Document and Resource Library

Federal Laws

• Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022 (January 5, 2023)
• Abolish Trafficking Reauthorization Act of 2022 (January 5, 2023)
• End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022 (October 17, 2022)
• Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 (January 9, 2019)
• Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (January 8, 2019)
• Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 (December 21, 2018)
• Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 (December 21, 2018)
• Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015) (May 29, 2015)
• National Defense Authorization Act FY2013, Title XVII, “Ending Trafficking in Government Contracting”
• Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Title XII of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) (March 7, 2013)
• William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (December 23, 2008)
• Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (January 10, 2006)
• Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (December 19, 2003)
• U.S. Leadership on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (May 27, 2003)
• Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act) (April 30, 2003)
• Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (October 28, 2000)
• 18 USC Chapter 77: Peonage, Slavery and Trafficking in Persons Statutes (Sec 1581-1597)

Military-related Laws and Materials

• UCMJ Article 134
• Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA)
• Operational Law Handbook
• DoDI 2200.01 – Combating Trafficking in Persons
• DoDI 5525.11 – MEJA
• Manual for Courts Martial (2019)

Policies

Executive Orders and Presidential Directives

• Executive Order 14017 on America’s Supply Chains (2021)
• Executive Order 13903 on Combating Human Trafficking & Online Child Exploitation in the United States (2020)
• Executive Order 13773 Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking (2017)
• Executive Order 13818 Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (2017)
• Executive Order 13627 Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts (2012)
• Executive Order 13581 Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations (2011)
• Executive Order 13387 - Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 134 (2005)
• Executive Order 13257 President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons (2002)
• National Security Presidential Directive 22 on Combating Trafficking in Persons (2002)
• Executive Order 13126 Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor (1999)

DoD Instructions

• Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 2200.01, 2019 “Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP)”
• Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5525.11, 2005 “Criminal Jurisdiction Over Civilians Employed By or Accompanying the Armed Forces Outside the United, States, Certain Service Members, and Former Service Members”
• Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.72, 2020 “DoD Standard for Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Certification”

DoD Memos

• Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Trafficking in Persons, 2004
• Deputy Secretary of Defense memo, Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
• Secretary of Defense memo, Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
• Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness memo, Awareness Training for Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
• Under Secretaries of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Acquisition, Technology and Logistics memo, CTIP training for Acquisition personnel, 2014
• Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness memo, CTIP General Awareness training, 2018

Regulations

Guides

• Attorney General’s Annual Trafficking in Persons Report to Congress (all reports from 2003 to latest published)
• Trafficking in Persons Annual Report (access to all reports from 2001 to latest published)
• National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
• U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
• President’s Interagency Task Force videos/transcripts
• Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims

• Sources U.S. Government uses for statistics

  International Labour Organization
• National Human Trafficking Hotline

• Congressional Research Service Reports

  Federal Law Enforcement Efforts to Counter Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking
• Trafficking in Persons: Grants for Victim Services in the United States
• Criminal Justice Data: Human Trafficking
• Human Trafficking: Key Federal Criminal Statutes
• Sanctions Programs Targeting Human Traffickers: In Brief
• Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress

Additional Department of Defense Resources

U.S. Government Agency Trafficking in Persons Resources

Department of State

• Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
• Federal Response to Human Trafficking

Department of Justice

• Civil Rights Division, Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit
• Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
• National Institute of Justice
• Office of Victims of Crime

Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Human Trafficking
• Crimes Against Children/Online Predators

Department of Labor

• Bureau of International Labor Affairs
• Wage and Hour Division

Department of Health and Human Services

• Office on Trafficking in Persons
• Office on Trafficking in Persons, Federal Partners Upcoming Events

Department of Homeland Security

• Blue Campaign
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Department of Treasury

• Combatting Human Trafficking

Department of Transportation

• Put the Brakes on Human Trafficking

US AID

• Countering Trafficking in Persons Program

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• New Frontier in War Against Labor Trafficking

Intergovernmental Organizations

• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime