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Name of Resource | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Title XVII: Ending Trafficking in Government Contracting |
Type | Legislation |
Country / jurisdiction | United States of America |
Enacting authority | Congress |
Entry into force / date of approval | 2 January 2013 |
Description | Amends and supplements the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the authority of a federal agency to terminate a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that involve grantees or contractors who engage in severe forms of trafficking in persons. This includes grantees or contractors who: (1) engage in acts that directly support or advance trafficking in persons, (2) destroy an employee's immigration documents or fail to pay return transportation costs to an employee upon the end of employment, (3) solicit persons for employment under false pretences, (4) charge recruited employees placement or recruitment fees, or (5) provide inadequate housing conditions. The Act prohibits the head of an executive agency from entering into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement valued at more than $500,000 unless a representative of the recipient of such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement certifies that the recipient has implemented a plan and procedures to prevent trafficking in persons. The Act also requires a contracting or grant officer of an executive agency who receives credible evidence that a recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement has engaged in trafficking in persons or other prohibited activities to promptly refer the matter to the agency's inspector general for investigation. The Act requires each such officer to require a recipient to immediately inform the appropriate Inspector General of credible evidence of the recipient's violation of anti-trafficking requirements, and to fully cooperate in any subsequent audit, investigation, or corrective action. |
Availability | ENG: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4310/text |