How HR 9043 changes current law

Compared against current U.S. Code AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

The bill adds criteria for evaluating foreign governments' efforts to reduce demand for commercial sex acts in the context of trafficking prevention.

• 22 U.S.C. 7106(b)

  (12) Whether the government of the country has made serious and sustained efforts to-- (A) prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts to the extent such prohibition is within the authority of the central government or implement a policy against the purchase of commercial sex acts to the extent that prohibition is not within the authority of the central government; (B) educate buyers of commercial sex on how traffickers exploit prostituted persons for human trafficking; and (C) reduce demand for participation in international sex tourism by nationals of the country.

  This change introduces new evaluation criteria for foreign governments regarding the demand for commercial sex acts.