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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
I call up my amendment numbered 21, as modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) proposes an amendment numbered 21, as modified. The amendment (No. 21), as modified, is as follows: At the end, add the following: TITLE XII--TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION Subtitle A--Combating International Trafficking in Persons SEC. 1201. REGIONAL STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. Section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103) is amended-- (1) in subsection (d)(7)(J), by striking ``section 105(f) of this division'' and inserting ``subsection (g)''; (2) in subsection (e)(2)-- (A) by striking ``(2) COORDINATION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.-- '' and all that follows through ``exploitation.''; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2), and moving such paragraph, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; and (C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: ``(f) Regional Strategies for Combating Trafficking in Persons.--Each regional bureau in the Department of State shall contribute to the realization of the anti-trafficking goals and objectives of the Secretary of State.…
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Feb 12, 2013

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