#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #afbe  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,state ,department ,basic ,authorities  
,act of #aief to include severe forms of
 trafficking in persons within the      
definition of transnational organized   
crime for purposes of the rewards       
program of the ,department of ,state1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,targeted ,rewards for the ,global      
,eradication of ,human ,trafficking or  
the ,,target ,act4  #b4 ,findings2      
,sense of ,congress  7a7 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,trafficking in persons is a major      
transnational crime that threatens      
,united ,states national security and   
humanitarian interests4  7#b7           
,trafficking in persons is increasingly 
perpetrated by organized1 sophisticated 
criminal enterprises4  7#c7 ,combating  
trafficking in persons requires a global
 approach to identifying and            
apprehending the world's worst human    

trafficking rings4  7b7 ,sense of       
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,department of ,state's rewards
 program is a powerful tool in combating
 sophisticated international crime and  
that the ,department of ,state and      
,federal law enforcement should work in 
concert to offer rewards that target    
human traffickers who threaten ,united  
,states national security and           
humanitarian interests by preying on the
 most vulnerable people around the      
world4  #c4 ,rewards for ,justice       
,paragraph 7#e7 of section #cf7k7 of the
 ,state ,department ,basic ,authorities 
,act of #aief 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bgjh7k77  
is amended-- 7#a7 in the matter         
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 means2  7#b7 by redesignating          
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 as clauses  
7i7 and 7ii71 respectively1 and moving  
such clauses1 as so redesignated1 two   
ems to the right2  7#c7 by inserting    
before clause 7i71 as so redesignated1  
the following3  7,a7 means--  2  7#d7 in

 clause 7ii71 as so redesignated1 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#e7 by adding at 
the end following new subparagraph3     
7,b7 includes severe forms of           
trafficking in persons1 as such term is 
defined in section #ajc of the          
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb74  4      
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,may #bb1 #bjag4;,clerk4