THE NEED FOR FUNDING $10,000,000 to USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) for the Global Labor Program (GLP). Summary of Program The Global Labor Program (GLP) supports efforts that promote international labor standards and strengthen labor...
Author: ATEST
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) FY 2017
THE FUNDING NEED $750,000 for the Program on Migration within the Migration and Refugee Assistance account to ensure continued services to support family reunification efforts for human trafficking survivors in the United States throughout the year. Summary of Program The Bureau of...
National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Number FY 2017
THE REPORT LANGUAGE NEED The Committee directs the Secretary of State to post the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline, email address, text messaging number, and website information in all U.S. Embassies and Consulates in areas where visa applications are...
Department of State: A-3 and G-5 Visas FY 2017
THE REPORT LANGUAGE NEED Directing the Secretary of State to continue implementing the in-person check-in monitoring program for domestic workers employed on A-3 and G-5 visas that has recently been piloted in Washington, DC and expand this program to serve all A-3 and G-5 domestic...
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) FY 2017
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ATEST welcomes recent legislation to strengthen the authority to prohibit the importation of goods made with forced or prison labor into the United States, by repealing the exception for goods...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) FY 2017
THE NEED FOR FUNDING AND REPORT LANGUAGE $34,400,000 to support investigations, training, and victim services by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to combat forced labor and trafficking in persons, including new positions to expand ICE investigations of suspected forced labor...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) FY 2017
THE REPORT LANGUAGE NEED Encouraging CBP to work with appropriate nonprofit organizations and victim services providers to improve the training of CBP officers in the field to assist in the identification of human trafficking victims and provide appropriate referrals to victim...
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY 2017
U.S. Department of Treasury/Financial Crimes Enforcement Network General Services Administration/Office of Government-wide Policy (GSA/OGP)
U.S. Department of Treasury/Financial Crimes Enforcement Network FY 2017
THE REPORT LANGUAGE NEED The Committee recognizes that human trafficking and forced labor are frequently conducted by transnational criminal organizations and therefore directs The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to work with federal and state law enforcement agencies to...
General Services Administration/ Office of Government-wide Policy (GSA/OGP) FY 2017
THE REPORT LANGUAGE NEED Report language on human trafficking prevention in procurement programs to foster robust implementation of the Executive Order 13627, and final rule, across the U.S. Government. Summary of Program The General Services Administration (GSA) created the Office...