual Exploitation and Obscenity Section. Directs the Attorney General to expand the responsibilities of the Innocence Lost Task Forces to incorporate situations involving adults who are sexually exploited. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor a Coordinator to Combat Human Trafficking who shall: (1) ensure coordination of policies relating to trafficking victims in the United States and abroad; (2) ensure coordination with state labor agencies relating to trafficking in persons; (3) represent DOJ at interagency mechanisms relating to trafficking in persons; and (4) serve, in conjunction with the DOJ Coordinator to Combat Human Trafficking, as the executive secretariat of the Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 235) Amends INA to add the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to the list of those may prohibit the entry of traffickers into the United States. (Sec. 236) Directs the Secretary of State to develop: (1) policies and procedures to ensure that unaccompanied alien children in the United States are safely repatriated to their country of nationality or of last habitual residence; and (2) a safe repatriation pilot program for alien children. Sets forth procedures for the repatriation of unaccompanied children from contiguous countries. Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate child repatriation agreements between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States designed to protect children from severe forms of trafficking in persons. States, with specified exceptions, that the care and custody of unaccompanied alien children in the United States shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sets forth related provisions respecting: (1) notification of, and transfer to, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) age determinations; (3) safe placement; (4) legal and child advocate access; (5) immigration status adjustment and asylum protections; and (6) assistance eligibility. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Amends TVPA to authorize appropriations through FY2011 for: (1) the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking; (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group; (3) actions against governments that do not meet minimum standards against trafficking; (4) the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, including amounts for additional personnel; (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General for assistance to trafficking victims in the United States; (6) the Secretary of State for bilateral assistance to combat trafficking; (7) training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary; (8) the President for foreign victim assistance, assistance to foreign countries, and research; (9) the Secretary of Labor; (10) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (11) the Secretary of Homeland Security. (Sec. 302) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 to authorize appropriations through FY2011 for: (1) the pilot program for residential rehabilitative facilities for trafficking victims; (2) the Secretary of Labor for additional activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child labor; (3) research, reports and an annual conference on trafficking; (4) a grant program to strengthen assistance for certain trafficking victims; (5) the pilot program for U.S. residential treatment facilities for juvenile trafficking victims; and (6) grants for state and local anti-trafficking programs. Title IV: Prevention of the Use of Child Soldiers - Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007 - (Sec. 404) Sets forth the sense of Congress respecting the prevention and elimination of the use of child soldiers. (Sec. 405) Prohibits, with a national interest waiver, funds for specified military and related areas from being made available to the government of a country identified by the Secretary of State as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups that recruit or use child soldiers. Directs the Secretary to include a list of such countries in the annual trafficking report. Authorizes the President to reinstate such assistance upon certifying to Congress that a government is implementing: (1) compliance measures; and (2) mechanisms to prohibit future use of child soldiers. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to a country for international military education and training otherwise prohibited under this Act upon certifying to Congress that such assistance is for measures to demobilize child soldiers and for programs to professionalize the military. Authorizes the President to use such otherwise prohibited assistance to: (1) carry out demining activities, clearance of unexploded ordnance, destruction of small arms, or related activities; and (2) further anti-terrorism cooperation between the United States and a foreign government. (Sec. 406) Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) ensure that U.S. missions abroad investigate reports on child soldiers; (2) include in the annual country reports on human rights practices a description of the use of child soldiers; and (3) report on child soldiers in Burma. Directs the President to: (1) notify the appropriate congressional committees annually on waivers made under section 405 of this Act and a description of the assistance under such section; and (2) submit a strategy for achieving the goals under this title. (Sec. 407) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require Foreign Service instruction relating to child soldiers and the terms of the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007.

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directs president establish related performance goals indicators ensure development emergency programs carried consistent policies programs combat_trafficking requires director provide assistance consistent annual reporting priorities country assessments obligates specified fy2008 fy2011 funds activities section sec repeals limitation countries significant number trafficking victims monitored revises criteria determining country making significant efforts combat_trafficking including addition criteria respecting law enforcement immigration training identification treatment trafficking victims efforts reduce commercial sex acts sex tourism sec deems country special watch list consecutive years making significant efforts combat_trafficking secretary state determines country written plan constitute making efforts sufficient resources plan implementation requires translation department annual trafficking report principal languages countries possible publication appropriate websites sec requires establishment integrated database relating trafficking trends sec authorizes president establish presidential award extraordinary efforts combat_trafficking persons fy2008 fy2011 appropriations sec sets forth consular officer responsibilities respecting anti trafficking related information given nonimmigrant alien visa interviews sets forth special provisions relating visa nonimmigrant employees foreign government officials visa nonimmigrant employees foreign employees representatives international organizations respecting consular interviews feasibility employer oversight law enforcement assistance prohibits visa issuance individual hire alien diplomatic mission international institution trafficking abuse previously occurred individual departed united_states abuse mechanism place prevent future abuse requires secretary state report annually appropriate congressional committees diplomatic missions international institutions affected exceptions waivers diplomatic immunity requested sec directs secretary labor report department_of_labor progress monitoring combatting forced labor child labor sec expresses sense congress secretary state seek establish multilateral framework labor exporting labor importing countries ensure workers countries protected trafficking persons worker exploitation title combatting trafficking persons united_states subtitle ensuring availability possible witnesses sec amends immigration_and_nationality_act ina respect nonimmigrant visas victims severe form trafficking persons authorize aliens apply visas brought country investigations witnesses unable participate law enforcement interview physical psychological trauma parents siblings face retaliation result family member escape trafficking cooperation law enforcement authorizes secretary homeland_security extend period visa visa victims certain crimes status consider determining extreme hardship country alien likely removed address security concerns alien mental physical health needs waive disqualification lack good moral character visa holders applying adjustment permanent resident status disqualification caused incident trafficking sec directs secretary homeland_security create available including translation information pamphlet legal rights resources aliens applying education based nonimmigrant visas shall include information respecting nonimmigrant visa application processes slavery trafficking persons sexual_assault extortion worker exploitation united_states legal rights services trafficking victims worker exploitation united_states foreign labor contracting requirements sets forth protections workers recruited abroad foreign labor contractors requires secretary labor establish complaint investigation process authorizes secretary impose fines civil action contractor violation protections sec authorizes secretary homeland_security grant stay removal deportation visa applicant application sets forth prima case approval application adjudicated sec amends authorize secretary homeland_security application federal law enforcement official permit alien trafficking victim continued presence united_states order effectuate investigation prosecution traffickers law enforcement officials request parole entry specified relatives alien directs secretary permit alien continued presence alien filed civil action traffickers amends ina provide parole entry specified relatives trafficking victims sets forth parole entry duration sec directs secretary homeland_security issue interim regulations visa adjustment permanent resident status subtitle assistance trafficking victims sec amends revise trafficking victims certification provisions sec amends personal_responsibility_and_work_opportunity reconciliation act alien approved pending petition sets forth prima facie case visa status eligible public benefits sec amends direct secretary health_and_human_services credible information child trafficking victim provide interim assistance child days day extension federal state local officials notify secretary hours hours respectively learning child secretary attorney general provide appropriate training state local officials sec authorizes secretary health_and_human_services attorney general establish assistance program citizens lawful permanent residents victims severe forms trafficking grants states indian tribes local government nonprofit victims service organizations develop expand victim service programs authorizes fy2008 fy2011 appropriations amends victims_of_crime_act state terms victim crime victim victim crime include individual exploited victimized person violation federal criminal code provisions respecting transportation illegal sexual activity related crimes ina provisions respecting importation aliens purposes similar state offense regardless offense involves participation commercial sex act requires applications certain grants states indian tribes local government nonprofit victims service organizations assistance programs victims severe forms trafficking sex trafficking include statement services available citizens foreign victims mechanisms undertaken ensure victims assisted attorney general secretary health_and_human_services report appropriate congressional committees identifying service gap foreign citizen victims severe forms trafficking victims sex trafficking subtitle penalties traffickers related offenses sec amends federal criminal code establish provide penalties crime aggravated sex trafficking repeals existing provision respecting sex trafficking children force fraud coercion subjects fine imprisonment person knowingly intent obtain maintain labor services person obtain maintain person use commercial sex act prevents restricts person travel movement destroying preventing access immigration identification documents acts fails act color official right person causes financial harm fear financial harm person revises restitution forfeited asset provisions requires civil action perpetrator knowing beneficiary act slavery trafficking servitude begin years cause action arises makes crime prevent disclosure information cooperation witness person concerning compliance employment based visa federal labor employment law requirements establishes provides penalties crimes sex trafficking affecting interstate foreign commerce sex tourism increases sex tourism penalties commercial sex act person years old sec provides courts additional extraterritorial jurisdiction certain trafficking slavery offenses alleged offender victim national lawful permanent resident alleged offender irrespective nationality present united_states prohibits action offense prosecuted prosecuted country attorney general approves sec amends ina respect aliens prostitution including permitting testimony husband wife evidence amends violence women department_of_justice reauthorization act apply international marriage broker provisions special maritime territorial jurisdiction united_states interstate foreign commerce sec directs attorney general draft post department_of_justice doj website model statute setting forth best legislative practices area state anti trafficking persons enforcement assist states adoption application report annually appropriate congressional committees subtitle annual report attorney general sec amends require attorney general annual report include information department_of_defense dod activities combat_trafficking persons federal actions taken enforce policies contractors engage trafficking related activities federal actions prohibit procurement entry items sec requires annual anti trafficking conferences examine use existing federal state laws require force fraud coercion element felony crime prosecute traffickers sec redesignates child exploitation section doj criminal division sexual exploitation section directs attorney general expand responsibilities innocence lost task forces incorporate situations involving adults sexually exploited directs secretary labor establish department_of_labor coordinator combat human trafficking shall ensure coordination policies relating trafficking victims united_states abroad ensure coordination state labor agencies relating trafficking persons represent doj interagency mechanisms relating trafficking persons serve conjunction doj coordinator combat human trafficking executive trafficking persons worker exploitation task_force authorizes appropriations sec amends ina add secretary state secretary homeland_security list prohibit entry traffickers united_states sec directs secretary state develop policies procedures ensure unaccompanied alien children united_states safely repatriated country nationality habitual residence safe repatriation pilot program alien children sets forth procedures repatriation unaccompanied children contiguous countries directs secretary state negotiate child repatriation agreements united_states countries contiguous united_states designed protect children severe forms trafficking persons states specified exceptions care custody unaccompanied alien children united_states shall responsibility secretary health_and_human_services sets forth related provisions respecting notification transfer department_of_health_and_human_services hhs age determinations safe placement legal child advocate access immigration status adjustment asylum protections assistance eligibility title iii authorization appropriations sec amends authorize appropriations fy2011 interagency_task_force monitor combat_trafficking senior policy operating group actions governments meet minimum standards trafficking office monitor combat_trafficking including amounts additional personnel secretary health_and_human_services attorney general assistance trafficking victims united_states secretary state bilateral assistance combat_trafficking training law enforcement prosecutors judiciary president foreign victim assistance assistance foreign countries research secretary labor 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president reinstate assistance certifying congress government implementing compliance measures mechanisms prohibit future use child soldiers authorizes president provide assistance country international_military_education training prohibited act certifying congress assistance measures child soldiers programs military authorizes president use prohibited assistance carry demining activities clearance unexploded ordnance destruction small arms related activities anti terrorism cooperation united_states foreign government sec directs secretary state ensure missions abroad investigate reports child soldiers include annual country reports human rights practices description use child soldiers report child soldiers burma directs president notify appropriate congressional committees annually waivers section act description assistance section submit strategy achieving goals title sec amends foreign_service act require foreign_service instruction relating child soldiers terms child soldier 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Summary: Presidential Commission to Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America Act - Establishes the Presidential Commission to Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America. Sets forth the duties of such Commission, including an examination of: (1) the glorification of violence in the United States; (2) the relationship between psychological factors and increased violence; (3) the role of media; (4) the correlation between economic frustration and increased violence; (5) the correlation between ease of access to firearms and increased violence; and (6) the role of the schools in preventing violent behaviors and identifying potential perpetrators of violence.

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Summary: William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Title I: Combating International Trafficking in Persons - (Sec. 101) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) to include the Secretary of Education on the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of State (Secretary) to establish within the Department of State an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. (Current law authorizes such Office's establishment.) Revises responsibilities of the Director of the Office. (Sec. 103) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) to direct the President to establish assistance programs for foreign governments to prevent and deter trafficking in persons. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide anti-trafficking assistance to foreign countries for investigations of individuals and entities involved in sexual exploitation. (Sec. 104) Makes assistance for victims of trafficking in other countries available, through organizations that contract with, or receive grants from, the U.S. government, for the support of refugees and internally displaced persons. (Sec. 105) Requires, both in the United States and abroad, that solicitations of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts for anti-trafficking programs be made publicly available and on a competitive basis. Directs the President to: (1) establish a system to evaluate anti-trafficking programs on a program-by-program basis; and (2) provide U.S. assistance consistent with annual reporting priorities and country assessments. Obligates specified FY2008-FY2011 funds for activities under this section. (Sec. 106) Revises provisions regarding minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, including adding a requirement that a foreign government has made serious and sustained efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts and participation in international sex tourism by nationals of the country. (Sec. 107) Requires a country on the special watch list for two consecutive years to be on the list of countries not fully in complinance with standards to eliminate trafficking and not making significant compliance efforts Authorizes a waiver by the President for up to two years if a country: (1) has a written plan that would constitute making such efforts; and (2) is devoting sufficient resources to the plan's implementation. Requires translation of the Department's annual trafficking report into the principal languages of as many countries as possible and publication on appropriate websites. (Sec. 108) Requires the establishment of an integrated database relating to trafficking trends. Authorizes FY2008-FY2011 appropriations. (Sec. 109) Authorizes: (1) the President to establish the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons; and (2) FY2008-FY2011 appropriations. (Sec. 110) Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding Department of Labor activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child labor. Requires making available to the public a list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards. (Sec. 111) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should seek to establish a multilateral framework between labor exporting and labor importing countries to ensure that workers migrating between such countries are protected from trafficking in persons. Title II: Combating Trafficking of Persons in the United States - Subtitle A: Ensuring Availability of Possible Witnesses and Informants - (Sec. 201) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) with respect to nonimmigrant T-visas (victims of severe form of trafficking in persons) to authorize aliens to apply for such visas who are: (1) brought into the country for investigations or as witnesses; (2) unable to participate in a law enforcement interview because of physical or psychological trauma; or (3) parents or unmarried siblings under the age of 18 who face retaliation as a result of their family member's escape from trafficking or cooperation with law enforcement. Requires T-visa status extension during the pendency of an application for adjustment to permanent resident status. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) extend the period of T-visa and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) status; and (2) waive the disqualification for lack of good moral character for T-visa holders applying for adjustment to permanent resident status if the disqualification is caused by or incident to the trafficking. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary to develop and make available an information pamphlet on legal rights and resources for aliens applying for employment- or education-based nonimmigrant visas. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) pamphlet contents; and (2) consular responsibilities. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the Secretary from issuing: (1) an A-3 visa (nonimmigrant employees of A-visa foreign government officials) unless the applicant is employed or has signed a specified employment contract to be employed by an officer of a diplomatic mission or consular post; or (2) a G-5 visa (nonimmigrant employees of G-visa international organization officials) unless the applicant is employed or has signed a specified contract to be employed by an employee in an international organization. Suspends visa issuance to applicants of a diplomatic mission or international organization if its employees are found to have a record of exploiting such visa holders. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing or renewing an A-3 visa or a G-5 visa unless: (1) the applicant has executed a specified contract with the employer; and (2) a consular officer has conducted a personal interview with the applicant outside the presence of the employer or any recruitment agent. Authorizes, with exceptions, an A-3 or G-5 nonimmigrant who has filed a a civil action regarding the terms of his or her employment contract to remain and work in the United States during the pendency of such action. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant a stay of removal or deportation to a T-visa or U-visa applicant whose application sets forth a prima facie case of approval until the application is adjudicated. (Sec. 205) Amends TVPA to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, upon application from a federal law enforcement official, to permit an alien trafficking victim's continued presence in the United States in order to effectuate investigation and prosecution of the traffickers; and (2) law enforcement officials to request the parole entry of specified relatives of such an alien. Directs the Secretary to permit such alien's continued presence if the alien has filed a civil action against the traffickers. Amends INA to provide for the parole entry of specified relatives of trafficking victims. Sets forth parole entry duration. Subtitle B: Assistance for Trafficking Victims - (Sec. 211) Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make an alien who has had approved, or has pending, a petition that sets forth a prima facie case for T-visa status eligible for public benefits. (Sec. 212) Amends TVPA to direct: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon credible information that a child has been a trafficking victim, to provide 90-day interim assistance to the child and determine eligibility for long-term assistance; (2) federal and state and local officials to notify the Secretary within 24 hours of learning of such a child; and (3) the Secretary and the Attorney General to provide appropriate training for state and local officials. (Sec. 213) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to establish an assistance program for U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who are victims of severe forms of trafficking. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to make grants to states, Indian tribes, local government, and nonprofit victims' service organizations to develop and expand victim service programs. Authorizes FY2008-FY2011 appropriations. Subtitle C: Penalties Against Traffickers and Other Related Offenses - (Sec. 221) Amends the federal criminal code with respect to restitution of forfeited assets in instances of severe trafficking of persons. (Sec. 222) Revises provisions regarding offenses of trafficking, forced labor, enticement into slavery, sex trafficking of children, and sex tourism. Expands: (1) detention authority to include trafficking offenses with a maximum 20-year imprisonment; (2) the scope of obstruction offenses with respect to enticement into slavery or involuntary servitude. Authorizes the same penalty for conspiracy as for the underlying offense with respect to peonage, enticement into slavery or involunatry servitude, trafficking in persons, or related document use. Authorizes the same penalty for benefiting financially from peonage, slavery, or trafficking in persons as for the underlying offense. Establishes criminal penalties for foreign labor contracting fraud. Amends INA to make trafficking in persons a grounds for inadmissibility to, and deportation from, the United States. Requires the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of alien harboring to ensure conformity with the sentencing guidelines applicable to persons convicted of promoting a commercial sex act if: (1) the harboring was committed in furtherance of prostitution; and (2) the defendant is an organizer or leader of the criminal activity. (Sec. 223) Provides U.S. courts with additional extraterritorial jurisdiction in certain trafficking, slavery, and peonage offenses if: (1) the alleged offender or victim is a U.S. national or lawful permanent resident; or (2) the alleged offender, irrespective of nationality, is present in the United States. Prohibits such an action if the offense has been prosecuted or is being prosecuted in another country unless the Attorney General approves. (Sec. 224) Authorizes the Attorney General to issue administrative subpoenas in investigations of sex trafficking involving children. Applies repeat offender and release and detention provisions to sex trafficking of children violations. (Sec. 225) Prohibits anything in this Act, TVPA, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, specified federal criminal law, or any model law issued by the Department of Justice: (1) from being construed to treat prostitution as a valid form of employment under federal law; or (2) from preempting state or federal criminal law. Directs the Attorney General to facilitate the promulgation of a model state statute that: (1) furthers a comprehensive approach to investigation and prosecution through modernization of state and local prostitution and pandering statutes; and (2) is based in part on the provisions of the Act of August 15, 1935 (relating to prostitution and pandering). Subtitle D: Activities of the United States Government - (Sec. 231) Amends TVPA to require the Attorney General's annual report to include information on: (1) Department of Defense (DOD) activities to combat trafficking in persons; and (2) federal actions taken to enforce policies against government contractors engaging in trafficking or related activities or procurement of slave labor- or convict-labor-produced goods. (Sec. 232) Directs, for FY2010-FY2012, the Inspectors General of DOD, the Department, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to investigate a sample of contracts under which there is a heightened risk that a contractor may engage in acts related to trafficking in persons. (Sec. 234) Amends INA to add the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security to the list of those may prohibit the entry of traffickers into the United States. (Sec. 235) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop policies and procedures to ensure that unaccompanied alien children in the United States are safely repatriated to their country of nationality or of last habitual residence. Sets forth special rules for unaccompanied alien children from contiguous countries. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a safe repatriation pilot program for alien children; and (2) negotiate child repatriation agreements between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States designed to protect children from severe forms of trafficking in persons. States, with specified exceptions, that the care and custody of unaccompanied alien children in the United States shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sets forth related provisions respecting: (1) notification of, and transfer to, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) age determinations; (3) safe placement; (4) legal and child advocate access; (5) immigration status adjustment and asylum protections; and (6) assistance eligibility. Authorizes the Secretary of Heath and Human Services to award grants to, and enter into contracts with, voluntary agencies to carry out such responsibilities. (Sec. 236) Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a passport to an individual who is convicted of a federal sex offense during a certain post-conviction period if the individual used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing such offense. Requires the revocation of a passport previously issued to such an individual. Directs the Attorney General to notify the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding an individual's conviction of such a sex offense. (Sec. 237) Directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to: (1) classify the offense of human trafficking as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime Reports; (2) establish subcategories for state sex crimes that involve a person who is younger than 18 years old, the use of force or coercion, or neither of such elements; and (3) classify the offense of human trafficking as a Group A offense for purpose of the National Incident-Based Reporting System. Sets forth additional reporting and study provisions. (Sec. 238) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the operations of the Violence Against Women Act Unit at the Citizenship and Immigration Service's Vermont Service Center. (Sec. 239) Directs the Secretary to temporarily increase the fee by $1 for processing machine-readable: (1) nonimmigrant visas; and (2) combined border crossing and identification cards and nonimmigrant visas. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Amends TVPA to authorize appropriations through FY2011 for: (1) the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking; (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group; (3) actions against governments that do not meet minimum standards against trafficking; (4) the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, including amounts for additional personnel; (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General for assistance to trafficking victims in the United States; (6) the Secretary for bilateral assistance to combat trafficking; (7) training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary; (8) the President for foreign victim assistance, assistance to foreign countries, and research; (9) the Secretary of Labor; (10) FBI; and (11) the Secretary of Homeland Security. (Sec. 302) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 to authorize appropriations through FY2011 for: (1) the pilot program for residential rehabilitative facilities for trafficking victims; (2) research, reports and an annual conference on trafficking; (3) a grant program to strengthen assistance for certain trafficking victims; (4) the pilot program for U.S. residential treatment facilities for juvenile trafficking victims; and (5) grants for state and local anti-trafficking programs. Title IV: Child Soldiers Prevention - Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 - (Sec. 402) Defines "child soldier" as a person: (1) under 18 years old who takes a direct part in hostilities as a member of governmental armed govforces, has been compulsorily recruited into governmental armed forces, or has been recruited or used in hostilities by armed forces distinct from the armed forces of a state; or (2) under 15 years old who has been voluntarily recruited into governmental armed forces. (Sec. 403) Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should: (1) condemn the use of child soldiers; (2) support the establishment of standards to end human rights abuses; (3) expand services to rehabilitate recovered child soldiers; and (4) work with the international community to achieve specified goals relating to ending the use of child soldiers and ending human rights abuses. (Sec. 404) Prohibits, with a national interest waiver, funds for specified military and related areas from being made available to the government of a country identified by the Secretary as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups that recruit or use child soldiers. Authorizes the President to reinstate such assistance upon certifying to Congress that a government is implementing: (1) compliance measures; and (2) mechanisms to prohibit future use of child soldiers. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to a country for international military education and training otherwise prohibited under this Act upon certifying to Congress that such assistance is for measures to demobilize child soldiers and for programs to professionalize the military. (Sec. 405) Requires U.S. missions abroad to investigate reports on child soldiers. Directs the Secretary to include in the annual country reports on human rights practices a description of the use of child soldiers. (Sec. 406) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require Foreign Service instruction relating to child soldiers and the substance of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.

william_wilberforce_trafficking_victims_protection_reauthorization_act title combating international trafficking persons sec amends trafficking_victims_protection_act include secretary education interagency_task_force monitor combat_trafficking sec directs secretary state secretary establish department_of_state office monitor combat_trafficking current law authorizes office establishment revises responsibilities director office sec amends trafficking_victims_protection_act direct president establish assistance programs foreign governments prevent deter trafficking persons amends foreign assistance_act provide anti trafficking assistance foreign countries investigations individuals entities involved sexual exploitation sec makes assistance victims trafficking countries available organizations contract receive grants government support refugees internally displaced persons sec requires united_states abroad solicitations grants cooperative agreements contracts anti trafficking programs publicly available competitive basis directs president establish system evaluate anti trafficking programs program program basis provide assistance consistent annual reporting priorities country assessments obligates specified fy2008 fy2011 funds activities section sec revises provisions minimum standards elimination trafficking including adding requirement foreign government sustained efforts reduce demand commercial sex acts participation international sex tourism nationals country sec requires country special watch list consecutive years list countries fully standards eliminate trafficking making significant compliance efforts authorizes waiver president years country written plan constitute making efforts sufficient resources plan implementation requires translation department annual trafficking report principal languages countries possible publication appropriate websites sec requires establishment integrated database relating trafficking trends authorizes fy2008 fy2011 appropriations sec authorizes president establish presidential award extraordinary efforts combat_trafficking persons fy2008 fy2011 appropriations sec directs secretary labor report appropriate congressional committees department_of_labor activities monitor combat forced labor child labor requires making available public list goods countries bureau international labor affairs reason believe produced forced labor child labor violation international standards sec expresses sense congress secretary seek establish multilateral framework labor exporting labor importing countries ensure workers countries protected trafficking persons title combating trafficking persons united_states subtitle ensuring availability possible witnesses sec amends immigration_and_nationality_act ina respect nonimmigrant visas victims severe form trafficking persons authorize aliens apply visas brought country investigations witnesses unable participate law enforcement interview physical psychological trauma parents unmarried siblings age face retaliation result family member escape trafficking cooperation law enforcement requires visa status extension pendency application adjustment permanent resident status authorizes secretary homeland_security extend period visa visa victims certain crimes status waive disqualification lack good moral character visa holders applying adjustment permanent resident status disqualification caused incident trafficking sec directs secretary develop available information pamphlet legal rights resources aliens applying education based nonimmigrant visas sets forth provisions pamphlet contents consular responsibilities sec prohibits secretary issuing visa nonimmigrant employees visa foreign government officials applicant employed signed specified employment contract employed officer diplomatic mission consular post visa nonimmigrant employees visa international organization officials applicant employed signed specified contract employed employee international organization suspends visa issuance applicants diplomatic mission international organization employees found record visa holders prohibits secretary issuing renewing visa visa applicant executed specified contract employer consular officer conducted personal interview applicant outside presence employer recruitment agent authorizes exceptions nonimmigrant filed civil action terms employment contract remain work united_states pendency action sec authorizes secretary homeland_security grant stay removal deportation visa visa applicant application sets forth prima facie case approval application adjudicated sec amends authorize secretary homeland_security application federal law enforcement official permit alien trafficking victim continued presence united_states order effectuate investigation prosecution traffickers law enforcement officials request parole entry specified relatives alien directs secretary permit alien continued presence alien filed civil action traffickers amends ina provide parole entry specified relatives trafficking victims sets forth parole entry duration subtitle assistance trafficking victims sec amends personal_responsibility_and_work_opportunity reconciliation act alien approved pending petition sets forth prima facie case visa status eligible public benefits sec amends direct secretary health_and_human_services credible information child trafficking victim provide day interim assistance child determine eligibility long term assistance federal state local officials notify secretary hours learning child secretary attorney general provide appropriate training state local officials sec directs secretary health_and_human_services attorney general establish assistance program citizens lawful permanent residents victims severe forms trafficking authorizes secretary health_and_human_services attorney general grants states indian tribes local government nonprofit victims service organizations develop expand victim service programs authorizes fy2008 fy2011 appropriations subtitle penalties traffickers related offenses sec amends federal criminal code respect restitution forfeited assets instances severe trafficking persons sec revises provisions offenses trafficking forced labor slavery sex trafficking children sex tourism expands detention authority include trafficking offenses maximum year imprisonment scope obstruction offenses respect slavery involuntary servitude authorizes penalty conspiracy underlying offense respect slavery servitude trafficking persons related document use authorizes penalty benefiting financially slavery trafficking persons underlying offense establishes criminal penalties foreign labor contracting fraud amends ina trafficking persons grounds inadmissibility deportation united_states requires united_states_sentencing_commission review appropriate amend sentencing guidelines policy statements applicable persons convicted alien harboring ensure conformity sentencing guidelines applicable persons convicted promoting commercial sex act harboring committed furtherance prostitution defendant organizer leader criminal activity sec provides courts additional extraterritorial jurisdiction certain trafficking slavery offenses alleged offender victim national lawful permanent resident alleged offender irrespective nationality present united_states prohibits action offense prosecuted prosecuted country attorney general approves sec authorizes attorney general issue administrative subpoenas investigations sex trafficking involving children applies repeat offender release detention provisions sex trafficking children violations sec prohibits act trafficking_victims_protection_reauthorization_act trafficking_victims_protection_reauthorization_act specified federal criminal law model law issued department_of_justice construed treat prostitution valid form employment federal law preempting state federal criminal law directs attorney general facilitate promulgation model state statute furthers comprehensive approach investigation prosecution modernization state local prostitution statutes based provisions act august relating prostitution subtitle activities united_states_government sec amends require attorney general annual report include information department_of_defense dod activities combat_trafficking persons federal actions taken enforce policies government contractors engaging trafficking related activities procurement convict labor produced goods sec directs fy2010 fy2012 inspectors_general dod department united_states_agency international_development usaid investigate sample contracts heightened risk contractor engage acts related trafficking persons sec amends ina add secretary secretary homeland_security list prohibit entry traffickers united_states sec directs secretary homeland_security develop policies procedures ensure unaccompanied alien children united_states safely repatriated country nationality habitual residence sets forth special rules unaccompanied alien children contiguous countries directs secretary develop safe repatriation pilot program alien children negotiate child repatriation agreements united_states countries contiguous united_states designed protect children severe forms trafficking persons states specified exceptions care custody unaccompanied alien children united_states shall responsibility secretary health_and_human_services sets forth related provisions respecting notification transfer department_of_health_and_human_services hhs age determinations safe placement legal child advocate access immigration status adjustment asylum protections assistance eligibility authorizes secretary heath human services award grants enter contracts voluntary agencies carry responsibilities sec prohibits secretary issuing passport individual convicted federal sex offense certain post conviction period individual passport international border committing offense requires revocation passport previously issued individual directs attorney general notify secretary secretary homeland_security individual conviction sex offense sec directs federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi classify offense human trafficking crime uniform_crime_reports establish state sex crimes involve person younger years old use force coercion elements classify offense human trafficking group offense purpose national incident based reporting system sets forth additional reporting study provisions sec directs secretary homeland_security report appropriate congressional committees operations violence_against_women_act unit citizenship immigration service vermont service center sec directs secretary temporarily increase fee processing machine readable nonimmigrant visas combined border crossing identification cards nonimmigrant visas title iii authorization appropriations sec amends authorize appropriations fy2011 interagency_task_force monitor combat_trafficking senior policy operating group actions governments meet minimum standards trafficking office monitor combat_trafficking including amounts additional personnel secretary health_and_human_services attorney general assistance trafficking victims united_states secretary bilateral assistance combat_trafficking training law enforcement prosecutors judiciary president foreign victim assistance assistance foreign countries research secretary labor fbi secretary homeland_security sec amends trafficking_victims_protection_reauthorization_act authorize appropriations fy2011 pilot program residential rehabilitative facilities trafficking victims research reports annual conference trafficking grant program strengthen assistance certain trafficking victims pilot program residential treatment facilities juvenile trafficking victims grants state local anti trafficking programs title child soldiers prevention child soldiers prevention act sec defines child soldier person years old takes direct hostilities member governmental armed recruited governmental armed_forces recruited hostilities armed_forces distinct armed_forces state years old voluntarily recruited governmental armed_forces sec expresses sense congress government use child soldiers support establishment standards end human rights abuses expand services rehabilitate recovered child soldiers work international community achieve specified goals relating ending use child soldiers ending human rights abuses sec prohibits national interest waiver funds specified military related areas available government country identified secretary having governmental armed_forces government supported armed groups recruit use child soldiers authorizes president reinstate assistance certifying congress government implementing compliance measures mechanisms prohibit future use child soldiers authorizes president provide assistance country international_military_education training prohibited act certifying congress assistance measures child soldiers programs military sec requires missions abroad investigate reports child soldiers directs secretary include annual country reports human rights practices description use child soldiers sec amends foreign_service act require foreign_service instruction relating child soldiers substance child soldiers prevention act


Summary: Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) restrict the items that a federal prisoner may place in the mail or for delivery; and (2) provide for civil and criminal forfeiture of real or personal property used to commit a crime or obtained as a result of such crime.Provides civil remedies, including injunctions, damages, and attorney fees, for persons aggrieved by federal prisoners using the mail in violation of this Act.

stop sale protect dignity crime victims act amends federal criminal code restrict items federal prisoner place mail delivery provide civil criminal forfeiture real personal property commit crime obtained result crime provides civil remedies including injunctions damages attorney fees persons aggrieved federal prisoners mail violation act


Summary: Cyber-Crime Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) add criminal penalties for conspiracy to intentionally access a protected computer (i.e., computers serving the federal government or financial institutions); (2) redefine the crime of computer-related extortion to include threats to access without authorization (or to exceed authorized access of) a protected computer; (3) impose criminal penalties for damaging 10 or more protected computers during any one-year period; (4) expand the definition of racketeering to include computer fraud; (5) eliminate the interstate communication requirement for purposes of prosecuting computer fraud offenses; and (6) impose civil forfeiture penalties for unauthorized access to protected computers.Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and revise its sentencing guidelines and policy statements for crimes involving document and computer fraud, aggravated identity theft, and illegal wiretapping to reflect congressional intent to increase the penalties for such crimes.Authorizes additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Attorney General in FY2008-FY2012 to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving computers.

cyber crime act amends federal criminal code add criminal penalties conspiracy intentionally access protected computer computers serving federal_government financial institutions redefine crime computer related extortion include threats access authorization exceed authorized access protected computer impose criminal penalties damaging protected computers year period expand definition racketeering include computer fraud eliminate interstate communication requirement purposes prosecuting computer fraud offenses impose civil forfeiture penalties unauthorized access protected computers directs sentencing commission review revise sentencing guidelines policy statements crimes involving document computer fraud aggravated identity theft illegal reflect congressional intent increase penalties crimes authorizes additional funding secret_service federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi attorney general fy2008 fy2012 investigate prosecute criminal activity involving computers


Summary: William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Title I: Combating International Trafficking in Persons - (Sec. 101) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) to include the Secretary of Education on the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of State (Secretary) to establish within the Department of State an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. (Current law authorizes such Office's establishment.) Revises responsibilities of the Director of the Office. (Sec. 104) Requires, both in the United States and abroad, that solicitations of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts for anti-trafficking programs be made publicly available and on a competitive basis. Directs the President to: (1) establish an anti-trafficking program monitoring system; and (2) provide U.S. assistance consistent with annual reporting priorities and country assessments. Obligates specified FY2008-FY2011 funds for activities under this section. (Sec. 106) States that a country included on the special watch list for three consecutive years shall be included on the list of countries with governments not in full compliance with standards to eliminate trafficking and not making significant efforts to be in compliance. Requires translation of the Department's annual trafficking report into the principal languages of as many countries as possible and publication on appropriate websites. (Sec. 107) Requires the establishment of an integrated database relating to trafficking trends. (Sec. 108) Authorizes: (1) the President to establish the Paul D. Wellstone Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons; and (2) FY2008-FY2011 appropriations. (Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding Department of Labor activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child labor. Title II: Combating Trafficking of Persons in the United States - Subtitle A: Ensuring Availability of Possible Witnesses and Informants - (Sec. 201) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) with respect to nonimmigrant T-visas (victims of severe form of trafficking in persons) to authorize aliens to apply for such visas who are: (1) brought into the country for investigations or as witnesses; (2) unable to participate in a law enforcement interview because of physical or psychological trauma; or (3) parents or siblings who face retaliation as a result of their family member's escape from trafficking or cooperation with law enforcement. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) extend the period of T-visa and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) status; (2) consider when determining extreme hardship whether the country to which the alien is likely to be removed can address security concerns and the alien's mental and physical health needs; and (3) waive the disqualification for lack of good moral character for T-visa holders applying for adjustment to permanent resident status if the disqualification is caused by or incident to the trafficking. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and distribute an information pamphlet on legal rights and resources for aliens applying for employment- or education-based nonimmigrant visas, which shall include information respecting: (1) nonimmigrant visa application processes; (2) the illegality of slavery, peonage, trafficking in persons, sexual assault, extortion, blackmail, and worker exploitation in the United States; (3) legal rights and services for trafficking victims and worker exploitation in the United States; and (4) the legal rights of employment-based nonimmigrants. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to develop and make available an information pamphlet on legal rights and resources for aliens applying for an A-3 visa (nonimmigrant employees of foreign government officials) or a G-5 visa (nonimmigrant employees of foreign employees of, or representatives to, international organizations). Prohibits A-3 or G-5 visa issuance unless an employment contact has been signed. Suspends visa issuance if a diplomatic mission or its employees are found to have a record of exploiting such visa holders. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant a stay of removal or deportation to a T-visa applicant whose application sets forth a prima facie case of approval until the application is adjudicated. (Sec. 205) Amends TVPA to authorize: (1) the Secretary, upon application from a federal law enforcement official, to permit an alien trafficking victim's continued presence in the United States in order to effectuate investigation and prosecution of the traffickers; and (2) law enforcement officials to request the parole entry of specified relatives of such an alien. Directs the Secretary to permit such alien's continued presence if the alien has filed a civil action against the traffickers. Amends INA to provide for the parole entry of specified relatives of trafficking victims. Sets forth parole entry duration. (Sec. 206) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue interim regulations for T-visa adjustment to permanent resident status. Subtitle B: Assistance for Trafficking Victims - (Sec. 211) Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make an alien who has had approved, or has pending, a petition that sets forth a prima facie case for T-visa status eligible for public benefits. (Sec. 212) Amends TVPA to direct: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon credible information that a child has been a trafficking victim, to provide 90-day interim assistance to the child and determine eligibility for long-term assistance; (2) federal and state and local officials to notify the Secretary within 24 hours and 48 hours, respectively, of learning of such a child; and (3) the Secretary and the Attorney General to provide appropriate training for state and local officials. (Sec. 213) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to establish an assistance program for U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who are victims of severe forms of trafficking. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to make grants to states, Indian tribes, local government, and nonprofit victims' service organizations to develop and expand victim service programs. Authorizes FY2008-FY2011 appropriations. Subtitle C: Penalties Against Traffickers and Other Related Offenses - (Sec. 221) Amends the federal criminal code with respect to restitution of forfeited assets in instances of severe trafficking of persons. (Sec. 222) Sets forth provisions regarding offenses of trafficking, forced labor, enticement into slavery, sex trafficking of children, and sex tourism. (Sec. 223) Provides U.S. courts with additional extraterritorial jurisdiction in certain trafficking, slavery, and peonage offenses if: (1) the alleged offender or victim is a U.S. national or lawful permanent resident; or (2) the alleged offender, irrespective of nationality, is present in the United States. Prohibits such an action if the offense has been prosecuted or is being prosecuted in another country unless the Attorney General approves. (Sec. 224) States that the Secretary shall: (1) not issue a passport to an individual who is convicted of a federal sex offense during a certain period if the individual used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing such offense; and (2) revoke a passport issued to such an individual before the date on which the individual was convicted of the federal sex offense. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to place an alien convicted of a sex offense in removal proceedings. Amends INA to make conviction of sexual abuse of a minor grounds for deportation and inadmissibility. Subtitle D: Activities of the United States Government - (Sec. 231) Amends TVPA to require that the Attorney General's annual report include information on: (1) Department of Defense (DOD) activities to combat trafficking in persons; and (2) federal actions taken to enforce policies against government contractors who engage in trafficking or related activities. (Sec. 232) Requires the Defense Contract Audit Agency to conduct an audit of all DOD contractors and subcontractors implementing contracts abroad where there is substantial evidence to suggest trafficking in persons. (Sec. 234) Amends INA to add the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security to the list of those who may prohibit the entry of traffickers into the United States. (Sec. 235) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop policies and procedures to ensure that unaccompanied alien children in the United States are safely repatriated to their country of nationality or of last habitual residence; (2) develop a safe repatriation pilot program for alien children; and (3) negotiate child repatriation agreements between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States designed to protect children from severe forms of trafficking in persons. States, with specified exceptions, that the care and custody of unaccompanied alien children in the United States shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sets forth related provisions respecting: (1) notification of, and transfer to, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) age determinations; (3) safe placement; (4) legal and child advocate access; (5) immigration status adjustment and asylum protections; and (6) assistance eligibility. (Sec. 236) Directs the Secretary to temporarily increase the fee for processing machine-readable: (1) nonimmigrant visas; and (2) combined border crossing and identification cards and nonimmigrant visas. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Amends TVPA to authorize appropriations through FY2011 for: (1) the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking; (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group; (3) actions against governments that do not meet minimum standards against trafficking; (4) the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, including amounts for additional personnel; (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General for assistance to trafficking victims in the United States; (6) the Secretary for bilateral assistance to combat trafficking; (7) training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary; (8) the President for foreign victim assistance, assistance to foreign countries, and research; (9) the Secretary of Labor; (10) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (11) the Secretary of Homeland Security. (Sec. 302) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 to authorize appropriations through FY2011 for: (1) the pilot program for residential rehabilitative facilities for trafficking victims; (2) research, reports and an annual conference on trafficking; (3) a grant program to strengthen assistance for certain trafficking victims; (4) the pilot program for U.S. residential treatment facilities for juvenile trafficking victims; and (5) grants for state and local anti-trafficking programs. Title IV: Child Soldiers Prevention and Accountability - Child Soldiers Prevention and Accountability Act of 2008 - (Sec. 403) Prohibits, with a national interest waiver, funds for specified military and related areas from being made available to the government of a country identified by the Secretary as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups that recruit or use child soldiers. Authorizes the President to reinstate such assistance upon certifying to Congress that a government is implementing: (1) compliance measures; and (2) mechanisms to prohibit future use of child soldiers. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to a country for international military education and training otherwise prohibited under this Act upon certifying to Congress that such assistance is for measures to demobilize child soldiers and for programs to professionalize the military. (Sec. 404) Requires that U.S. missions abroad investigate reports on child soldiers. Directs the Secretary to include in the annual country reports on human rights practices a description of the use of child soldiers. (Sec. 405) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require Foreign Service instruction relating to child soldiers and the substance of the Child Soldiers Prevention and Accountability Act of 2008. (Sec. 406) Amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to recruit or use child soldiers. Amends INA to make such recruitment or use grounds for an alien's removal from the United States.

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department annual trafficking report principal languages countries possible publication appropriate websites sec requires establishment integrated database relating trafficking trends sec authorizes president establish paul presidential award extraordinary efforts combat_trafficking persons fy2008 fy2011 appropriations sec directs secretary labor report appropriate congressional committees department_of_labor activities monitor combat forced labor child labor title combating trafficking persons united_states subtitle ensuring availability possible witnesses sec amends immigration_and_nationality_act ina respect nonimmigrant visas victims severe form trafficking persons authorize aliens apply visas brought country investigations witnesses unable participate law enforcement interview physical psychological trauma parents siblings face retaliation result family member escape trafficking cooperation law enforcement authorizes secretary homeland_security extend period visa visa victims certain crimes status consider determining extreme hardship country alien likely removed address security concerns alien mental physical health needs waive disqualification lack good moral character visa holders applying adjustment permanent resident status disqualification caused incident trafficking sec directs secretary homeland_security develop distribute information pamphlet legal rights resources aliens applying education based nonimmigrant visas shall include information respecting nonimmigrant visa application processes slavery trafficking persons sexual_assault extortion worker exploitation united_states legal rights services trafficking victims worker exploitation united_states legal rights employment based nonimmigrants sec directs secretary develop available information pamphlet legal rights resources aliens applying visa nonimmigrant employees foreign government officials visa nonimmigrant employees foreign employees representatives international organizations prohibits visa issuance employment contact signed suspends visa issuance diplomatic mission employees found record visa holders sec authorizes secretary homeland_security grant stay removal deportation visa applicant application sets forth prima facie case approval application adjudicated sec amends authorize secretary application federal law enforcement official permit alien trafficking victim continued presence united_states order effectuate investigation prosecution traffickers law enforcement officials request parole entry specified relatives alien directs secretary permit alien continued presence alien filed civil action traffickers amends ina provide parole entry specified relatives trafficking victims sets forth parole entry duration sec directs secretary homeland_security issue interim regulations visa adjustment permanent resident status subtitle assistance trafficking victims sec amends personal_responsibility_and_work_opportunity reconciliation act alien approved pending petition sets forth prima facie case visa status eligible public benefits sec amends direct secretary health_and_human_services credible information child trafficking victim provide day interim assistance child determine eligibility long term assistance federal state local officials notify secretary hours hours respectively learning child secretary attorney general provide appropriate training state local officials sec directs secretary health_and_human_services attorney general establish assistance program citizens lawful permanent residents victims severe forms trafficking authorizes secretary health_and_human_services attorney general grants states indian tribes local government nonprofit victims service organizations develop expand victim service programs authorizes fy2008 fy2011 appropriations subtitle penalties traffickers related offenses sec amends federal criminal code respect restitution forfeited assets instances severe trafficking persons sec sets forth provisions offenses trafficking forced labor slavery sex trafficking children sex tourism sec provides courts additional extraterritorial jurisdiction certain trafficking slavery offenses alleged offender victim national lawful permanent resident alleged offender irrespective nationality present united_states prohibits action offense prosecuted prosecuted country attorney general approves sec states secretary shall issue passport individual convicted federal sex offense certain period individual passport international border committing offense revoke passport issued individual date individual convicted federal sex offense directs secretary homeland_security place alien convicted sex offense removal proceedings amends ina conviction sexual abuse minor grounds deportation inadmissibility subtitle activities united_states_government sec amends require attorney general annual report include information department_of_defense dod activities combat_trafficking persons federal actions taken enforce policies government contractors engage trafficking related activities sec requires defense contract audit agency conduct audit dod contractors subcontractors implementing contracts abroad substantial evidence suggest trafficking persons sec amends ina add secretary secretary homeland_security list prohibit entry traffickers united_states sec directs secretary develop policies procedures ensure unaccompanied alien children united_states safely repatriated country nationality habitual residence develop safe repatriation pilot program alien children negotiate child repatriation agreements united_states countries contiguous united_states designed protect children severe forms trafficking persons states specified exceptions care custody unaccompanied alien children united_states shall responsibility secretary health_and_human_services sets forth related provisions respecting notification transfer department_of_health_and_human_services hhs age determinations safe placement legal child advocate access immigration status adjustment asylum protections assistance eligibility sec directs secretary temporarily increase fee processing machine readable nonimmigrant visas combined border crossing identification cards nonimmigrant visas title iii authorization appropriations sec amends authorize appropriations fy2011 interagency_task_force monitor combat_trafficking senior policy operating group actions governments meet minimum standards trafficking office monitor combat_trafficking including amounts additional personnel secretary health_and_human_services attorney general assistance trafficking victims united_states secretary bilateral assistance combat_trafficking training law enforcement prosecutors judiciary president foreign victim assistance assistance foreign countries research secretary labor federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi secretary homeland_security sec amends trafficking_victims_protection_reauthorization_act authorize appropriations fy2011 pilot program residential rehabilitative facilities trafficking victims research reports annual conference trafficking grant program strengthen assistance certain trafficking victims pilot program residential treatment facilities juvenile trafficking victims grants state local anti trafficking programs title child soldiers prevention accountability child soldiers prevention accountability_act sec prohibits national interest waiver funds specified military related areas available government country identified secretary having governmental armed_forces government supported armed groups recruit use child soldiers authorizes president reinstate assistance certifying congress government implementing compliance measures mechanisms prohibit future use child soldiers authorizes president provide assistance country international_military_education training prohibited act certifying congress assistance measures child soldiers programs military sec requires missions abroad investigate reports child soldiers directs secretary include annual country reports human rights practices description use child soldiers sec amends foreign_service act require foreign_service instruction relating child soldiers substance child soldiers prevention accountability_act sec amends federal criminal code crime recruit use child soldiers amends ina recruitment use grounds alien removal united_states


Summary: Protect Those Who Serve Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, any U.S. territory or possession, and any Indian tribe for the renovation, modernization, and construction of law enforcement facilities. Sets forth matching requirements for receipt of a grant.

protect serve act_-_authorizes attorney general grants states district_of_columbia commonwealths puerto_rico northern_mariana_islands american_samoa guam virgin_islands territory possession indian tribe renovation modernization construction law enforcement facilities sets forth matching requirements receipt grant


Summary: National Silver Alert Act - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Silver Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assist regional and local search efforts for missing seniors; (2) assign a DOJ officer to serve as the Silver Alert Coordinator to coordinate the network with states; and (3) award grants to states for support of Silver Alert plans and the network. Defines "missing senior" as any individual who is reported as missing to or by a law enforcement agency and who meets state requirements for designation as a missing senior. Directs the Coordinator to: (1) establish minimum standards for the issuance and dissemination of alerts issued through the network; and (2) make available to states, local governments, law enforcement agencies, and other concerned entities network training and information.Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states and local governments to provide voluntary electronic monitoring services to elderly individuals (Sammy Kirk Voluntary Electronic Monitoring Program). Kristen's Act Reauthorization of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to make competitive grants to public agencies and/or nonprofit private organizations to: (1) maintain a national resource center and database for tracking missing adults; and (2) provide assistance and to law enforcement agencies, families, and victim advocates in locating and recovering missing adults.

national silver_alert act_-_directs attorney general establish national silver_alert communications network department_of_justice doj assist regional local search efforts missing seniors assign doj officer serve silver_alert coordinator coordinate network states award grants states support silver_alert plans network defines missing senior individual reported missing law enforcement agency meets state requirements designation missing senior directs coordinator establish minimum standards issuance dissemination alerts issued network available states local governments law enforcement agencies concerned entities network training information authorizes attorney general award grants states local governments provide voluntary electronic monitoring services elderly individuals voluntary electronic monitoring program act reauthorization directs attorney general competitive grants public agencies nonprofit private organizations maintain national_resource_center database tracking missing adults provide assistance law enforcement agencies families victim advocates locating recovering missing adults


Summary: Law Student Clinic Participation Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to exempt a law student or staff member participating in the legal clinic or externship of an accredited law school for a covered matter (i.e., a legal proceeding in which the United States has a direct and substantial interest) within the scope of the clinic from the criminal conflict of interest rules applicable to federal and District of Columbia employees, unless: (1) the student or staff member has participated personally and substantially in the matter as a government employee; or (2) the matter is pending in the department or agency in which the student or staff member is serving.

law student clinic participation act amends federal criminal code exempt law student staff member participating legal clinic externship accredited law school covered matter legal proceeding united_states direct substantial interest scope clinic criminal conflict interest rules applicable federal district_of_columbia employees student staff member participated personally substantially matter government employee matter pending department agency student staff member serving


Summary: National Silver Alert Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Silver Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assist regional and local search efforts for missing seniors; (2) assign a DOJ officer to serve as the Silver Alert Coordinator to coordinate the network with states; and (3) award grants to states for support of Silver Alert plans and the network. Defines "missing senior" as any individual who is reported as missing to or by a law enforcement agency and who meets state requirements for designation as a missing senior. Directs the Coordinator to: (1) establish minimum standards for the issuance and dissemination of alerts issued through the network; and (2) make available to states, local governments, law enforcement agencies, and other concerned entities network training and information. Kristen's Act Reauthorization of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General to make competitive grants to public agencies and/or nonprofit private organizations to: (1) maintain a national resource center and database for tracking missing adults; and (2) provide assistance and to law enforcement agencies, families, and victim advocates in locating and recovering missing adults.

national silver_alert act directs attorney general establish national silver_alert communications network department_of_justice doj assist regional local search efforts missing seniors assign doj officer serve silver_alert coordinator coordinate network states award grants states support silver_alert plans network defines missing senior individual reported missing law enforcement agency meets state requirements designation missing senior directs coordinator establish minimum standards issuance dissemination alerts issued network available states local governments law enforcement agencies concerned entities network training information act reauthorization directs attorney general competitive grants public agencies nonprofit private organizations maintain national_resource_center database tracking missing adults provide assistance law enforcement agencies families victim advocates locating recovering missing adults