Child Soldiers Prevention and Accountability Act of 2008

A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.

5/22/2008--Introduced.
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct 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.)
Directs the President to implement an anti-trafficking program monitoring system.
Authorizes the President to establish the Paul D. Wellstone Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons.
Sets forth protections for aliens who:
(1) may be trafficking victims or who may testify against traffickers (including parole entry for certain family members);
(2) are work-based nonimmigrants;
(3) are domestic workers; or
(4) are employees of foreign diplomatic or other government personnel, or employees of international organization personnel.
Sets forth provisions respecting:
(1) assistance for trafficking victims, including child victims and U.S. citizens;
(2) offenses of trafficking, forced labor, enticement into slavery, sex trafficking of children, and sex tourism. Directs the Secretary 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.
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 and authorizations of appropriations.
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 - 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 Department as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups that recruit and use child soldiers. Authorizes the President to reinstate 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 implementation of measures to demobilize child soldiers and for programs to support professionalization of the military.
Makes it a federal crime to recruit or use child soldiers. Makes such recruitment or use a grounds for an alien's removal from the United States.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
  • Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 22, 2008

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• Added to calendar on Sep 08, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 946..
• Sep 08, 2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report.
• Jul 31, 2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
• Jun 26, 2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
• May 22, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• May 22, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4798-4799)
• Introduced on May 22, 2008.

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• Tourism
• Smuggling
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• Prostitution
• Military training
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• Military education
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• International employees
• International agencies
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• Immigration
• Human rights
• Household workers
• Foreign aid
• Forced labor
• Families
• Executive reorganization
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• Deportation
• Department of State
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• Custody of children
• Criminal justice
• Congressional oversight
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• Admission of nonimmigrants
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October 09, 2008 Renew the US Anti-Trafficking law

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S. 3061: William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (William Wilberforce! Yay!) S.Res. 328: A resolution condemning the assassination on September 19, 2007, of Antoine Ghanem, a member of the ...

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September 02, 2008 THE HOUSE AND SENATE ANTI-TRAFFICKING BILLS

S.3061. Significance. The House bill has no comparable provision. The Senate bill requires the pre-trial detention of traffickers and adds Federal obstruction of justice, financial benefit and conspiracy crimes to existing laws ...

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