U.S. Laws on Trafficking in Persons

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended provides the tools to combat trafficking in persons both worldwide and domestically. The Act authorized the establishment of the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons to assist in the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts.

05/28/15  Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act (Section 115 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015)
03/07/13  Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Title XII of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013)
01/01/08  William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
01/10/06  Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
01/07/03  Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools To End the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act) [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
01/07/03  Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
01/07/03  U.S. Leadership on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
10/28/00  Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]