,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abdi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bg1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1    
,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,portman1 ,mr4      
,crapo1 ,mr4 ,kirk1 and ,mrs4 ,shaheen7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a   
,,bill  ,to rename the ,office to       
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking of the
 ,department of ,state the ,bureau to   
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking in    
,persons and to provide for an          
,assistant ,secretary to head such      
,bureau1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,redesignation of office  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #aje7;e7 of the        
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajc7;e77 is   
amended--  7#a7 in the subsection       
heading1 by striking ,office to ,monitor
 and ,combat ,trafficking and inserting 
,bureau to ,monitor and ,combat         
,trafficking in ,persons2  7#b7 in      

paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 in the first     
sentence1 by striking ,office to        
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking and   
inserting ,bureau to ,monitor and       
,combat ,trafficking in ,persons2  7,b7 
in the second sentence1 by striking     
,office and inserting ,bureau2 and  7,c7
 in the sixth sentence1 by striking     
,office and inserting ,bureau2 and  7#c7
 in paragraph 7#b77;,a71 by striking    
,office to ,monitor and ,combat         
,trafficking and inserting ,bureau to   
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking in    
,persons4  7b7 ,conforming amendments   
7#a7 ,section #aab;,a7b77#c7 of the     
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gaji;a7b77#c77 
is amended by striking ,office to       
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking and   
inserting ,bureau to ,monitor and       
,combat ,trafficking in ,persons4  7#b7 
,section #aac7;a7 of the ,trafficking   
,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #gaaj7;a77 is amended by      
striking ,office to ,monitor and ,combat

 ,trafficking and inserting ,bureau to  
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking in    
,persons4  7#c7 ,section #aje of the    
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gaab7 is       
amended--  7,a7 by striking ,office to  
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking both  
places it appears and inserting ,bureau 
to ,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking in 
,persons2 and  7,b7 in subsection       
7a77#b71 by striking focus of the       
,office and inserting focus of the      
,bureau4  7#d7 ,section #gjh7;a7 of the 
,foreign ,service ,act of #aihj 7#bb    
,u4,s4,c4 #djbh7;a77 is amended by      
striking ,office to ,monitor and ,combat
 ,trafficking and inserting ,bureau to  
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking in    
,persons4  #b4 ,assistant ,secretary of 
the ,bureau to ,monitor and ,combat     
,trafficking in ,persons  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #aje7;e7 of the        
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajc7;e771 as  
amended by section #a7;a71 is further   

amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7--     
7,a7 by striking ,director each place it
 appears and inserting ,assistant       
,secretary2 and  7,b7 by striking 1 with
 the rank of ,ambassador-at-,large2 and 
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking     
,director both places it appears and    
inserting ,assistant ,secretary4  7b7   
,conforming amendments  7#a7 ,section   
#aab;,a7b77#c7 of the ,trafficking      
,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #gaji;a7b77#c771 as amended by
 section #a7;b77#a71 is further amended 
by striking ,director and inserting     
,assistant ,secretary4  7#b7 ,section   
#aje7;a77#b7 of the ,trafficking        
,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #gaab7;a77#b771 as amended by 
section #a7;b77#c71 is further amended  
by striking ,director and inserting     
,assistant ,secretary4  7#c7 ,section   
#gjh7;a7 of the ,foreign ,service ,act  
of #aihj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #djbh7;a771 as  
amended by section #a7;b77#d71 is       
further amended by striking ,director   

and inserting ,assistant ,secretary4    
7c7 ,increase in authorized ,assistant  
,secretary positions  7#a7 ,section     
#a7;c77#a7 of the ,state ,department    
,basic ,authorities ,act of #aief 7#bb  
,u4,s4,c4 #bfea;a7c77#a77 is amended by 
striking not more than #bd ,assistant   
,secretaries and inserting not more than
 #be ,assistant ,secretaries4  7#b7     
,section #ecae of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
,assistant ,secretaries of ,state 7#bd7 
and inserting ,assistant ,secretaries of
 ,state 7#be74  #c4 ,references  7a7    
,office ,to ,monitor and ,combat        
,trafficking ,any reference to the      
,office to ,monitor and ,combat         
,trafficking in any law1 regulation1    
map1 document1 record1 or other paper of
 the ,united ,states shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the ,bureau to        
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking in    
,persons4  7b7 ,assistant ,secretary of 
the ,bureau ,to ,monitor and ,combat    
,trafficking in ,persons ,any reference 

to the ,director of the ,office to      
,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking in any
 law1 regulation1 map1 document1 record1
 or other paper of the ,united ,states  
shall be deemed to be a reference to the
 ,assistant ,secretary of the ,bureau to
 ,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking in   
,persons4