,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjad ,mr4 
,hultgren 7for himself and ,mr4 ,smith  
of ,new ,jersey7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,trafficking      
,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj      
relating to determinations with respect 
to efforts of foreign countries to      
reduce demand for commercial sex acts   
under the minimum standards for the     
elimination of trafficking4  #a4        
,amendment relating to determinations   
with respect to efforts of foreign      
countries to reduce demand for          
commercial sex acts under the minimum   
standards for the elimination of        
trafficking  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#ajh of the ,trafficking ,victims       
,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #gajf7 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection3  7c7      
,criteria with respect to commercial sex

 acts ,in determinations under          
subsection 7b77#ab77;,a71 if the        
government of the country has the       
authority to prohibit the purchase of   
commercial sex acts and fails to do so1 
such failure to prohibit the purchase of
 commercial sex acts shall be deemed to 
be a failure on the part of the         
government to make serious and sustained
 efforts to reduce the demand for       
commercial sex acts1 notwithstanding    
other efforts made by the government to 
reduce the demand for commercial sex    
acts4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the      
amendment made by subsection 7a7 takes  
effect on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act and applies with respect to   
determinations under subsection         
7b77#ab77;,a7 of section #ajh of the    
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj that are made on or after such 
date of enactment4