S.Amdt. 2463

SA 2463. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title XII, add the following:

Subtitle G--International Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2024

SEC. 1291. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ``International
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024''.

PART I--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD

SEC. 1292. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF ANTI-
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INTERVENTIONS IN
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

(a) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State acting through the
Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
Persons, shall instruct the United States Executive Director
of each multilateral development bank (as defined in section
110(d) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7107(d))) to encourage the inclusion of a counter-
trafficking strategy, including risk assessment and
mitigation efforts as needed, in proposed projects in
countries listed--
(1) on the Tier 2 Watch List (required under section
110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A)), as amended by section
104(a));
(2) under subparagraph (C) of section 110(b)(1) of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
7107(b)(1)) (commonly referred to as ``tier 3''); and
(3) as Special Cases in the most recent report on
trafficking in persons required under such section (commonly
referred to as the ``Trafficking in Persons Report'').
(b) Briefings.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall brief the
appropriate congressional committees regarding the
implementation of this section.
(c) GAO Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that details the activities of the United
States relating to combating human trafficking, including
forced labor, within multilateral development projects.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

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SEC. 1293. EXPANDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AT THE UNITED STATES
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

(a) In General.--In order to strengthen prevention efforts
by the United States abroad, the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development (referred to in
this section as the ``Administrator'') shall, to the extent
practicable and appropriate--
(1) encourage the integration of activities to counter
trafficking in persons (referred to in this section as ``C-
TIP'') into broader assistance programming;
(2) determine a reasonable definition for the term ``C-TIP
Integrated Development Programs,'' which shall include any
programming to address health, food security, economic
development, education, democracy and governance, and
humanitarian assistance that includes a sufficient C-TIP
element; and
(3) ensure that each mission of the United States Agency
for International Development (referred to in this section as
``USAID'')--
(A) integrates a C-TIP component into development programs,
project design, and methods for program monitoring and
evaluation, as necessary and appropriate, when addressing
issues, including--
(i) health;
(ii) food security;
(iii) economic development;
(iv) education;
(v) democracy and governance; and
(vi) humanitarian assistance;
(B) continuously adapts, strengthens, and implements
training and tools related to the integration of a C-TIP
perspective into the work of development actors; and
(C) encourages USAID Country Development Cooperation
Strategies to include C-TIP components in project design,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, as necessary and
appropriate.
(b) Reports and Briefings Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of an Act making appropriations for the
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
through fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Administrator, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on obligations
and expenditures of all funds managed by the Department of
State and USAID in the prior fiscal year to combat human
trafficking and forced labor, including integrated C-TIP
activities.
(2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) a description of funding aggregated by program,
project, and activity; and
(B) a description of the management structure at the
Department of State and USAID used to manage such programs.
(3) Biennial briefing.--Not later than 6 months of after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years
thereafter through fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of State,
in consultation with the Administrator, shall brief the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
on the implementation of subsection (a).
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 1294. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE POLICY.

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.)
is amended--
(1) in section 102(b)(4)(22 U.S.C. 2151-1(b)(4))--
(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(H) effective counter-trafficking in persons policies and
programs.''; and
(2) in section 492(d)(1)(22 U.S.C. 2292a(d)(1))--
(A) by striking ``that the funds'' and inserting the
following: ``that--
``(A) the funds'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), as added by subparagraph (A) of
this paragraph, by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the
President shall, to the greatest extent possible--
``(i) ensure that assistance made available under this
section does not create or contribute to conditions that can
be reasonably expected to result in an increase in
trafficking in persons who are in conditions of heightened
vulnerability as a result of natural and manmade disasters;
and
``(ii) integrate appropriate protections into the planning
and execution of activities authorized under this chapter.''.

SEC. 1295. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TIER RANKINGS.

(a) Modifications to Tier 2 Watch List.--Section 110(b)(2)
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
7107(b)(2)), is amended--
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Special'' and
inserting ``Tier 2''; and
(2) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking ``of the following countries'' and all that
follows through ``annual report, where--''and inserting ``of
countries that have been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)
pursuant to the current annual report, in which--''; and
(B) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i)
and (ii), respectively, and moving such clauses (as so
redesignated) 2 ems to the left.
(b) Modification to Special Rule for Downgraded and
Reinstated Countries.--Section 110(b)(2)(F) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(F)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``special watch list described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for
more than 1 consecutive year after the country'' and
inserting ``Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A)
for more than one year immediately after the country
consecutively'';
(2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I),
by striking ``special watch list described in subparagraph
(A)(iii)'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list described in
subparagraph (A)''; and
(3) in clause (ii), by inserting ``in the year following
such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)'' after ``paragraph
(1)(C)''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Trafficking victims protection act of 2000.--Section
110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7107(b)), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is
further amended--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``special watch list''
and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list'';
(ii) in subparagraph (C)--

(I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``special
watch list'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list''; and
(II) by striking ``special watch list'' and inserting
``Tier 2 watch list''; and

(iii) in subparagraph (D)--

(I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``special
watch list'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list''; and
(II) in clause (i), by striking ``special watch list'' and
inserting ``Tier 2 watch list'';

(B) in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of''; and
(C) in paragraph (4)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``each country described in paragraph
(2)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``each country described in
paragraph (2)(A)''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking ``the Special
Watch List'' and inserting ``the Tier 2 watch list''.
(2) Frederick douglass trafficking victims prevention and
protection reauthorization act of 2018.--Section 204(b)(1) of
the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-425)
is amended by striking ``special watch list'' and inserting
``Tier 2 watch list''.
(3) Bipartisan congressional trade priorities and
accountability act of 2015.--Section 106(b)(6)(E)(iii) of the
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability
Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4205(b)(6)(E)(iii) is amended by
striking ``under section'' and all that follows and inserting
``under section 110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A))''.

SEC. 1296. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM TO END MODERN
SLAVERY.

(a) In General.--Section 1298 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and
inserting ``Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of the International Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2024'';
(2) in subsection (g)--
(A) by striking ``Appropriations'' in the heading and all
that follows through ``There is authorized'' and inserting
``Appropriations .--There is authorized''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(3) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ``Not later than
September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2020'' and inserting
``Not later than September 30, 2024, and September 30,
2028''.
(b) Award of Funds.--All grants issued under the Program to
End Modern Slavery of the Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons shall be--
(1) awarded on a competitive basis; and
(2) subject to the regular congressional notification
procedures applicable with respect to grants made available
under section 1298(b) of the National Defense Authorization
Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114(b)).

SEC. 1297. CLARIFICATION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE-RELATED
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

(a) Clarification of Scope of Withheld Assistance.--Section
110(d)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
(22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Withholding of assistance.--The President has
determined that--
``(A) the United States will not provide nonhumanitarian,
nontrade-related foreign assistance to the central government
of the country or funding to facilitate the participation by
officials or employees of such central government in
educational and cultural exchange programs, for the
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year until such government complies with the minimum
standards or makes significant efforts to bring itself into
compliance; and
``(B) the President will instruct the United States
Executive Director of each multilateral development bank and
of the International Monetary Fund to vote against, and to
use the Executive Director's best efforts to deny, any loan
or other utilization of the funds of the respective
institution to that country (other than for humanitarian
assistance, for trade-related assistance, or for development
assistance that directly addresses basic human needs, is not
administered by the central government of the sanctioned
country, and is not provided for the benefit of that
government) for the subsequent fiscal year until such
government complies with the minimum standards or makes
significant efforts to bring itself into compliance.''.
(b) Definition of Non-Humanitarian, Nontrade Related
Assistance.--Section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)) is amended to
read as follows:
``(10) Nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign
assistance.--
``(A) In general.--The term `nonhumanitarian, nontrade-
related foreign assistance' means--
``(i) United States foreign assistance, other than--

``(I) with respect to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961--

``(aa) assistance for international narcotics and law
enforcement under chapter 8 of part I of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2291 et seq.);
``(bb) assistance for International Disaster Assistance
under subsections (b) and (c) of section 491 of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2292);
``(cc) antiterrorism assistance under chapter 8 of part II
of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.); and
``(dd) health programs under chapters 1 and 10 of part I
and chapter 4 of part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et
seq.);

``(II) assistance under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
1691 et seq.);
``(III) assistance under sections 2(a), (b), and (c) of the
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C.
2601(a), (b), (c)) to meet refugee and migration needs;
``(IV) any form of United States foreign assistance
provided through nongovernmental organizations, international
organizations, or private sector partners--

``(aa) to combat human and wildlife trafficking;
``(bb) to promote food security;
``(cc) to respond to emergencies;
``(dd) to provide humanitarian assistance;
``(ee) to address basic human needs, including for
education;
``(ff) to advance global health security; or
``(gg) to promote trade; and

``(V) any other form of United States foreign assistance
that the President determines, by not later than October 1 of
each fiscal year, is necessary to advance the security,
economic, humanitarian, or global health interests of the
United States without compromising the steadfast U.S.
commitment to combatting human trafficking globally; or

``(ii) sales, or financing on any terms, under the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), other than sales
or financing provided for narcotics-related purposes
following notification in accordance with the prior
notification procedures applicable to reprogrammings pursuant
to section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2394-1).
``(B) Exclusions.--The term `nonhumanitarian, nontrade-
related foreign assistance' shall not include payments to or
the participation of government entities necessary or
incidental to the implementation of a program that is
otherwise consistent with section 110.''.

SEC. 1298. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING BY FOREIGN MISSION
OFFICIALS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
PERSONNEL.

Section 203(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C.
1375c(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the
following:
``(5) National expansion of in-person registration
program.--The Secretary shall administer the Domestic Worker
In-Person Registration Program for employees with A-3 visas
or G-5 visas employed by accredited foreign mission members
or international organization employees and shall expand this
program nationally, which shall include--
``(A) after the arrival of each such employee in the United
States, and annually during the course of such employee's
employment, a description of the rights of such employee
under applicable Federal and State law; and
``(B) provision of a copy of the pamphlet developed
pursuant to section 202 to the employee with an A-3 visa or a
G-5 visa; and
``(C) information on how to contact the National Human
Trafficking Hotline.
``(6) Monitoring and training of a-3 and g-5 visa employers
accredited to foreign missions and international
organizations.--The Secretary shall--
``(A) inform embassies, international organizations, and
foreign missions of the rights of A-3 and G-5 domestic
workers under the applicable labor laws of the United States,
including the fair labor standards described in the pamphlet
developed pursuant to section 202. Information provided to
foreign missions, embassies, and international organizations
should include material on labor standards and labor rights
of domestic worker employees who hold A-3 and G-5 visas;
``(B) inform embassies, international organizations, and
foreign missions of the potential consequences to individuals
holding a nonimmigrant visa issued pursuant to subparagraph
(A)(i), (A)(ii), (G)(i), (G)(ii), or (G)(iii) of section
101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)) who violate the laws described in subclause
(I)(aa), including (at the discretion of the Secretary)--
``(i) the suspension of A-3 visas and G-5 visas;
``(ii) request for waiver of immunity;
``(iii) criminal prosecution;
``(iv) civil damages; and
``(v) permanent revocation of or refusal to renew the visa
of the accredited foreign mission or international
organization employee; and
``(C) require all accredited foreign mission and
international organization employers of individuals holding
A-3 visas or G-5 visas to report the wages paid to such
employees on an annual basis.''.

SEC. 1299. EFFECTIVE DATES.

Sections 1295(b) and 1297 and the amendments made by those
sections take effect on the date that is the first day of the
first full reporting period for the report required by
section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

PART II--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 1299A. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE VICTIMS OF
TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT OF
2000.

Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2018 through 2021,
$13,822,000'' and inserting ``2024 through 2028,
$17,000,000''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``2018 through 2021, $65,000,000'' and inserting ``2024
through 2028, $102,500,000, of which $22,000,000 shall be
made available each fiscal year to the United States Agency
for International Development and the remainder of'';
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' at the end
and inserting a semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) to fund programs to end modern slavery, in an amount
not to exceed $37,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024
through 2028.''.

SEC. 1299B. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE
INTERNATIONAL MEGAN'S LAW.

Section 11 of the International Megan's Law to Prevent
Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced
Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 21509) is
amended by striking ``2018 through 2021'' and inserting
``2024 through 2028''.

PART III--BRIEFINGS

SEC. 1299C. BRIEFING ON ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSON'S
REPORT.

Not later than 30 days after the public designation of
country tier rankings and subsequent publishing of the
Trafficking in Persons Report, the Secretary of State shall
brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives on--
(1) countries that were downgraded or upgraded in the most
recent Trafficking in Persons Report; and
(2) the efforts made by the United States to improve
counter-trafficking efforts in those countries, including
foreign government efforts to better meet minimum standards
to eliminate human trafficking.

SEC. 1299D. BRIEFING ON USE AND JUSTIFICATION OF WAIVERS.

Not later than 30 days after the President has determined
to issue a waiver under section 110(d)(5) of the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(5)), the
Secretary of State shall brief the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the House of Representatives on--
(a) each country that received a waiver;
(b) the justification for each such waiver; and
(c) a description of the efforts made by each country to
meet the minimum standards to eliminate human trafficking.

PART IV--INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES PROTECTION ACT

SEC. 1299E. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF), there are approximately 240,000,000 children and
youth with disabilities in the world, including approximately
53,000,000 children under the age of 5.
(2) Millions of children, particularly children with
intellectual and other developmental disabilities, are placed
in large or small residential institutions and most of those
children are left to grow up without love, support, and
guidance of a family.
(3) The vast majority of children placed in residential
institutions have at least one living parent or have extended
family, many of whom would keep their children at home, if
they had the support and legal protections necessary to do
so.
(4) Leading child protection organizations have documented
that children and adolescents raised without families in
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institutions face high risk of violence, trafficking for
forced labor or sex, forced abortion or sterilization, and
criminal detention.
(5) According to the Department of State, persons with
disabilities face a heightened risk of human trafficking,
including children in residential institutions, who may be
targeted by traffickers seeking to coerce them to leave or
find ways to exploit them.
(6) According to the Department of State, residential
institutions have been complicit or directly involved in
human trafficking, even extending to the practice of
recruiting children for residential institutions for such
purposes.
(7) Children with disabilities placed in residential
institutions remain vulnerable to human trafficking even
after leaving, in part due to the physical and psychological
damage such children have suffered, social isolation, and
inadequate schooling, and traffickers target individuals who
leave or age out of institutions.

SEC. 1299F. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) stigma and discrimination against children with
disabilities, particularly intellectual and other
developmental disabilities, and lack of support for community
inclusion have left people with disabilities and their
families economically and socially marginalized;
(2) organizations of persons with disabilities and family
members of persons with disabilities are often too small to
apply for or obtain funds from domestic or international
sources or ineligible to receive funds from such sources;
(3) as a result of the factors described in paragraphs (1)
and (2), key stakeholders have often been left out of public
policymaking on matters that affect children with
disabilities; and
(4) financial support, technical assistance, and active
engagement of persons with disabilities and their families is
needed to ensure the development of effective policies that
protect families, ensure the full inclusion in society of
children with disabilities, and promote the ability of
persons with disabilities to live in the community with
choices equal to others.

SEC. 1299G. DEFINITIONS.

In this part:
(1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
Department of State.
(2) Eligible implementing partner.--The term ``eligible
implementing partner'' means a nongovernmental organization
or other civil society organization that--
(A) has the capacity to administer grants directly or
through subgrants that can be effectively used by local
organizations of persons with disabilities; and
(B) has international expertise in the rights of persons
with disabilities, including children with disabilities and
their families.
(3) Organization of persons with disabilities.--The term
``organization of persons with disabilities'' means a
nongovernmental civil society organization run by and for
persons with disabilities and families of children with
disabilities.

SEC. 1299H. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

It is the policy of the United States to--
(1) assist partner countries in developing policies and
programs that recognize, support, and protect the civil and
political rights of and enjoyment of fundamental freedoms by
persons with disabilities, including children, such that the
latter may grow and thrive in supportive family environments
and make the transition to independent living as adults, and
to counter human trafficking of children with disabilities
within residential institutions;
(2) promote the development of advocacy and leadership
skills among persons with disabilities and their families in
a manner that enables effective civic engagement, including
at the local, national, and regional levels, and promote
policy reforms and programs that support full economic and
civic inclusion of persons with disabilities and their
families;
(3) promote the development of laws and policies that--
(A) strengthen families and protect against the unnecessary
institutionalization of children with disabilities; and
(B) create opportunities for children and youth with
disabilities to access the resources and support needed to
achieve their full potential to live independently in the
community with choices equal to others;
(4) promote the participation of persons with disabilities
and their families in advocacy efforts and legal frameworks
to recognize, support, and protect the civil and political
rights of and enjoyment of fundamental freedoms by persons
with disabilities; and
(5) promote the sustainable action needed to bring about
changes in law, policy, and programs to ensure full family
inclusion of children with disabilities and the transition of
children with disabilities to independent living as adults.

SEC. 1299I. INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
PROTECTION PROGRAM AND CAPACITY BUILDING.

(a) International Children With Disabilities Protection
Program.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be established
within the Department of State a program to be known as the
``International Children with Disabilities Protection
Program'' (in this section referred to as the ``Program'') to
carry out the policy described in section 1299H.
(2) Criteria.--In carrying out the Program under this
section, the Secretary of State, in consultation with leading
civil society groups with expertise in the protection of
civil and political rights of and enjoyment of fundamental
freedoms by persons with disabilities, may establish criteria
for priority activities under the Program in selected
countries.
(3) Disability inclusion grants.--The Secretary of State
may award grants to eligible implementing partners to
administer grant amounts directly or through subgrants.
(4) Subgrants.--An eligible implementing partner that
receives a grant under paragraph (3) should provide subgrants
and, in doing so, shall prioritize local organizations of
persons with disabilities working within a focus country or
region to advance the policy described in section 1299H.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--Of funds made available in fiscal years
2025 through 2030 to carry out the purposes of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq), there are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part amounts
as follows:
(A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.
(B) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
(2) Capacity-building and technical assistance programs.--
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by paragraph
(1), not less than $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025
through 2030 should be available for capacity-building and
technical assistance programs to--
(A) develop the leadership skills of persons with
disabilities, legislators, policymakers, and service
providers in the planning and implementation of programs to
advance the policy described in section 1299H;
(B) increase awareness of successful models of the
promotion of civil and political rights and fundamental
freedoms, family support, and economic and civic inclusion
among organizations of persons with disabilities and allied
civil society advocates, attorneys, and professionals to
advance the policy described in section 1299H; and
(C) create online programs to train policymakers,
advocates, and other individuals on successful models to
advance reforms, services, and protection measures that
enable children with disabilities to live within supportive
family environments and become full participants in society,
which--
(i) are available globally;
(ii) offer low-cost or no-cost training accessible to
persons with disabilities, family members of such persons,
and other individuals with potential to offer future
leadership in the advancement of the goals of family
inclusion, transition to independent living as adults, and
protection measures for children with disabilities; and
(iii) should be targeted to government policymakers,
advocates, and other potential allies and supporters among
civil society groups.

SEC. 1299J. ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.

(a) Annual Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not less frequently than annually through
fiscal year 2030, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives a report on--
(A) the programs and activities carried out to advance the
policy described in section 1299H; and
(B) any broader work of the Department in advancing that
policy.
(2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall
include, with respect to each program carried out under
section 1299I--
(A) the rationale for the country and program selection;
(B) the goals and objectives of the program, and the kinds
of participants in the activities and programs supported;
(C) a description of the types of technical assistance and
capacity building provided; and
(D) an identification of any gaps in funding or support
needed to ensure full participation of organizations of
persons with disabilities or inclusion of children with
disabilities in the program.
(3) Consultation.--In preparing each report required by
paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consult with
organizations of persons with disabilities.

SEC. 1299K. PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY
FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

(a) Sense of Congress on Programming and Programs.--It is
the sense of Congress that--
(1) all programming of the Department and the United States
Agency for International Development related to health
systems; countering human trafficking, strengthening, primary
and secondary education, and the protection of civil and
political rights of persons with disabilities should seek to
be consistent with the policy described in section 1299H; and
(2) programs of the Department and the United States Agency
for International Development related to children, global
health, countering human trafficking, and education--
(A) should--
(i) engage organizations of persons with disabilities in
policymaking and program implementation; and
(ii) support full inclusion of children with disabilities
in families; and

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(B) should aim to avoid support for residential
institutions for children with disabilities except in
situations of conflict or emergency in a manner that protects
family connections as described in subsection (b).
(b) Sense of Congress on Conflict and Emergencies.--It is
the sense of Congress that--
(1) programs of the Department and the United States Agency
for International Development serving children in situations
of conflict or emergency, among displaced or refugee
populations, or in natural disasters should seek to ensure
that children with and without disabilities can maintain
family ties; and
(2) in situations of emergency, if children are separated
from parents or have no family, every effort should be made
to ensure that children are placed with extended family, in
kinship care, or in an adoptive or foster family.
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